From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Graham Smith Subject: Re: Creating files for a Kindle Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:55:23 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0948123056==" Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40262 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PMkX8-0004UG-Fo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:55:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMkX7-0001aB-EE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:55:26 -0500 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:55991) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMkX7-0001Zv-8Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:55:25 -0500 Received: by wyb42 with SMTP id 42so11641808wyb.0 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:55:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Org-mode ml --===============0948123056== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d7df9858191204961fd2fb --0016e6d7df9858191204961fd2fb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Jeff, and Alan, Initial play around with has allowed me to find that: Firstly, the Kindle doesn't recognise the HTML extension and HTML files copied onto the Kindle simply don't appear as being available for viewing. If you change the extension to txt, the file appears and can be seen as an HTML files but includes some spuriois HTML code. The Orgmode to XHTML to SIGIL to ePub to Calibre to MOBI (for the Kindle) works extremely well, and for proper books looks good. But for quick updates Calibre wil read the HTML files directly and will convert to MOBI reasonably well, if its simple text and simple tables. This is stll better than Orgmode to PDF to Calibre to MOBI, as this route breaks even simple tables. Thanks for the help. Graham --0016e6d7df9858191204961fd2fb Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jeff, and Alan,

Initial play around with has allowed me to find that= :

Firstly, the Kindle doesn't recognise the HTML extension and H= TML files copied onto the Kindle simply don't appear as being available= for viewing.=A0 If you change the extension to txt, the file appears and c= an be seen as an HTML files but includes some spuriois HTML code.

The Orgmode to XHTML to SIGIL to ePub to Calibre to MOBI (for the Kindl= e) works extremely well, and for proper books looks good.

But for q= uick updates Calibre wil read the HTML files directly and will convert to M= OBI reasonably well, if its simple text and simple tables.

This is stll better than Orgmode to PDF to Calibre to MOBI,=A0 as this = route breaks even simple tables.

Thanks for the help.

Graham<= br>



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