From: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
To: Graham Smith <myotistwo@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Creating files for a Kindle
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:02:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimnqsRNYx+jT7mBoNmtaUuYbGMWc7LSxyU_2pCu@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim+7iEswg_6sibCOsQiPXi-DgtEtF98=zLQo=Sr@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Graham Smith <myotistwo@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Kindle file format is apparently modified HTML, but the guidance I have
> found seems to revolve around creating files in MSWord and then converting
> to Kindle by uploading to Amazon OR using Calibre to convert PDFs to Kindle.
> There is also a Mobi publisher that will convert files to Kindle, but its
> Windows only.
I thought it was all proprietary. I'm surprised there are any
third-party converters.
> The problem I have had, is that PDFs converted to Kindle lose a lot of
> formatting, including tables.
Yep, that pretty much made me want the Kindle DX. Native PDFs are
great on a big screen.
> My guess is that orgmode files exported as HTML and then converted to Kindle
> may be the way to go, but, as I said, I would be interested if anyone has
> already established a work flow for this.
Kindles understand native HTML as I understand it. Why not use org to
convert your files to HTML, style them if you wish, and put them
directly on your kindle? I've done that with a few short lists and
it's worked fine. Just drag and drop the HTML into the kindle
documents directory.
Jeff
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2010-11-27 20:48 Creating files for a Kindle Graham Smith
2010-11-27 22:02 ` Jeff Horn [this message]
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2010-11-28 0:20 ` Fwd: " Jeff Horn
2010-11-28 16:55 ` Graham Smith
2010-11-28 17:00 ` Jeff Horn
2010-11-28 17:21 ` Graham Smith
2010-11-28 18:08 ` markscala
2010-11-28 18:30 ` Graham Smith
2010-11-28 18:33 ` markscala
2010-11-28 18:42 ` Graham Smith
2010-11-28 19:35 ` Graham Smith
2010-11-27 22:03 ` Alan L Tyree
2010-11-30 2:33 ` Mark Elston
2010-11-30 23:09 ` Alan L Tyree
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