Reply to: PDF to Kindle

[Epiphone]

I will try that.

But the bad news is I think my Knidle is broken

I had it pluged in for a long time and it would only charge 1/3
Now it will not turn off.

Any ideas?

Is there a question mark over the battery icon? A known issue is when the icon gets out of what with the charge. Go into Menu, settings, menu restart (off the top of my head) and it'll fully reboot. Might sort it out.

[fragglerock]

If your kindle is playing up give Amazon customer services a ring, they will almost certainly have a fresh new one in your hands within 2 days.

If you have a pdf that won't convert with the above methods and is just too small on the kindle screen you can use "briss" to cut off the page margins and just leave the text in the centre.

briss | Download briss software for free at SourceForge.net

[Mason Boyne]

I will try that.

But the bad news is I think my Knidle is broken

I had it pluged in for a long time and it would only charge 1/3
Now it will not turn off.

Any ideas?

Perform a hard-reset. Instructions available online, different methods depending on the version.

Good news is that any books bought online will be reloaded for free if required.

[alreadypacked]

just copy the PDF files across to the kindle via the nice white USB cable provided in the box.

I will try that.

But the bad news is I think my Knidle is broken

I had it pluged in for a long time and it would only charge 1/3
Now it will not turn off.

Any ideas?

[Mason Boyne]

just copy the PDF files across to the kindle via the nice white USB cable provided in the box.

[OwlHoot]

As they all said. ...

All except Paddy

A4 paper and a printer indeed.

[gruntling]

Any idea on how to build a document table of contents?

I've transfered an eBook to my kindle just fine. But it would be nice to have a "Go To" for the chapters.

Export PDF to HTML, Put <H1> in the HTML for TOC and use Calibre (with TOC option on H1) to export to MOBI.

[SueEllen]

As they all said.

You can either email them straight to the kindle which works well if there is not too many charts and graphs on each pdf page i.e. a pdf book as otherwise you have to magnify each part you want to read.

Or use Calibre to convert them. The thing is if you are converting something like a book in pdf you may find that you get the branding of the place where you got the pdf from in the middle of the page making it hard to read.

So you may need to do an experiment to see which works best for a group of pdfs.

[alreadypacked]

I will try a few of the suggestions tonight.

Thanks everyone

[TykeMerc]

You can read pdf's directly on the kindle. Or you can convert it to native kindle format using claibre calibre - E-book management

WPS

PDFs work ok on a Kindle, but you can convert them really easily with Calibre, nice little application.

[Cr1spy]

Any idea on how to build a document table of contents?

I've transfered an eBook to my kindle just fine. But it would be nice to have a "Go To" for the chapters.

[Sockpuppet]

I just uploaded it to Amazon who send them to the Kindle.

[d000hg]

Amazon.co.uk Help: Transferring, Downloading, and Sending Files

Easy. You email it, and you can choose it to be received as unchanged PDF or converted to Kindle format, with no need for Calibre.

1. Attach your document to a new e-mail or forward an existing e-mail that has a document attached. A subject is not necessary unless you would want to convert your PDF documents to the Kindle format. If you would like to convert your PDF document, simply type "Convert" in the subject title
2. Send the e-mail to your Kindle e-mail address for wireless delivery directly to your Kindle; If your Kindle has Wi-Fi enabled, it will be delivered to your Kindle at no charge. A small fee will be charged for the wireless delivery over 3G.
3. Personal documents in supported file formats smaller than 5 MB are typically delivered to your "name"@free.kindle.com or "name"@kindle.com e-mail address within five minutes (per document). Personal documents larger than 5 MB may take longer.
4. Personal documents in some file formats (such as PDF files) may take longer.
5. Your e-mail provider may have additional limitations on file size.

[Pickle2]

You can read pdf's directly on the kindle. Or you can convert it to native kindle format using claibre calibre - E-book management

[oracleslave]

I have some PDF stuff I would like to put on my kindle.

If it is already in PDF format why not just mail them directly to the device?