Reading Scientific papers on Kindle DX

addepalli1 · 12-03-2009, 01:39 PM

This question might have been asked and answered. But i could not find any similar.

Is there a conversion processto convert scientific papers to read on KINDLEDX. Most of these publications are in 2 colum format, when i convert the pdf document using calibre from PDF to MOBI, the outfile contains text from both colums concatenated together.

Any suggestions.

kovidgoyal · 12-03-2009, 04:04 PM

multi column support is on the TODO list, but it's not there yet.

addepalli1 · 12-03-2009, 04:12 PM

How long before you get to that on the list.. A big thank you for all the updates...

Kali Yuga · 12-03-2009, 06:26 PM

Am I missing something, or is there a reason you can't read it on the DX in PDF format?

addepalli1 · 12-03-2009, 10:20 PM

i have tried reading the papers on Dx. The font is awfully small, font resizing is disabled. Were you able to read two column IEEE papers on DX. I might be doing something wrong.

smp_iliad · 12-04-2009, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by addepalli1

i have tried reading the papers on Dx. The font is awfully small, font resizing is disabled. Were you able to read two column IEEE papers on DX. I might be doing something wrong.

I read IEEE papers on DX frequently....and most of time it looks fine. Sometimes, I had to read in landscape mode though..

addepalli1 · 12-04-2009, 06:30 PM

Well then i am obvisly doing something wrong. I dont get the text correct.

Here is one of the papers i am trying to read can u tell me if this works ok...i know the text looks ok but the text from first colum gets concatenated with the text from second colum when i transfer my file.

I use calibre to transfer files to my DX

kennyc · 12-04-2009, 06:49 PM

Bad link

addepalli1 · 12-04-2009, 11:48 PM

Apologies... Modified the permissions and verified access. It is accessible now. When i transfer this to kindle DX the font is small to read.

kennyc · 12-05-2009, 06:24 AM

Download works now. I don't have a Kindle DX but .... Looks fine on my computer, works on the Kindle2 (which is all I have) but the font is so tiny it's unreadable there. There is no overlapping or that sort of thing both columns are displayed correctly.

addepalli1 · 12-05-2009, 01:20 PM

Yes... That is correct. The font is too small to read...so when i covert it using calibre, that is when the text overlap occurs. I found one other utility where it crops every column and makes a pdf.. thank you

kennyc · 12-05-2009, 01:24 PM

Oh, I see. I guess I wasn't following the entire process.

wellwet · 12-06-2009, 02:46 PM

Crop margins to fit PDF's to the DX secreen, it'll look better

DairyKnight · 12-08-2009, 11:04 AM

It's on the TODO list of my little scanned PDF text thicken/bolden program.
But sometimes it makes not much sense for scientific papers because most of them have graphs/plots. Cutting the page in half will break the graphs.

So now I just crop the margins and thicken/bolden the texts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by addepalli1

This question might have been asked and answered. But i could not find any similar.

Is there a conversion processto convert scientific papers to read on KINDLEDX. Most of these publications are in 2 colum format, when i convert the pdf document using calibre from PDF to MOBI, the outfile contains text from both colums concatenated together.

Any suggestions.

bce3 · 12-08-2009, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by addepalli1

Yes... That is correct. The font is too small to read...so when i covert it using calibre, that is when the text overlap occurs. I found one other utility where it crops every column and makes a pdf.. thank you

What utility is that? I've been looking for something like this.

12-03-2009, 01:39 PM	#1
addepalli1 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: SONY READER PRS 500, Kindle DX	Reading Scientific papers on Kindle DX This question might have been asked and answered. But i could not find any similar. Is there a conversion processto convert scientific papers to read on KINDLEDX. Most of these publications are in 2 colum format, when i convert the pdf document using calibre from PDF to MOBI, the outfile contains text from both colums concatenated together. Any suggestions.

12-03-2009, 04:12 PM	#3
addepalli1 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: SONY READER PRS 500, Kindle DX	Great How long before you get to that on the list.. A big thank you for all the updates...

12-04-2009, 06:30 PM	#7
addepalli1 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: SONY READER PRS 500, Kindle DX	Well then i am obvisly doing something wrong. I dont get the text correct. Here is one of the papers i am trying to read can u tell me if this works ok...i know the text looks ok but the text from first colum gets concatenated with the text from second colum when i transfer my file. I use calibre to transfer files to my DX Last edited by addepalli1; 12-05-2009 at 08:31 PM.

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12-03-2009, 04:04 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	multi column support is on the TODO list, but it's not there yet.

12-03-2009, 06:26 PM	#4
Kali Yuga Professional Contrarian Posts: 2,045 Karma: 3289631 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 4 No Touchie	Am I missing something, or is there a reason you can't read it on the DX in PDF format?

12-03-2009, 10:20 PM	#5
addepalli1 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: SONY READER PRS 500, Kindle DX	i have tried reading the papers on Dx. The font is awfully small, font resizing is disabled. Were you able to read two column IEEE papers on DX. I might be doing something wrong.

12-04-2009, 06:49 PM	#8
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Bad link

12-04-2009, 11:48 PM	#9
addepalli1 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: SONY READER PRS 500, Kindle DX	Apologies... Modified the permissions and verified access. It is accessible now. When i transfer this to kindle DX the font is small to read.

12-05-2009, 06:24 AM	#10
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Download works now. I don't have a Kindle DX but .... Looks fine on my computer, works on the Kindle2 (which is all I have) but the font is so tiny it's unreadable there. There is no overlapping or that sort of thing both columns are displayed correctly.

12-05-2009, 01:20 PM	#11
addepalli1 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: SONY READER PRS 500, Kindle DX	Yes... That is correct. The font is too small to read...so when i covert it using calibre, that is when the text overlap occurs. I found one other utility where it crops every column and makes a pdf.. thank you

12-05-2009, 01:24 PM	#12
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Oh, I see. I guess I wasn't following the entire process.

12-06-2009, 02:46 PM	#13
wellwet Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle DX	Crop margins to fit PDF's to the DX secreen, it'll look better

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