Content Best Kindle format to convert - Page 2

cybmole · 04-30-2015, 01:19 AM

why not use send-to-kindle email documents route & let amazon do the conversion for you- I think you can email PDFs . if they can't do a decent conversion then you probably need to find a different source.

crich70 · 04-30-2015, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cybmole

why not use send-to-kindle email documents route & let amazon do the conversion for you- I think you can email PDFs . if they can't do a decent conversion then you probably need to find a different source.

Sometimes it's not so simple. I mean if you want the TOC aligned in the center with spaces between the chapter headings for example a simple send to Kindle won't put that in. You have to edit the document in a program like Sigil (after converting to epub) or in the edit window of Calibre before converting to Kindle format.

cybmole · 04-30-2015, 03:52 AM

ok - my point was that send to kindle will give you a quick easy ideas of how good any conversion from PDF is likely to be.
sure you can do batter if you put in much more work & tweak other software...

Cyphox · 04-30-2015, 02:57 PM

pdf is the shittiest format to convert from, if you gonna buy /download books you want to convert, get them as epubs if possible.

crich70 · 04-30-2015, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyphox

pdf is the shittiest format to convert from, if you gonna buy /download books you want to convert, get them as epubs if possible.

Good advice though not all epubs are easy to fix either. Some I've gotten from PG have given trouble when I tried to fix them before conversion to kindle.

cybmole · 05-01-2015, 06:57 AM

Who, what is PG?

HarryT · 05-01-2015, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by cybmole

Who, what is PG?

I'm a little surprised you haven't come across them. Project Gutenberg.

cybmole · 05-01-2015, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm a little surprised you haven't come across them. Project Gutenberg.

ah yes, I've heard of that, I did not recognize it by it's initials PG though -

my brain was suggesting Proctor & Gamble , & google suggested also a brand of tea, or a film classification; I could not get a book connection

eschwartz · 05-01-2015, 10:51 AM

https://www.google.com/search?q=PG+books

The right search helps. Project Gutenberg is the first result.

Cyphox · 05-01-2015, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

https://www.google.com/search?q=PG+books

The right search helps. Project Gutenberg is the first result.

luck strike, the PG refers to Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, not actually project gutenberg

eschwartz · 05-01-2015, 11:13 AM

That was my number two result. Blame Google's customized search results.

Either way Project Gutenberg should be near the top of the list.

cybmole · 05-01-2015, 02:34 PM

I only googled PG not PG +books. As the context was poor quality e-books, I thought maybe it was some torrent site like TPB

perhaps wikipedia needs an edit

PG
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look up pg, Pg, or PG in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
PG or P.G. may refer to:

PG, abbreviation for "Parental Guidance" by British Board of Film Classification or "Parental Guidance suggested" by Motion Picture Association of America film rating system
Business and Products[edit]
P.G. Cigars, brand of cigars by its owner Paul Garmirian
PG Tips, a brand of tea
Procter & Gamble, a consumer goods company
....
project guthenburg does not even make it into other uses...
Other uses[edit]
Page (paper)
Parental Guidance, a designation in various motion picture rating systems
MPAA Rated PG
Patrologia Graeca, a collection of writings by the Christian Church Fathers
pg (Unix), a Unix system command
Point guard, one of the five positions in basketball
Policy Governance, a system for organizational governance
Postgraduate
Power Girl, a DC Comics character
Proto-Germanic
PG, a truncation of Panzergewinde, which in turn is a contraction of the German Stahlpanzerrohrgewinde (steel conduit thread), a type of thread used for Cable glands.
PG Perfetto Gracia
iPhrothiya yeGolide (PG) - South African Military Decoration

eschwartz · 05-01-2015, 02:46 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG <-- has not been edited since Feb. 2015 according to the changelog, and it has Project Gutenberg listed at the bottom of "Companies and organizations".

Searching Wikiblame, I see Project Gutenberg was first added to that disambiguation page on April 8, 2004 at 3:27 PM.

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04-30-2015, 01:19 AM	#16
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	why not use send-to-kindle email documents route & let amazon do the conversion for you- I think you can email PDFs . if they can't do a decent conversion then you probably need to find a different source.

04-30-2015, 03:52 AM	#18
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	ok - my point was that send to kindle will give you a quick easy ideas of how good any conversion from PDF is likely to be. sure you can do batter if you put in much more work & tweak other software...

04-30-2015, 02:57 PM	#19
Cyphox Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 16356 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle 4 NT	pdf is the shittiest format to convert from, if you gonna buy /download books you want to convert, get them as epubs if possible.

05-01-2015, 06:57 AM	#21
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	Who, what is PG?

05-01-2015, 10:51 AM	#24
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	https://www.google.com/search?q=PG+books The right search helps. Project Gutenberg is the first result.

05-01-2015, 11:13 AM	#26
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	That was my number two result. Blame Google's customized search results. Either way Project Gutenberg should be near the top of the list.

05-01-2015, 02:34 PM	#27
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	I only googled PG not PG +books. As the context was poor quality e-books, I thought maybe it was some torrent site like TPB perhaps wikipedia needs an edit PG From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up pg, Pg, or PG in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PG or P.G. may refer to: PG, abbreviation for "Parental Guidance" by British Board of Film Classification or "Parental Guidance suggested" by Motion Picture Association of America film rating system Business and Products[edit] P.G. Cigars, brand of cigars by its owner Paul Garmirian PG Tips, a brand of tea Procter & Gamble, a consumer goods company .... project guthenburg does not even make it into other uses... Other uses[edit] Page (paper) Parental Guidance, a designation in various motion picture rating systems MPAA Rated PG Patrologia Graeca, a collection of writings by the Christian Church Fathers pg (Unix), a Unix system command Point guard, one of the five positions in basketball Policy Governance, a system for organizational governance Postgraduate Power Girl, a DC Comics character Proto-Germanic PG, a truncation of Panzergewinde, which in turn is a contraction of the German Stahlpanzerrohrgewinde (steel conduit thread), a type of thread used for Cable glands. PG Perfetto Gracia iPhrothiya yeGolide (PG) - South African Military Decoration

05-01-2015, 02:46 PM	#28
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG <-- has not been edited since Feb. 2015 according to the changelog, and it has Project Gutenberg listed at the bottom of "Companies and organizations". Searching Wikiblame, I see Project Gutenberg was first added to that disambiguation page on April 8, 2004 at 3:27 PM.