Kindle 3G/Wifi Calibre Automatic News feed question

dasnake · 12-27-2010, 07:47 AM

I am pondering purchasing either the kindle wifi or the kindle 3g+wifi. I would like to read the wsj, nytimes and the economist on the way to work. I don't have the time to turn on my computer and connect the kindle every morning to get the news. Can calibre software download the news for me automatically and email it to me at my kindle address every morning without turning on my computer? That would require calibre to run a server job for me correct?

Thanks!

RedDogInCan · 12-28-2010, 07:15 AM

Have a look at kindlefeeder. It does what you want without needing to use your own computer.

Manichean · 12-28-2010, 07:23 AM

Calibre runs on your computer. So, in order for it to do anything at all, the computer must, of course, be running. You can, however, automate the task of downloading to require no user interaction whatsoever. Search for batch downloading via ebook-convert, then automate it using the facilities of your OS to run at system startup. After that, you only need a way to get your computer to automatically start up at a certain time and shut down again after the download and send is finished.

mean_gene · 12-28-2010, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Have a look at kindlefeeder

But kindlefeeder doesn't have anything near what Calibre offers. I've put together a hodge-podge method that works for me but it's not real user-friendly...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=113347

12-27-2010, 07:47 AM	#1
dasnake Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: kindle	Kindle 3G/Wifi Calibre Automatic News feed question I am pondering purchasing either the kindle wifi or the kindle 3g+wifi. I would like to read the wsj, nytimes and the economist on the way to work. I don't have the time to turn on my computer and connect the kindle every morning to get the news. Can calibre software download the news for me automatically and email it to me at my kindle address every morning without turning on my computer? That would require calibre to run a server job for me correct? Thanks!

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12-28-2010, 07:15 AM	#2
RedDogInCan Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle DX	Have a look at kindlefeeder. It does what you want without needing to use your own computer.

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Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Calibre runs on your computer. So, in order for it to do anything at all, the computer must, of course, be running. You can, however, automate the task of downloading to require no user interaction whatsoever. Search for batch downloading via ebook-convert, then automate it using the facilities of your OS to run at system startup. After that, you only need a way to get your computer to automatically start up at a certain time and shut down again after the download and send is finished.

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