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Old 03-29-2009, 05:36 PM   #1
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How well does Google Reader work on the Kindle?

I was just wondering whether it would be better to use Google Reader or Kindlefeeder to read my RSS feeds. Let me know if you have any experience with this.

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Old 03-29-2009, 06:14 PM   #2
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I was just wondering whether it would be better to use Google Reader or Kindlefeeder to read my RSS feeds. Let me know if you have any experience with this.

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You can use Calibre to turn those feeds in the Kindle Books and now you can Whispernet them to your Kindle.
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Old 03-29-2009, 07:52 PM   #3
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You can use Calibre to turn those feeds in the Kindle Books and now you can Whispernet them to your Kindle.
Great tip! I didn't know that, I'll play with it now.
My main problem with Google reader is the crazy amount of feeds I have in there now... Need to clean house.
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Old 03-30-2009, 06:41 PM   #4
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I have turned to whispernet myself.
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Old 03-31-2009, 02:51 PM   #5
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Whoa - Daffy. Are you saying that Calibre can now download subscriptions and email them automagically? 100% without human interaction? That's pretty cool if that's the case. And it might change the way I deal with some of my content. I'll have to try that when I get home.

Amazon still hasn't begun charging for the email-to-whispernet option yet, right? When they do I suppose that will mean that setting up an RSS feed or other daily subscription will end up costing $3/mo. anyway, but at least it will offer more flexibility. And for stuff that you don't download daily it'll be cheaper.
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Old 03-31-2009, 03:16 PM   #6
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Whoa - Daffy. Are you saying that Calibre can now download subscriptions and email them automagically? 100% without human interaction? That's pretty cool if that's the case. And it might change the way I deal with some of my content. I'll have to try that when I get home.

Amazon still hasn't begun charging for the email-to-whispernet option yet, right? When they do I suppose that will mean that setting up an RSS feed or other daily subscription will end up costing $3/mo. anyway, but at least it will offer more flexibility. And for stuff that you don't download daily it'll be cheaper.
It looks like it. I created a "newspsper" from a blog rss feed usng Calibre and from within Calibre, I sent it via Whispernet to my Kindle (this was Sunday). I just opened the blog and clicked the feed title link on the font page and Monday's issue downloaded to my Kindle. I have to check, I think Tuesday will show up later in the day (if I do the clicky thing). Calibre is not open now so it hasn't updated the feed. Maybe if I leave my desktop computer on with Calibre open it will update the feed everyday and send it to me... I'll have to experiment.

You can do your own experimenting by reading this thread: calibre 0.5.3 supports emailing books to the Kindle

Edit: I just started to read through the blog and it's the same as Sunday with a new date on it. I'll have to play with my feed settings to see what the problem is.

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Old 04-01-2009, 12:41 PM   #7
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First, set up your email address and make sure that Auto-Send is checked (send via gmail to make it all a bit easier, some ISP's block the type of email calibre sends, but gmail does not).

Then, set up to automatically download the blog entries at a specific time of day (if a site doesn't update until later in the morning, make sure you take that into account). You can also specify only a certain day of the week or every XX days. When you "close" calibre, it keeps running (it is a tiny icon on your system tray on the lower right of your desktop). It will wake itself up, download the entries and email them, all without any intervention. I've been trying it with a couple of entries and it seems to work. The New York Times recipe has disappeared from my system though (and a stuck job for it keeps showing errors, but hey, it's free!). USA Today and the Washington Post seem to come thru fine, as did Soldier's Magazine (a monthly).
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Old 10-12-2010, 11:51 AM   #8
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Hey guys. I know this post is old, but I was told it came up a lot for people looking for info on using Google Reader with the Kindle. I've actually created a Kindle friendly Google Reader that uses the Keyboard for shortcuts just like the desktop version, and formats all the entries for the Kindle's screen.

You can see it in this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1138934

... or find the link/info/screenshots here: http://nowsci.com/grss-web
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Old 03-28-2011, 02:46 PM   #9
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I'm developing a small Windows application that connects to your Google Reader account, retrieves the most recent/unread entries, formats then as an ebook (mobipocket file) and send them to your kindle so that you can read them while being offline. (I'm using it mainly in the subway).

It's free and available at sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/greader2kindle/

The application is still in its early stage, so I'll greatly appreciate all feedback about bugs or improvements suggestions.
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Old 07-07-2011, 03:29 AM   #10
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To Nicholas R

Very excited about your software, Nicholas - except it doesn't work.

Here is the error message:

Documents\Greader2kindle\Google Reader feed on 7/07/2011 19h24.mobi"...
19:25:35 Error :Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Deborah\My Documents\Greader2kindle\Google Reader feed on 7\07\2011 19h24.mobi'.
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Old 07-07-2011, 08:07 AM   #11
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I'm developing a small Windows application that connects to your Google Reader account, retrieves the most recent/unread entries, formats then as an ebook (mobipocket file) and send them to your kindle so that you can read them while being offline. (I'm using it mainly in the subway).

It's free and available at sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/greader2kindle/

The application is still in its early stage, so I'll greatly appreciate all feedback about bugs or improvements suggestions.
Hi Nicolas,

What a wonderful idea! Do you have any desire to do a G:RSS-Web / greader2kindle web integration? Since I already have OAUTH set up allowing access to the feeds, it seems like it would be a pretty easy integration to have G:RSS-Web serve up a mobi file directly to the Kindle via the web site, eliminating the need for users to run the application on their home machine and allowing 3G users to refresh remotely.

Thoughts?

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Old 07-07-2011, 11:29 AM   #12
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Wait is this free or does it cost money?

Noticed this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200375890

Kindle (U.S. Wireless) users: We'll send personal documents to your Kindle via Whispernet while inside the U.S. wireless coverage area for a fee of $.15 per megabyte.

Kindle (Free 3G) user living in the United States: If you transfer personal documents to your Kindle via Whispernet while inside the U.S., the fee is $ .15 per megabyte. When traveling outside the United States, a fee of $.99 per megabyte will apply.
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Old 07-07-2011, 12:13 PM   #13
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The charge is if the document is delivered via 3G. If you use your free.kindle.com email, it can go via wi-fi, and is free.
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Old 07-07-2011, 12:23 PM   #14
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The charge is if the document is delivered via 3G. If you use your free.kindle.com email, it can go via wi-fi, and is free.
Acually, if you only have a wifi Kindle, you can use either email address (@free.kindle.com or @kindle.com), and not be charged.
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Emailing unread Google Reader feeds to the Kindle would be a great feature; and a feature which actually would circumvent the Amazon service that can do the same thing, for a charge.

Right now, I only read my Google Reader when I have internet access, via the browser.

All of the solutions so far, and mentioned above, would require me, at one time or another, to do something from my desktop/laptop (run a program).....none of the solutions so far are fully automatic, that I know of.
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