Converting Wikipedia books to mobi

fastesthamster · 12-29-2009, 12:32 AM

Hi,

So Wikipedia has some resources that could be useful to have on a Kindle (like http://en.wikiversity.org or http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page)

Has anyone tried to convert a wikibook to mobi format? If so, what procedure/settings did you use?

Dave

*edit* I've tried kindlegen on the attached wikibook (want to learn French) but it falls down with a Windows error.

Nathan Campos · 12-29-2009, 11:21 AM

Wikipedia books are in HTML format, the only thing that you need is a HTML converter.

I suggest you to use PrimoPDF, but there is a online tool too, called Free PDF Converter. If the file converted to PDF, you can convert it(PDF) to the format that you want.

But if you're going to download a book from WikiBooks, then you just need to click on the PDF download link at the right corner of every book:

Or by clicking on the left panel:

Then convert it to any other format

Enjoy!

fastesthamster · 12-29-2009, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathan Campos

Wikipedia books are in HTML format, the only thing that you need is a HTML converter.

I suggest you to use Free PDF Converter. If the file converted to PDF, you can convert it(PDF) to the format that you want.

But if you're going to download a book from WikiBooks, then you just need to click on the PDF download link at the right corner of every book:

Then convert it to any other format

Enjoy!

Thanks, but I already tried the PDF -> mobi route, and the formatting was terrible. The HTML has a lot of scripting in it, which causes html converters to fall down.

I'm going to try the same thing I did for a Darwin book. Copy the webpage into OpenOffice and then save as html, that usually yields a fairly decent format

bilgisiz · 08-24-2012, 08:58 AM

I have this problem too... I want to convert this pdf to mobi...

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?ck8w873a3q7k9xm

I converted it with calibre but formatting was terrible...

Mike L · 08-24-2012, 03:57 PM

I've often used this service:

http://www.edukindle.com/downloads/kindlepedia/

It works very well. You just paste in the URL of the Wikipedia page you're interested in, and a few moments later they give you a link for downloading the article in Mobi format, which can be read directly by the Kindle.

They also have a service that lets you combine several Wikipedia articles into a single file, but I haven't tried that yet.

The biggest limitation is that it only works with the English version of Wikipedia.

Mike

12-29-2009, 11:21 AM	#2
Nathan Campos Groupie Posts: 194 Karma: 250000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brazil Device: Kindle DX & Kindle (2011)	Wikipedia books are in HTML format, the only thing that you need is a HTML converter. I suggest you to use PrimoPDF, but there is a online tool too, called Free PDF Converter. If the file converted to PDF, you can convert it(PDF) to the format that you want. But if you're going to download a book from WikiBooks, then you just need to click on the PDF download link at the right corner of every book: Or by clicking on the left panel: Then convert it to any other format Enjoy! Last edited by Nathan Campos; 12-29-2009 at 12:30 PM.

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Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	I've often used this service: http://www.edukindle.com/downloads/kindlepedia/ It works very well. You just paste in the URL of the Wikipedia page you're interested in, and a few moments later they give you a link for downloading the article in Mobi format, which can be read directly by the Kindle. They also have a service that lets you combine several Wikipedia articles into a single file, but I haven't tried that yet. The biggest limitation is that it only works with the English version of Wikipedia. Mike

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