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Originally Posted by sereniteit
Hi all,
I have ordered a Kindle 3G and I am awaiting its arrival.
I have a few questions which I hope you can help me with...
* I have a great number of pocket books in PDF format. I know that Kindle can handle PDF.
Is it useful to convert the PDF files to .mobi (with calibre) beforehand or is the PDF format sufficiently well handled?
* Same question for HTML, Word, etc. formats. Better to convert or is it OK to view them in Kindle in the native format?
* I have read that outside the US (I am in Flanders, Europe) the Kindle browser can only access the Amazon shop site and Wikipedia. However, is that also true when one is accessing the internet via the own home wifi connection?
* Any chance of turning DRM protected epub books into .mobi?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
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1: I'd say it's generally better to convert to mobi, since PDF won't reflow. So all to often I find the PDFs hard to read. But on the other hand not all PDFs will convert and still look good. So it's a bit of a hit and miss. But I say try. Because if it works it's a better experience.
2: Here you have to. The Kindle won't display those formats. So you have no choice but to convert them.
3: I don't have the 3G version. But I do live in Europe (Sweden) and can tell you that there is no problem going to other sites with the Wifi-version. So shouldn't be a problem for you either.
4: Not really discussed on this forum... But short answer yes. You'll have to look other places for tutorials though.
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Darn, I was just a little to slow. I need to write faster...
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