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Originally Posted by wishi
What I especially don't like at Kindle and other eBook devices is the proprietary addiction, because it seems, with this Kindle thing you have to mail to an Amazon eMail address to get he stuff converted. That's not my solution.
What I've to look for is a converter, making my stuff readable. What are your solutions?  |
Mailing to Amazon for conversion has the advantage that Amazon has lots of servers and can put money into getting good conversion software. What you get back (at least today) is a DRM-free MOBI file, so it is readable on many devices (change the extension from .azw to .mobi). However, Amazon could decide at any time to convert to the Kindle-only AZW1 format instead.
The Windows MobiPocket Reader does similar conversions to the MOBI format, so that is one option is you have a Windows PC. Conversion of PDFs is of variable quality. I was surprised how well MobiPocket Reader converted (reflowed) some of my scientific journal papers, but these are all relatively recent and they all started out as LaTeX.