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mike_bike_kite · 07-02-2012, 09:14 AM

I've recently discovered Wikipedia's collections facility where I can bunch a group of articles together, download them as a file and then read them as if they were a book.

Problem is the wiki tool only gives me a few options to save the file (ODT, PDF and ZIM?) and these files all contain images etc. Is there a way I can use Calibre to convert to mobi and remove anything but the text? I'd like to have the structure stored as well but haven't sorted this either yet.

I know Kindle's can read wikipedia directly of the web but I'd prefer to save battery and just have a file I can read directly on the kindle. The result is still pretty good to be fair but I wondered if there is a text only option somewhere in the conversion and preferably a structure option to allow jumping between chapters.

Anyone know if there is a simple to download text version of wikipedia available for Kindles? and if so what size it might be?

Mike

07-02-2012, 09:14 AM	#1
mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	Only convert text option? I've recently discovered Wikipedia's collections facility where I can bunch a group of articles together, download them as a file and then read them as if they were a book. Problem is the wiki tool only gives me a few options to save the file (ODT, PDF and ZIM?) and these files all contain images etc. Is there a way I can use Calibre to convert to mobi and remove anything but the text? I'd like to have the structure stored as well but haven't sorted this either yet. I know Kindle's can read wikipedia directly of the web but I'd prefer to save battery and just have a file I can read directly on the kindle. The result is still pretty good to be fair but I wondered if there is a text only option somewhere in the conversion and preferably a structure option to allow jumping between chapters. Anyone know if there is a simple to download text version of wikipedia available for Kindles? and if so what size it might be? Mike Last edited by mike_bike_kite; 07-02-2012 at 09:31 AM.