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wallcraft · 08-05-2008, 09:52 AM

The Kindle will read plain text (.txt) files, and single-file HTML if you rename it .txt. However, everything else is converted into a MOBI (.mobi or .prc, or .azw for Kindle-only MOBI). Everything (including TXT) is read by the same reader, so there are always 6 font sizes to choose from.

If you have a Windows PC, download Windows MobiPocket Reader and try its import option. All files get converted to MOBI, and the converted version will be in "My eBooks\Mobipocket". The result looks very similar on the Kindle as it does in MobiPocket Reader (the Kindle is using MobiPocket reader software after all). The Amazon conversion process is thought to be based on MobiPocket's conversion, but may be better in some cases. Note that PDF conversion is particularly problematic, because "reflowing" PDFs is often hard to do well. The MobiPocket Creator software gives you more control over how the final document looks, but has less import capability than the Reader (it is one version or so behind).

I'm not sure if RTF is supported directly, but these can easily be converted to DOC. For DOC conversion to work with MobiPocket software you need MS Word on your PC (the DOC is converted to HTML by Word and then imported).

08-05-2008, 09:52 AM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The Kindle will read plain text (.txt) files, and single-file HTML if you rename it .txt. However, everything else is converted into a MOBI (.mobi or .prc, or .azw for Kindle-only MOBI). Everything (including TXT) is read by the same reader, so there are always 6 font sizes to choose from. If you have a Windows PC, download Windows MobiPocket Reader and try its import option. All files get converted to MOBI, and the converted version will be in "My eBooks\Mobipocket". The result looks very similar on the Kindle as it does in MobiPocket Reader (the Kindle is using MobiPocket reader software after all). The Amazon conversion process is thought to be based on MobiPocket's conversion, but may be better in some cases. Note that PDF conversion is particularly problematic, because "reflowing" PDFs is often hard to do well. The MobiPocket Creator software gives you more control over how the final document looks, but has less import capability than the Reader (it is one version or so behind). I'm not sure if RTF is supported directly, but these can easily be converted to DOC. For DOC conversion to work with MobiPocket software you need MS Word on your PC (the DOC is converted to HTML by Word and then imported).