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Old 12-15-2012, 07:23 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Sure - I buy my books at Amazon, and have them sent to Kindle for PC. I then run K4PC (this downloads the books), run Windows Explorer, go to the "My Kindle Content" folder, and drag the new books from there into Calibre (this removes the DRM, if there is any). In Calibre, I have a quick look at the book, edit its metadata if necessary, check that the margins and line spacing, etc, are OK. Finally I plug in my Kindle and send it from Calibre to the Kindle.

This took longer to write than it actually takes to do .
That is interesting, thank you for sharing. The interesting part is the checking of layout. How many books (rough%) do you think need adjusting for margin etc.? Or are you very picky about a certain look when reading?

update: I am still disappointed about Hunger Games. That line spacing is absolute crap. It is roughly 1.5 or 2 line spacing at Kindles lowest setting. To be honest though, I looked into a print book the other day and it is there as well. WTH were they thinking? So you can make notes inside the text?

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