[barkndog]

I apologize in advance for my lack of Kindle knowledge, but we are trying to see if it will suite our needs. I personally don't have a Kindle (yet), but if this can work I will be provided one.

My CEO has a Kindle and loves it. He had an idea that we buy Kindles for our board of directors for their monthly meeting, push the board packet (typically several hundred pages) to them in advance of the meeting for their review, and use them during the meeting in place of the paper documents. Currently, we provide a link to an electronic copy (PDF or Word docs) of the board packet on a secure web server about a week in advance (most don't download it) and have hardcopy printed for them when they arrive. Going the Kindle route, if possible, would save a lot of paper.

So here are my questions:
Is it possible to provide content for the Kindle over our own website? And can we limit it to only our Kindles? (the documents are typically confidential - don't want to put them on a publishing site where people might stumble across them). The preferred way is that the documents are pushed automatically and wirelessly - like a subscription to a newspaper - but it would probably be ok to have them "fetch" the document if it's a simple task.

What are the best applications to convert Word documents to a format that Kindle likes?

Is anyone doing something like this? Seems like a great application for it, be it boardrooms or classrooms. In my situation though, these guys barely use PC's or PDA's - I have to make it as simple as possible for them.

Thanks for any info.