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Ea · 12-08-2009, 11:33 AM

Edit: I can see from Daffy's post that Russion doesn't work straight out of the box...

Firstly, you will have to convert those .doc files to a format that the Kindle can read natively. Amazon has a conversion service you can use. I think you email the doc and then you can download it and move it to the Kindle. Another option is using Mobipocket Creator to create a .mobi file. I've never used Amazon's service, so I can't vouch for how good it is - Mobipocket has worked very well for me. It depends upon your the quality of your source though.

Another option is to create a custom-sized PDF from the .doc's. I experimented with this a little bit, and the most accurate page size I could get was 8.5x11.4 cm and 0 margins in vertical view. Kindle will zoom to fit with to width, and centre vertically, so it doesn't help adding margin to width.

As for whether Russion will work - I don't know, sorry. I've only tried Danish and German and they're the Latin alphabet. I donøt know about Cyrillic. There's certaibly enough people round here who reads Russian. I would suggest that you change the thread title to include that the different language is Russian (you can do that if you click edit --> advanced on your post).

12-08-2009, 11:33 AM	#2
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Edit: I can see from Daffy's post that Russion doesn't work straight out of the box... Firstly, you will have to convert those .doc files to a format that the Kindle can read natively. Amazon has a conversion service you can use. I think you email the doc and then you can download it and move it to the Kindle. Another option is using Mobipocket Creator to create a .mobi file. I've never used Amazon's service, so I can't vouch for how good it is - Mobipocket has worked very well for me. It depends upon your the quality of your source though. Another option is to create a custom-sized PDF from the .doc's. I experimented with this a little bit, and the most accurate page size I could get was 8.5x11.4 cm and 0 margins in vertical view. Kindle will zoom to fit with to width, and centre vertically, so it doesn't help adding margin to width. As for whether Russion will work - I don't know, sorry. I've only tried Danish and German and they're the Latin alphabet. I donøt know about Cyrillic. There's certaibly enough people round here who reads Russian. I would suggest that you change the thread title to include that the different language is Russian (you can do that if you click edit --> advanced on your post). Last edited by Ea; 12-08-2009 at 11:41 AM.