PDF Problems

wacomme · 01-10-2011, 11:10 PM

I just received my Kindle 3 and love it. However, I just transferred a pdf file from Calibre to my Kindle and the Kindle can't read it. I get a message saying, "This PDF cannot be opened due to embedded features not yet supported by Kindle."

Please help.

wacomme · 01-10-2011, 11:27 PM

OK. I tried to get Calibre convert the pdf to epub. It didn't work.

The original pdf does transfer and is readable, albeit sans Kindle formatting.

desertblues · 01-11-2011, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wacomme

OK. I tried to get Calibre convert the pdf to epub. It didn't work.

The original pdf does transfer and is readable, albeit sans Kindle formatting.

Kindle doen't read epub; should be mobi.

TheKindleWorm · 01-11-2011, 09:29 AM

Hi OP. You could also try sending the PDF to your Kindle via your Kindle email address for conversion to a Kindle format. Sometimes this can work quite well.

Put "Convert" in the subject of the e-mail, attach your PDF and send to "yourname"@free.kindle.com - you can then switch the wifi on your Kindle and download it.

Your Kindle email address is on the Manage Your Kindle page accessible via the Amazon Kindle Store - in case anyone reading this doesn't know. Placing free. after the @ in the email address ensures that those with a 3G kindle are not charged to receive the personal document(s) they send to their Kindle.

dnaknitter · 01-13-2011, 04:51 PM

I just ran into a pdf like that--it was a free download from a publisher's website, and I think the problem was that it had some "annotations" included by the author, in the form of footnotes in a different color. I used the pdf-to-mobi conversion in Mobipocket Creator and the resulting prc file worked fine on my Kindle.

pboss · 01-13-2011, 05:04 PM

Sending it to your personal Kindle email address will most likely solve the problem.

01-10-2011, 11:10 PM	#1
wacomme Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Device: Kindle 3 arriving 1/12	PDF Problems I just received my Kindle 3 and love it. However, I just transferred a pdf file from Calibre to my Kindle and the Kindle can't read it. I get a message saying, "This PDF cannot be opened due to embedded features not yet supported by Kindle." Please help.

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01-10-2011, 11:27 PM	#2
wacomme Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Device: Kindle 3 arriving 1/12	OK. I tried to get Calibre convert the pdf to epub. It didn't work. The original pdf does transfer and is readable, albeit sans Kindle formatting.

01-11-2011, 09:29 AM	#4
TheKindleWorm Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 177868 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia UK Device: Kindle 3G, iPhone 3G, iPod 4G, PB 360, Sony 600 sold, Kindle 2i sold	Hi OP. You could also try sending the PDF to your Kindle via your Kindle email address for conversion to a Kindle format. Sometimes this can work quite well. Put "Convert" in the subject of the e-mail, attach your PDF and send to "yourname"@free.kindle.com - you can then switch the wifi on your Kindle and download it. Your Kindle email address is on the Manage Your Kindle page accessible via the Amazon Kindle Store - in case anyone reading this doesn't know. Placing free. after the @ in the email address ensures that those with a 3G kindle are not charged to receive the personal document(s) they send to their Kindle.

01-13-2011, 04:51 PM	#5
dnaknitter Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Device: Kindle 3 3G	I just ran into a pdf like that--it was a free download from a publisher's website, and I think the problem was that it had some "annotations" included by the author, in the form of footnotes in a different color. I used the pdf-to-mobi conversion in Mobipocket Creator and the resulting prc file worked fine on my Kindle.

01-13-2011, 05:04 PM	#6
pboss Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 646 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	Sending it to your personal Kindle email address will most likely solve the problem.

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