Wikipedia to Ebook - Page 2

Ervserver · 02-28-2009, 12:30 AM

This would be cool to have on my 505

dsip · 03-29-2009, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gideon

It does seem the german version of wikipedia has such a thing. But it's not available for the english version yet.

In case you are talking about this:
http://pinguinburg.de/wpmp
It should be available in english as well:
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/wikipedia/mobile/ebooks/

I'm new to all of this, so I won't be able to help you a lot, but I'd probably be thankfull for an easy solution as well.

Those archives contain mobipocket files, *.prc. In the german version there are more than 40 of them; I am not sure, what the best way to use them might be (if anybody is interested in testing anything, I guess, the esperanto version might be a good one to use for that

) - I copied the german version to my Kindle's SD card yesterday, and it didn't manage to index even a single one by now. Not sure, if using the search feature is even the way it's supposed to be used - it seems quite wrong, considering I actually would want to search the titles mostly, not the complete articles. Anyway - I hope this is usefull, but for now I'm stuck with not exactly knowing how to use these files myself. If I find the time and find out, how they work well with the Kindle, I'll report back. If anybody with more knowledge in this field wants to help you (and me

), I'd appreciate that.

Oh - and by the way: If you were talking about a different german version, please tell me which one that is..

carld · 03-29-2009, 02:50 PM

You could use Instapaper to tag the articles you'd like to read and send them off to your Kindle. I've used it for Wikipedia and other sites and found that it works really well.

http://www.instapaper.com/

Carl

ddave · 03-29-2009, 09:03 PM

I have a similar interest, but to view Wiki topics on an eReader. I've been experimenting with a Sony (700 vs. 505) at the local Borders. I've been very impressed at the readability of Wiki Books (PDF) that I created. I created an account of Wikipedia then searched on a topic of interest. I used the Wiki feature to generate a 'book' of selected topics.
The resulting PDF files are very readable on the Sony 700 'as is'. I haven't learned yet what's different about their PDF's but the images are visible, text is reformatted to view on the eReader screen (is that 'reflow') and even very scientific / technical articles (such as 'Maxwell's equations') viewed well.
So, create a Wiki PDF book and try converting it for the Kindle. Maybe someday in the future, the Wiki book service will generate an ePub format specifically formated for eReaders...

Good Luck! Dave

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02-28-2009, 12:30 AM	#16
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	This would be cool to have on my 505

03-29-2009, 02:50 PM	#18
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	You could use Instapaper to tag the articles you'd like to read and send them off to your Kindle. I've used it for Wikipedia and other sites and found that it works really well. http://www.instapaper.com/ Carl

03-29-2009, 09:03 PM	#19
ddave Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minnesota, USA Device: none	I have a similar interest, but to view Wiki topics on an eReader. I've been experimenting with a Sony (700 vs. 505) at the local Borders. I've been very impressed at the readability of Wiki Books (PDF) that I created. I created an account of Wikipedia then searched on a topic of interest. I used the Wiki feature to generate a 'book' of selected topics. The resulting PDF files are very readable on the Sony 700 'as is'. I haven't learned yet what's different about their PDF's but the images are visible, text is reformatted to view on the eReader screen (is that 'reflow') and even very scientific / technical articles (such as 'Maxwell's equations') viewed well. So, create a Wiki PDF book and try converting it for the Kindle. Maybe someday in the future, the Wiki book service will generate an ePub format specifically formated for eReaders... Good Luck! Dave

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