Kindle 3 Transfer PDF

[willus]

There are now a number of utilities (probably much like the one that Vitel was (is?) working on) that attempt to re-paginate letter-sized PDFs so that they fit better on a 6-inch reader screen, but work at the graphical level so that figures and formulas are not lost, e.g. k2pdfopt, PaperCrop, and pdfread.

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I have to say "no". The Kindle doesn't support any form of PDF reflow, so all you can do is to zoom in on the page, then pan across it. That's no way to read a book.

When I can't quite read the tiny text in portrait mode, I find it's better to put it in landscape and read each page in strips, and that usually works okay (though button placement makes it more awkward to hold and operate). If I have to pan/zoom, I give up. On devices with PDF reflow, I haven't liked the results most of the time, so while I'd like the option, I don't miss it much.

It may be a little better on Kindle Touch, depending on how they hook up the touch interface. At least the lack of buttons will make landscape operation more symmetric with portrait, and zoom in/out should be a simple double tap with drag to pan. I am not expecting them to improve it very much beyond that, however.

[1mz]

Originally Posted by aquawater

Hi Kindle 3 users... I am interested to purchase kindle 3 and quite thrilled by the new PDF support.
Can anyone confirm that PDF transfer from PC to Kindle 3 is as easy as drag and drop ??

Sorry for the lame post.

this is exactly what i wanted to ask! you guys are so helpful! thank you!