Free RSS Feeds on your Kindle - Page 6

DaleDe · 10-30-2009, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I assume you mean you can't use it from your Kindle? Not sure... I asked someone that and got no answer. But, my suspicion is that if you can't use the Experimental web browser then no, you can't d/l from feedbooks via whispernet.

Of course, you can download on your PC and load it to your kindle with USB.

BOb

International users should try our URL based mobi index eBook that allows direct download of eBooks. I suspect it will work. A similar thing could be designed for feeds so they could be downloaded without using a browser.

Dale

Adamastorx · 10-30-2009, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

International users should try our URL based mobi index eBook that allows direct download of eBooks. I suspect it will work. A similar thing could be designed for feeds so they could be downloaded without using a browser.

Dale

I already tried that. It doesn't work. It's not allowed at least in Spain, but I suspect it should be the same to all Europe.

DaleDe · 10-30-2009, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamastorx

I already tried that. It doesn't work. It's not allowed at least in Spain, but I suspect it should be the same to all Europe.

Interesting, so they have disabled URL access, not just the browser. Thanks for testing.

Dale

kalsctk · 10-30-2009, 04:07 PM

whenever I try to add a feed I get this message:

Cannot open or parse this URL.

what does that mean?

thank you

kalsctk · 11-09-2009, 03:37 PM

To answer my own post from 10-30, I found that several feeds I tried began with "feed" not "http". When I tried to add the feed I got the "cannot open or parse" error message.
My SOLUTION: Substituting http for feed did the trick.

kevindorsey · 01-03-2010, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalsctk

To answer my own post from 10-30, I found that several feeds I tried began with "feed" not "http". When I tried to add the feed I got the "cannot open or parse" error message.
My SOLUTION: Substituting http for feed did the trick.

Aha, I tried it about 2 months ago, and gave up. I think your solution FTW!

Zorz · 01-16-2010, 11:38 PM

Is it not possible to have the feedbooks formatted in the way that lets say real news papers are formatted from Amazon.

I think the feedbooks are great, but having to flip through all of those articles can be tedious.

Im pretty sure amazon provides the software which makes all of the magazines and newspapers, so why not formulate the rss feeds into something the amazon software can interpret and then make the downloadable book that.

Just an idea.

daffy4u · 01-17-2010, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LlamaZorz

Is it not possible to have the feedbooks formatted in the way that lets say real news papers are formatted from Amazon.

I think the feedbooks are great, but having to flip through all of those articles can be tedious.

Im pretty sure amazon provides the software which makes all of the magazines and newspapers, so why not formulate the rss feeds into something the amazon software can interpret and then make the downloadable book that.

Just an idea.

Calibre creates newspapers in the same style as the Amazon newspapers.

JindoFox · 01-22-2010, 06:37 AM

Now that Amazon is releasing the Kindle software development tools, I'm sure someone is going to do exactly that with a Kindle-native app.

oddeyed · 02-25-2010, 05:00 PM

So - in terms of the Kindle wireless - what can a 'Global Wireless' Kindle do?

And if it is only Wikipedia and the book store, is it a real show stopper? i.e. does it make the kindle not worth it?

Thanks
oddeyed.

EDIT: Thought I'd clarify; I mean what feedbook applications work? Does the RSS/Newspapers thing in this thread work? What about the Download Guide? Cos those things looked fantastic. Damn, living out of the US does have a ton of downsides.

JindoFox · 02-26-2010, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oddeyed

So - in terms of the Kindle wireless - what can a 'Global Wireless' Kindle do?

And if it is only Wikipedia and the book store, is it a real show stopper? i.e. does it make the kindle not worth it?

Thanks
oddeyed.

EDIT: Thought I'd clarify; I mean what feedbook applications work? Does the RSS/Newspapers thing in this thread work? What about the Download Guide? Cos those things looked fantastic. Damn, living out of the US does have a ton of downsides.

The "Global Wireless" bit refers to the mobile phone chip inside the device. My 1st gen Kindle (the wedge-shaped one) runs on the Sprint network, which would incur roaming charges outside the US and therefore doesn't work. The Global Wireless model uses AT&T so in theory all the Feedbooks apps should work just fine from that model anywhere in the world with an AT&T wireless signal.

As for "showstoppers," it would depend on your internet access. Many ereaders don't have wireless networking at all. It's possible to just hook your Kindle up to a computer running Calibre and do everything tethered that way.

Happy reading!

oddeyed · 02-26-2010, 12:07 PM

So, has anyone in the UK/anywhere non-america had luck with this newspaper thing? Cos I love the idea of not having to tether my reader to a computer, which is a benefit which only really the Kindle has (AFAIK) at the moment.

Nofy · 03-07-2010, 08:28 AM

Hello all, I just got my Kindle yesterday and was trying out the newspaper feature of feedbooks.com. It was all working well in the beginning, but somehow when I try to update the newspaper on my Kindle today it would just jump to the browser and show the webpage of the newspaper I was trying to update. (instead of prompting a message that it is downloading a file to overwrite the existing one).

I also tried to download the file again on my computer, but nothing happens after I click on the download link for any of the file types. I suspect that this is a problem with feedbooks, not my Kindle's/computer's problem? :P

Anyone else experiencing the same problem?

cscannella · 03-08-2010, 06:00 PM

I also tried to download the file again on my computer, but nothing happens after I click on the download link for any of the file types. I suspect that this is a problem with feedbooks, not my Kindle's/computer's problem? :P

Yep. Same thing for me. Just stopped working...

If you go to the website, the ebooks from news sources don't even download at all. They must have a problem on the server side.

BarryTX · 03-09-2010, 08:45 AM

This may be diverging a bit from the OP's intent of this thead, but I just want to second Daffy4U's comment. I use Calibre while traveling around the globe to pull newsfeeds and create newspapers for my Kindle 2. If I have an internet connection - which I usually do either in a hotel or office - I can get them. Not wireless, but a very reliable, fast (assuming a decent internet connection speed), easy to use, and cheap.

I decided long ago that there is nothing wrong with a USB cord if it speeds things up or makes life simpler. As a result, I put books on my K2 in the US both wirelessly and through the USB connection, depending on where they come from. Internationally I find the Calibre / USB approach to be ideal. I hope this is helpful to some.

03-08-2010, 06:00 PM	#89
cscannella Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle	I also tried to download the file again on my computer, but nothing happens after I click on the download link for any of the file types. I suspect that this is a problem with feedbooks, not my Kindle's/computer's problem? :P Yep. Same thing for me. Just stopped working... If you go to the website, the ebooks from news sources don't even download at all. They must have a problem on the server side. Last edited by cscannella; 03-08-2010 at 06:01 PM. Reason: add more info

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10-30-2009, 04:07 PM	#79
kalsctk Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle DX	whenever I try to add a feed I get this message: Cannot open or parse this URL. what does that mean? thank you

11-09-2009, 03:37 PM	#80
kalsctk Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle DX	To answer my own post from 10-30, I found that several feeds I tried began with "feed" not "http". When I tried to add the feed I got the "cannot open or parse" error message. My SOLUTION: Substituting http for feed did the trick.

01-16-2010, 11:38 PM	#82
Zorz Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 36 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Kindle 2i	Is it not possible to have the feedbooks formatted in the way that lets say real news papers are formatted from Amazon. I think the feedbooks are great, but having to flip through all of those articles can be tedious. Im pretty sure amazon provides the software which makes all of the magazines and newspapers, so why not formulate the rss feeds into something the amazon software can interpret and then make the downloadable book that. Just an idea.

01-22-2010, 06:37 AM	#84
JindoFox Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle	Now that Amazon is releasing the Kindle software development tools, I'm sure someone is going to do exactly that with a Kindle-native app.

02-25-2010, 05:00 PM	#85
oddeyed hi there! Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle 3rd Generation - 3G + Wifi - Graphite	So - in terms of the Kindle wireless - what can a 'Global Wireless' Kindle do? And if it is only Wikipedia and the book store, is it a real show stopper? i.e. does it make the kindle not worth it? Thanks oddeyed. EDIT: Thought I'd clarify; I mean what feedbook applications work? Does the RSS/Newspapers thing in this thread work? What about the Download Guide? Cos those things looked fantastic. Damn, living out of the US does have a ton of downsides.

02-26-2010, 12:07 PM	#87
oddeyed hi there! Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle 3rd Generation - 3G + Wifi - Graphite	So, has anyone in the UK/anywhere non-america had luck with this newspaper thing? Cos I love the idea of not having to tether my reader to a computer, which is a benefit which only really the Kindle has (AFAIK) at the moment.

03-07-2010, 08:28 AM	#88
Nofy Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hong Kong Device: Kindle 2	Hello all, I just got my Kindle yesterday and was trying out the newspaper feature of feedbooks.com. It was all working well in the beginning, but somehow when I try to update the newspaper on my Kindle today it would just jump to the browser and show the webpage of the newspaper I was trying to update. (instead of prompting a message that it is downloading a file to overwrite the existing one). I also tried to download the file again on my computer, but nothing happens after I click on the download link for any of the file types. I suspect that this is a problem with feedbooks, not my Kindle's/computer's problem? :P Anyone else experiencing the same problem?

03-09-2010, 08:45 AM	#90
BarryTX Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 39328 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kindle 2	This may be diverging a bit from the OP's intent of this thead, but I just want to second Daffy4U's comment. I use Calibre while traveling around the globe to pull newsfeeds and create newspapers for my Kindle 2. If I have an internet connection - which I usually do either in a hotel or office - I can get them. Not wireless, but a very reliable, fast (assuming a decent internet connection speed), easy to use, and cheap. I decided long ago that there is nothing wrong with a USB cord if it speeds things up or makes life simpler. As a result, I put books on my K2 in the US both wirelessly and through the USB connection, depending on where they come from. Internationally I find the Calibre / USB approach to be ideal. I hope this is helpful to some.

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