Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Which one should I buy?

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 04-07-2015, 01:29 PM   #16
SabaEdge
Member
SabaEdge began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 16
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2015
Device: Amazon kindle
Quote:
Originally Posted by Doitsu View Post
You can easily convert books from ePub to AZW3 with Calibre (freeware), however, if your father has mostly ePubs, it'd make more sense to buy a Kobo, because then he wouldn't have to convert anything and he could also install additional Tamil fonts. If I were in your situation, I'd definitely buy a Kobo, unless Kindles are significantly cheaper and your father has sufficient computer skills.
I will convert and give him the document or can use the mail feature. But i am from india, here kindle is known brand. Kobo is rarely available and support is poor. So i am just thinking to get a kindle touch.
SabaEdge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-07-2015, 09:12 PM   #17
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,908
Karma: 47303748
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by SabaEdge View Post
I will convert and give him the document or can use the mail feature. But i am from india, here kindle is known brand. Kobo is rarely available and support is poor. So i am just thinking to get a kindle touch.
While I agree with Doitsu that the Kobo would be a better fit for you, the availability and support is important. If nothing goes wrong, the support doesn't matter, but if you need it, you really need it. Needing to convert the books is a hassle, but not much of one. But, if you and your father aren't in the same location the Kindle email feature is probably the killer function for you.
davidfor is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 04-08-2015, 09:42 PM   #18
SabaEdge
Member
SabaEdge began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 16
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2015
Device: Amazon kindle
Thank you both. one more question. How to know if there is any tamil newspaper available for kindle? I can see some indian english version.
SabaEdge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2015, 12:06 AM   #19
amazon author
Cracking Coding Interview
amazon author began at the beginning.
 
amazon author's Avatar
 
Posts: 33
Karma: 10
Join Date: Mar 2015
Device: iPhone
Quote:
Originally Posted by SabaEdge View Post
Thank you both. one more question. How to know if there is any tamil newspaper available for kindle? I can see some indian english version.
Popular tamil newspapers must be supporting tamil language.
amazon author is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2015, 01:43 AM   #20
Doitsu
Grand Sorcerer
Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Doitsu's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,582
Karma: 22735033
Join Date: Dec 2010
Device: Kindle PW2
Quote:
Originally Posted by SabaEdge View Post
Thank you both. one more question. How to know if there is any tamil newspaper available for kindle? I can see some indian english version.
You can use Calibre's Fetch News feature to automatically generate ebooks from websites that have RSS feeds.
Currently, Calibre doesn't come with predefined recipes for Tamil news sites, but you can generate your own recipe, if the news site has an RSS feed. For example, BBC Tamil has an RSS feed and most likely all major Tamil newspapers will have websites with RSS feeds, too.
Try generating a recipe using these instructions. If you can't get it to work, ask in the Calibre Recipes forum for help.
Doitsu is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 04-09-2015, 11:41 AM   #21
SabaEdge
Member
SabaEdge began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 16
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2015
Device: Amazon kindle
thanks for the idea. will that be supported in kobo touch as well?
SabaEdge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2015, 11:58 AM   #22
Doitsu
Grand Sorcerer
Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Doitsu's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,582
Karma: 22735033
Join Date: Dec 2010
Device: Kindle PW2
Quote:
Originally Posted by SabaEdge View Post
thanks for the idea. will that be supported in kobo touch as well?
AFAIK, the Calibre Fetch News feature can generate books in all supported Calibre output formats, including epub and kepub. However, since I don't use this feature, you may want to ask specific questions in the Calibre Recipes forum.

You can also apparently request a recipe for a specific news site in that subforum. Once you have a recipe, you could then test the book that it generates with the built-in Calibre ebook viewer.
Doitsu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2015, 01:17 PM   #23
SabaEdge
Member
SabaEdge began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 16
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2015
Device: Amazon kindle
I saw a site which will mail the news to email id automatically http://www.zinepal.com/what

I have generated one mobi and epub file for the tamil news. can you both please try that and let me know.
Attached Files
File Type: mobi 247785.mobi (283.6 KB, 1145 views)
File Type: epub 247785.epub (277.0 KB, 282 views)
SabaEdge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2015, 02:43 PM   #24
Doitsu
Grand Sorcerer
Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Doitsu's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,582
Karma: 22735033
Join Date: Dec 2010
Device: Kindle PW2
Quote:
Originally Posted by SabaEdge View Post
I have generated one mobi and epub file for the tamil news. can you both please try that and let me know.
As I've already pointed out several times in this thread, you must convert epub files to azw3 files not mobi files.

To illustrate the difference I've taken screenshots of the mobi file that you attached and an azw3 file that I generated. You can clearly see that there are major display issues with the old mobi format.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	kindle_mobi.png
Views:	443
Size:	60.5 KB
ID:	137022   Click image for larger version

Name:	kindle_azw3.png
Views:	426
Size:	52.5 KB
ID:	137023  
Attached Files
File Type: azw3 sabaedge's eBook.azw3 (213.6 KB, 259 views)
Doitsu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-12-2015, 05:40 AM   #25
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,908
Karma: 47303748
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by SabaEdge View Post
I saw a site which will mail the news to email id automatically http://www.zinepal.com/what

I have generated one mobi and epub file for the tamil news. can you both please try that and let me know.
Attached are two screenshots. The first is the same page as Doitsu. The other is the first page with a picture.

Comparing these to the Kindle, I don't see enough difference to choose between them. The differences are in the choices of font size, margins used an line spacing. I think they are both good enough that deciding between the Kobo and Kindle can be based on which you can get and the support available.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Glo-TamilTest-epub-news-picture.png
Views:	409
Size:	195.9 KB
ID:	137142   Click image for larger version

Name:	Glo-TamilTest-epub-news-headline.png
Views:	417
Size:	134.9 KB
ID:	137143  
davidfor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-04-2015, 12:43 PM   #26
SabaEdge
Member
SabaEdge began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 16
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2015
Device: Amazon kindle
Thanks guys. Finally i bought a Kindle for my father. I am facing issue in converting a book to kindle format. Can you please help on this. I have attached the pdf.
Attached Files
File Type: pdf alai osai 1 - Kalyan.pdf (417.3 KB, 327 views)

Last edited by SabaEdge; 06-04-2015 at 12:48 PM. Reason: changed
SabaEdge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-04-2015, 01:17 PM   #27
Doitsu
Grand Sorcerer
Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Doitsu ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Doitsu's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,582
Karma: 22735033
Join Date: Dec 2010
Device: Kindle PW2
Since very few MR members read Tamil, you'll have to be more specific regarding the problems that you're facing.

If you're trying to convert a .pdf file to an .azw3 file with Calibre you shouldn't expect perfect results, because even utf-8 encoded Latin alphabet based .pdf files rarely convert well.

This particular .pdf also won't convert well at all, because it's not encoded in utf-8 but TSCII. You may want to search for the original TSCII etext, convert it with an TSCII to Unicode converter and then convert the Unicode text file to an AZW3 file.

If that's all too complicated for you, try to resize the original file for 6" screens with k2pdfopt.
Doitsu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-30-2018, 10:50 AM   #28
aarunsen
Junior Member
aarunsen began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 2
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jan 2018
Device: kindle 7th generation
All kindle versions

All kindle versions after kindle first touch version supporting tamil fonts as a native supporting language with bold option. You can find many tamil books on amazon.in

Hope this one helps.
aarunsen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2018, 09:13 AM   #29
JSWolf
Resident Curmudgeon
JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
JSWolf's Avatar
 
Posts: 73,657
Karma: 127838196
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
If you have many PDF, get an iPad as converting from PDF is can produce very poor results. Reading the PDF as is is not a good idea on an eInk screen of 6".
JSWolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2018, 07:14 AM   #30
mobama
Evangelist
mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mobama ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 432
Karma: 2303460
Join Date: Aug 2017
Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 3, Onyx T76ML, Kobo H2O Edition 1, Kobo Mini
For exotic writing systems, the best choice is a device where you can try out a bunch of different software. Something is bound to work.
mobama is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
kindle, kindle touch, kobo, kobo touch, tamil

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Best ebook reader for comic books. .cbr files HunsingerUK Which one should I buy? 37 10-07-2010 12:53 AM
I need an ebook reader to read PDF books thehumanking Which one should I buy? 3 07-28-2010 05:10 AM
Ebook reader math books!!! QuantumAge Which one should I buy? 6 01-02-2010 04:33 AM
Books.app - eBook Reader for the iPhone kilofox News 4 08-16-2007 10:50 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:15 PM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.