Newspapers on the 505?

foxhound6 · 12-16-2008, 10:34 PM

Hi Everyone,
I just bought my 505 last week and I love it. However, I must admit I am jealous of the Kindle users who can get newspapers on their device. Are there any sites out there that provide daily newspapers in a format I can download to my 505 every morning? Thanks and I'm looking forward to participating in the community

dordale · 12-17-2008, 02:12 AM

foxhound--You need to check out Calibre (available here)...

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_windows

Great program written by Kovid Goyal, that has a lot of "recipes" built in that allow you to download newspapers to your reader.

dordale

DDHarriman · 12-17-2008, 03:08 PM

Feedbooks of course (http://www.feedbooks.com)!

ddavtian · 12-17-2008, 10:44 PM

How do you get full articles on Feedbooks? I tried NYTimes, Time Magazine, WSJ, Washington Post, USA Today, all of them had a sentence or two from each article, not much to read.

DDHarriman · 12-18-2008, 06:15 AM

What you get is RSS feeds.

These are composed by the head lines of the article and sometimes a little text (explanation about it), not the full article and not images if it has some.

A new program appeared in these forums, News2PDF (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34119) who claims to be able to get you the full text of the article.
I advise you to read the thread about it, as people are seeing this program in a controversial way.

DDHarriman · 12-18-2008, 06:19 AM

I have just cheeked the above post and I see you are testing the program already, so ignore the advice then.

ddavtian · 12-20-2008, 12:42 AM

DDHarriman, thanks for explanation. I use Calibre, started testing News2PDF, wanted to try Feedbooks too. I do think I spend to much time on news, instead of reading all the books that I paid for :-)

12-16-2008, 10:34 PM	#1
foxhound6 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: PRS-505	Newspapers on the 505? Hi Everyone, I just bought my 505 last week and I love it. However, I must admit I am jealous of the Kindle users who can get newspapers on their device. Are there any sites out there that provide daily newspapers in a format I can download to my 505 every morning? Thanks and I'm looking forward to participating in the community

12-17-2008, 10:44 PM	#4
ddavtian Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 332 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco, USA Device: Sage, Elipsa, Oasis, Galaxy Tab 8U, S22U	How do you get full articles on Feedbooks? I tried NYTimes, Time Magazine, WSJ, Washington Post, USA Today, all of them had a sentence or two from each article, not much to read. Last edited by ddavtian; 12-17-2008 at 10:47 PM.

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12-17-2008, 02:12 AM	#2
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	foxhound--You need to check out Calibre (available here)... http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_windows Great program written by Kovid Goyal, that has a lot of "recipes" built in that allow you to download newspapers to your reader. dordale

12-17-2008, 03:08 PM	#3
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	Feedbooks of course (http://www.feedbooks.com)!

12-18-2008, 06:15 AM	#5
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	What you get is RSS feeds. These are composed by the head lines of the article and sometimes a little text (explanation about it), not the full article and not images if it has some. A new program appeared in these forums, News2PDF (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34119) who claims to be able to get you the full text of the article. I advise you to read the thread about it, as people are seeing this program in a controversial way.

12-18-2008, 06:19 AM	#6
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	I have just cheeked the above post and I see you are testing the program already, so ignore the advice then.

12-20-2008, 12:42 AM	#7
ddavtian Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 332 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco, USA Device: Sage, Elipsa, Oasis, Galaxy Tab 8U, S22U	DDHarriman, thanks for explanation. I use Calibre, started testing News2PDF, wanted to try Feedbooks too. I do think I spend to much time on news, instead of reading all the books that I paid for :-)

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