Wikipedia => Kindle

[Mike L]

A useful service I just stumbled upon:

http://www.edukindle.com/downloads/kindlepedia/

You enter the URL of any (English) Wikipedia page. You get back a file in mobi format containing the article in question, which you can then transfer to your Kindle.

Based on the couple of articles I've obtained so far, the formatting is immaculate.

Of course, those of you who are in Whispernet range can already access Wikipedia in your web browser. But for the rest of us, this could be a useful innovation.

[daffy4u]

Great find! Would you mind adding it to the Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have sticky?

This is actually a link any ebook reader can use, because they can convert to non-DRM mobi to their appropriate format.

[Alisa]

Originally Posted by Mike L

Of course, those of you who are in Whispernet range can already access Wikipedia in your web browser. But for the rest of us, this could be a useful innovation.

You don't even need to launch the browser. If you use the search term @wiki, it will search it for you. It's formatted rather nicely for the Kindle screen, too. It's nice that folks without Whispernet have a good option, though.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by Alisa

You don't even need to launch the browser. If you use the search term @wiki, it will search it for you. It's formatted rather nicely for the Kindle screen, too. It's nice that folks without Whispernet have a good option, though.

That shortcut was taken away with K2 so it only works with K1.

[Alisa]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

That shortcut was taken away with K2 so it only works with K1.

How sucky! I wonder why they did that?

[nohmi2]

Originally Posted by Mike L

A useful service I just stumbled upon:

http://www.edukindle.com/downloads/kindlepedia/

You enter the URL of any (English) Wikipedia page. You get back a file in mobi format containing the article in question, which you can then transfer to your Kindle.

Based on the couple of articles I've obtained so far, the formatting is immaculate.

Of course, those of you who are in Whispernet range can already access Wikipedia in your web browser. But for the rest of us, this could be a useful innovation.

Many thanks.

This is a very useful tool.

Cheers.

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

Would you mind adding it to the Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have sticky?

Done it.

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

This is actually a link any ebook reader can use, because they can convert to non-DRM mobi to their appropriate format.

That's right. I should have mentioned that.

I've used this service to read the same articles in Mobipocket Reader on my laptop when not connected to the Internet, for example.

Of course, it's not a substitute for quick look-ups or random browsing on Wikipedia. It's most useful when there's a particular article you want to read at your leisure, and the article's long enough to make the effort worthwhile.

[sirbruce]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

That shortcut was taken away with K2 so it only works with K1.

Uhhh, what? No it wasn't. K2 has all the @ shortcuts, even more than K1 has.

You're probably missing the fact you have to hit return first to bring up the search box, since the first character is @ and hitting the sym key from the main menu won't bring up the search box.

Also, with K2 you can just type in the word and move the five-way controller to the right to select Wikipedia as where you want to search for the word.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by sirbruce

Uhhh, what? No it wasn't. K2 has all the @ shortcuts, even more than K1 has.

You're probably missing the fact you have to hit return first to bring up the search box, since the first character is @ and hitting the sym key from the main menu won't bring up the search box.

Also, with K2 you can just type in the word and move the five-way controller to the right to select Wikipedia as where you want to search for the word.

You can only get to the "@" key after you bring up the search box. When I do that and type "@wiki", it tries to search my Kindle and doesn't bring up Wikipedia. And yes, the wireless was on.

[sirbruce]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

You can only get to the "@" key after you bring up the search box. When I do that and type "@wiki", it tries to search my Kindle and doesn't bring up Wikipedia. And yes, the wireless was on.

I already said that about the @ key. I just tried @wiki and @wiki <foo> on both my K2 and KDX, and it works fine. You're doing something wrong.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by sirbruce

I already said that about the @ key. I just tried @wiki and @wiki <foo> on both my K2 and KDX, and it works fine. You're doing something wrong.

Okay.

[sirbruce]

Well... maybe you're not, but all I can tell you is it works on mine.

[kevindorsey]

That's pretty sweet, thanks for the link.