http://www.auricle.org/auriclewp/?p=407 Reflections on HE learning & teaching in a digital world Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.auricle.org/auriclewp/?p=407&cpage=1#comment-2063 Dave Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:11:48 +0000 http://www.auricle.org/auriclewp/?p=407#comment-2063 Actually, I have successfully ported over PDFs and Word docs to the Kindle via a SD card. It isn't the easiest thing, but it is free and quasi-legal. Downloading the free MobiPocket eBook converter app, and saving the files as a PRC (Palm) document does the trick, and preserves the formatting fairly well if the document is simple and well-structured. Too bad Amazon doesn't officially support this, but a little excavation on Google will reveal detail about the process. The AZW format is just the Palm format repackaged and Amazon opted to not explicitly help (but also not to hinder) hackers. Actually, I have successfully ported over PDFs and Word docs to the Kindle via a SD card. It isn’t the easiest thing, but it is free and quasi-legal. Downloading the free MobiPocket eBook converter app, and saving the files as a PRC (Palm) document does the trick, and preserves the formatting fairly well if the document is simple and well-structured. Too bad Amazon doesn’t officially support this, but a little excavation on Google will reveal detail about the process. The AZW format is just the Palm format repackaged and Amazon opted to not explicitly help (but also not to hinder) hackers.

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