Comments on: Reading Free Books on the Kindle http://www.openculture.com/2009/08/reading_free_books_on_the_kindle.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: claude http://www.openculture.com/2009/08/reading_free_books_on_the_kindle.html#comment-13940 claude Mon, 24 May 2010 10:53:26 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=4428#comment-13940 If you have registered your kindle with amazon, you can send books to yourname@kindle.com to send an ebook wirelessly to your kindle. you can also convert books (even pdf, don't ask me how) to kindle format (featuring text resizing and even text to speech) by sending them as an attachment, with the subject line as 'convert' to yourname@free.kindle.com this is a valuable resource i use all the time. If you have registered your kindle with amazon, you can send books to yourname@kindle.com to send an ebook wirelessly to your kindle. you can also convert books (even pdf, don’t ask me how) to kindle format (featuring text resizing and even text to speech) by sending them as an attachment, with the subject line as ‘convert’ to yourname@free.kindle.com

this is a valuable resource i use all the time.

]]> By: claudio http://www.openculture.com/2009/08/reading_free_books_on_the_kindle.html#comment-12585 claudio Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:25:56 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=4428#comment-12585 There is also a website that provides free scientific books mainly in PDF: http://www.freescience.info There is also a website that provides free scientific books mainly in PDF: http://www.freescience.info

]]> By: Shazia Ali http://www.openculture.com/2009/08/reading_free_books_on_the_kindle.html#comment-6818 Shazia Ali Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:39:08 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=4428#comment-6818 I don't have a kindle, but was excited to see that project gutenberg has an option of downloading books in a mobile ebook java app. Now I can read on my samsung phone when I'm on the go :). I don’t have a kindle, but was excited to see that project gutenberg has an option of downloading books in a mobile ebook java app. Now I can read on my samsung phone when I’m on the go :).

]]> By: Chris Bloch http://www.openculture.com/2009/08/reading_free_books_on_the_kindle.html#comment-6798 Chris Bloch Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:55:09 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=4428#comment-6798 Another really handy website for the kindle is http://www.feedbooks.com This website will actually download an index to your kindle which you can then browse from the kindle and download titles directly for free. It has some overlap with project gutenberg, but also books that are released under a creative commons license. Highly recommended. Another really handy website for the kindle is http://www.feedbooks.com
This website will actually download an index to your kindle which you can then browse from the kindle and download titles directly for free. It has some overlap with project gutenberg, but also books that are released under a creative commons license. Highly recommended.

]]> By: Linda http://www.openculture.com/2009/08/reading_free_books_on_the_kindle.html#comment-6790 Linda Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:49:40 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=4428#comment-6790 There is a free third-party software called Stanza that will convert PDF, DOC and other formats to Kindle's AZW format (as well as many others). Here is the URL: http://www.lexcycle.com/. Once converted, the files can be ported across to the Kindle via its USB-computer linkage. Sometimes with converted PDF files, the page formatting is a little skewed (like the PDF page numbers appear within the Kindle file as do footnotes) but overall the output is acceptable. There is a free third-party software called Stanza that will convert PDF, DOC and other formats to Kindle’s AZW format (as well as many others). Here is the URL:
http://www.lexcycle.com/. Once converted, the files can be ported across to the Kindle via its USB-computer linkage. Sometimes with converted PDF files, the page formatting is a little skewed (like the PDF page numbers appear within the Kindle file as do footnotes) but overall the output is acceptable.

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