On 29 November 2012 15:36, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Beco <r...@beco.cc> wrote: > > Dear fellows, > > I have a Kobo and I like it pretty well. One issue I do have is that > browsing through a large collection of books is a real pain. You can > sort by title or author, but that is it, no support for a folder > structure or similar. The Kobo software work well on wine, I think > they are supposed to put out a Linux native version at some point (it > uses QT4). For Kobo you only need to install their software, not > Adobe, though Adobe works ok in Wine as well. > Have you tried using Calibre? I did not need any Kindle software on my Debian computer to manage my Kindle. Calibre does it all for me. > > Kobo at least is pretty terrible for PDFs. Slow, badly sized text, no > reflow...Fundamentally PDF is not a good format for ebooks. I don:t > know if the experience is better on a Kindle or similar. > Same on Kindle except when you format pdf for A6 pages. I had some success converting pdf's to mobi format - escpecially when it was created with latex with hyperref. I think Calibre first try to convert it to html and then to epub or mobi or whatever format you prefer. > > Can't help with the remote stuff. Maybe Kindle's wispernet would be useful? > I have a Kindle Touch. I do not use whispernet, but my local home wifi-network and it works very nicely. I can even send documents by email to the Kindle or even from my Macbook' s Desktop using Amazon's "Send to Kindle" software. And then you can choose to which Kindle you want to send it. I and my wife have both Kindles registered on the same account at Amazon. Then I also have a software Kindle on my mobile phone and on my macbook. I can use Send-to-Kindle to send a file to all of them. > > I find it surprising that people are recommending tablets and > phones... IMHO phone are next to useless for any serious amount of > book reading, they are just too small, and the tablets have the > battery life issue. That is what is great about an ereader, you charge > it like once a week tops. > I charge my Kindle once about once in a month or month and a half. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)
