Comments on: Feedbooks: An easy way to get some snazzy PDF books for the Kindle 2 http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:44:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1149755 David Rothman Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:59:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/25/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/#comment-1149755 Tristan: If only it were that simple! Yes, you can do that, but then you're stuck with the font style that Jeff Bezos wants you to use. PDF isn't my favorite format, but at least, using Feedbooks, you can vary not just the size but also the style. You could also, by the way, use OpenOffice to produce a PDF from Word, RTF, etc., in the size and style customized for you and your Kindle. Thanks, David Tristan: If only it were that simple! Yes, you can do that, but then you’re stuck with the font style that Jeff Bezos wants you to use. PDF isn’t my favorite format, but at least, using Feedbooks, you can vary not just the size but also the style.

You could also, by the way, use OpenOffice to produce a PDF from Word, RTF, etc., in the size and style customized for you and your Kindle.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Tristan Fillmore http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1149751 Tristan Fillmore Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:44:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/25/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/#comment-1149751 If you want Feedbooks on your Kindle, why wouldn't you just use their Kindle Guide? It downloads books in the native Kindle format. Just load this from your Kindle browser: www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide If you want Feedbooks on your Kindle, why wouldn’t you just use their Kindle Guide? It downloads books in the native Kindle format.

Just load this from your Kindle browser:

http://www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1149742 David Rothman Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/25/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/#comment-1149742 Michael: Big thanks for checking out Manybooks' customization for us! - David Michael: Big thanks for checking out Manybooks’ customization for us! – David

]]> By: Michael Pastore http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1149741 Michael Pastore Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:16:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/25/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/#comment-1149741 Thanks, David ... With this useful hint, it takes less than a minute to create customized ebooks! ... That is a valuable free tool not only for everyone who reads ebooks, but also for ebook publishers who want to learn (and tweak) the specs. Both FeedBooks.com and ManyBooks.net offer the customization options -- trim size dimensions and margins -- in millimeters. Those of us who are metric-system challenged might need a converter from mm to inches (not to create the customized ebook, but to understand how large it will be): http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/millimeters-to-inches.htm Yes, ManyBooks.net also works well. ManyBooks has re-designed their website and it looks gorgeous; and they now offer public domain ebooks in 20 different formats. Michael Pastore 50 Benefits of Ebooks Thanks, David … With this useful hint, it takes less than a minute to create customized ebooks! … That is a valuable free tool not only for everyone who reads ebooks, but also for ebook publishers who want to learn (and tweak) the specs.

Both FeedBooks.com and ManyBooks.net offer the customization options — trim size dimensions and margins — in millimeters. Those of us who are metric-system challenged might need a converter from mm to inches (not to create the customized ebook, but to understand how large it will be):

http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/millimeters-to-inches.htm

Yes, ManyBooks.net also works well. ManyBooks has re-designed their website and it looks gorgeous; and they now offer public domain ebooks in 20 different formats.

Michael Pastore
50 Benefits of Ebooks

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