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Kindle tip: How to transfer and convert lots of documents
December 8, 2007 | 10:28 pm

kindlehandModerator's note: Thanks to Mary Minow for sharing the tip below. Also see her upbeat Kindle review. - D.R.  I stumbled upon a convenient way to transfer lots of documents to my Kindle. I had a zipped folder of 28 student papers and tried to email the folder to my Kindle address, just to see if it would magically unzip and convert each item for me.  It did ... each item is ready to read.   A mix of txt, doc and pdf files, all converted for me to Kindle format. Instructions to myself (to remember how to...

Quick Kindle review—a TEN STRIKE
December 8, 2007 | 10:09 pm

kindlewikipediaModerator's note: Mary Minow, a consultant to LawLibrary.com, loves the Kindle even though, like most TeleBlog readers, she is not a fan of Draconian DRM. Fair's fair, so, after publishing our share of Kindle-skeptical posts, I'm pleased to pick up Mary's upbeat review with her permission. Thanks, Mary! You can also read a handy Kindle tip of hers. Meanwhile see Mary's thoughts on Kindles for libraries, where she thinks the OLPC's XO might be better because of its durability and support for more formats. I'm curious if there might be other Kindle library issues such as terms of service. -...