Gizmodo and O'Reilly report today that there is now a utility offered which runs ON the Kindle and will convert [text-based]PDF and EPUB files to the Kindle's .mobi format.
Called "Savory" and developed by Jesse Vincent, it does not open rights-protected (DRM) books, since that is clearly illegal. As Gizmodo writes:
And, the process is not for the faint of heart when it comes to computers. Jesse describes it on his Savory page and reminds people that it could void your warranty.
He also has done a second version over the weekend, which converts a 2nd time, from the converted text to an image-based version. That's a beta version and the process results in two files, neither perfect but you can decide which one you want to keep. He's asking for feedback. The image-set version will look more like the original copy but that may not be ideal on a small screen and it will be a much larger file. I would read all the feedback before tip-toeing into this.
I am not recommending any of this be done but am informing the interested that it's available in a Kindle world :-)
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Called "Savory" and developed by Jesse Vincent, it does not open rights-protected (DRM) books, since that is clearly illegal. As Gizmodo writes:
'It converts specific unprotected files on the fly—from PDF and ePub to Mobipocket, so it feels like they are supported by the Kindle 2. (Not, alas, the first-gen Kindle.)'Gizmodo goes on to quote Jesse's blog:
'Savory installs a small program which runs on your Kindle and watches for new files in the 'Documents' directory with names ending in '.epub' and '.pdf'. When the system notifies Savory that a document has shown up, it wakes up and runs an open-source file conversion program called Calibre. Savory also updates your Kindle2's browser configuration file to tell it that the Kindle can now handle .pdf and .epub documents.'However, Jesse is not sure that this wouldn't void the warranty. That is a big uncertainty.
And, the process is not for the faint of heart when it comes to computers. Jesse describes it on his Savory page and reminds people that it could void your warranty.
He also has done a second version over the weekend, which converts a 2nd time, from the converted text to an image-based version. That's a beta version and the process results in two files, neither perfect but you can decide which one you want to keep. He's asking for feedback. The image-set version will look more like the original copy but that may not be ideal on a small screen and it will be a much larger file. I would read all the feedback before tip-toeing into this.
I am not recommending any of this be done but am informing the interested that it's available in a Kindle world :-)
Exclusive to the New Kindle Fire best price
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