Thread: PostgreSQL documentation on kindle - best practices?
my google-fu lead me to the following receipts: - create HTML documentation as single file, use Calibre to convert - use downloadable HTML-documentation, convert via Calibre (minor problems are reported, as in "wrong order of sections") - download PDF and convert via Calibre - download PDF and put on kindle .... 1-3 and use different conversion tools. So my question: has anyone found a best practice solution to convert the PostgreSQL documentaiton into a kindle-friendly format? Or has even an .azw file downloadable somewhere? Best wishes, Harald -- Harald Armin Massa www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support 2ndQuadrant Deutschland GmbH GF: Harald Armin Massa Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 736399
On 04/04/11 1:47 AM, Harald Armin Massa wrote: > my google-fu lead me to the following receipts: > > - create HTML documentation as single file, use Calibre to convert > - use downloadable HTML-documentation, convert via Calibre (minor > problems are reported, as in "wrong order of sections") > - download PDF and convert via Calibre > - download PDF and put on kindle > > .... 1-3 and use different conversion tools. > > So my question: has anyone found a best practice solution to convert > the PostgreSQL documentaiton into a kindle-friendly format? Or has > even an .azw file downloadable somewhere? if kindle can view PDFs, I dunno why you wouldn't use that, unless its a page size issue.
On 4 April 2011 09:52, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote: > On 04/04/11 1:47 AM, Harald Armin Massa wrote: >> >> my google-fu lead me to the following receipts: >> >> - create HTML documentation as single file, use Calibre to convert >> - use downloadable HTML-documentation, convert via Calibre (minor >> problems are reported, as in "wrong order of sections") >> - download PDF and convert via Calibre >> - download PDF and put on kindle >> >> .... 1-3 and use different conversion tools. >> >> So my question: has anyone found a best practice solution to convert >> the PostgreSQL documentaiton into a kindle-friendly format? Or has >> even an .azw file downloadable somewhere? > > if kindle can view PDFs, I dunno why you wouldn't use that, unless its a The problem with PDFs are that they are fixed-size, in that you have to zoom in and scroll around the page to read everything on a Kindle. An e-book format would re-flow content to match the e-book reader and allow the user to adjust text size. -- Thom Brown Twitter: @darkixion IRC (freenode): dark_ixion Registered Linux user: #516935 EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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> So my question: has anyone found a best practice solution to convert
> the PostgreSQL documentaiton into a kindle-friendly format? Or has
> even an .azw file downloadable somewhere?
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> Best wishes,
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> Harald
You could always send the pdf file and get it converted to kindle format, free of cost. It is not a good idea to try and read pdf files in Kindle.
You have to send the pdf file to <kindleusername>@free.kindle.com
Regards,
Jayadevan
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On Apr 4, 4:00 am, Jayadevan.Maym...@ibsplc.com (Jayadevan M) wrote: > > So my question: has anyone found a best practice solution to convert > > the PostgreSQL documentaiton into a kindle-friendly format? Or has > > even an .azw file downloadable somewhere? > > > Best wishes, > > > Harald > > You could always send the pdf file and get it converted to kindle format, > free of cost. It is not a good idea to try and read pdf files in Kindle. > You have to send the pdf file to <kindleusername>@free.kindle.com > Regards, > Jayadevan > > DISCLAIMER: > > "The information in this e-mail and any attachment is intended only for > the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or > privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly > contact the sender and destroy all copies of the original communication. > IBS makes no warranty, express or implied, nor guarantees the accuracy, > adequacy or completeness of the information contained in this email or any > attachment and is not liable for any errors, defects, omissions, viruses > or for resultant loss or damage, if any, direct or indirect." I looks like a tagged PDF will reflow on supporting devices such as kindle. EPUB seems to be an alternative. http://www.google.com/search?q=pdf+reflow&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&tbs= ray