Comments on: Calibre how-to videos http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/23/calibre-how-to-videos/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:51:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: alexxxm http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/23/calibre-how-to-videos/#comment-858494 alexxxm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:51:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/23/calibre-how-to-videos/#comment-858494 > This free tool –if the feed part works as advertised ... I'm reading daily the NYTimes, and downloading without problems Newsweek, NY Review of Books and many others ... I can guarantee you that fetching perfectly readable news is as "geeky" as pressing a button. alessandro > This free tool –if the feed part works as advertised …

I’m reading daily the NYTimes, and downloading without problems Newsweek, NY Review of Books and many others …
I can guarantee you that fetching perfectly readable news is as “geeky” as pressing a button.

alessandro

]]> By: Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/23/calibre-how-to-videos/#comment-858099 Paul Biba Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:54:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/23/calibre-how-to-videos/#comment-858099 Been using Calibre for quite a while now. It's the only way that I've found to manage my Sony Reader on a Mac. It's a nice program and very much a work in progress. Keep an eye on it when you open it to see if there is an update. Goyal updates the program frequently. I use it to manage my Reader without using Windows and to convert HTML and Mobi books to use on the Reader. That's how I got all the Tor books into my Reader, as none are available in lrf format. Calibre does a nice, but not perfect, job of conversion. It you are just reading for pleasure it is more than good enough. One minor point. If you are using a 500, as opposed to the 505, you need to download the drivers from Goyal's site. This is not necessary for the 505. I sent Goyal a contribution a while back and will be sending him another. I urge anyone who is interested in the program to help him by contibuting. Goyal is a physics post-grad so I'm sure he can use the $$. Been using Calibre for quite a while now. It’s the only way that I’ve found to manage my Sony Reader on a Mac. It’s a nice program and very much a work in progress. Keep an eye on it when you open it to see if there is an update. Goyal updates the program frequently.

I use it to manage my Reader without using Windows and to convert HTML and Mobi books to use on the Reader. That’s how I got all the Tor books into my Reader, as none are available in lrf format. Calibre does a nice, but not perfect, job of conversion. It you are just reading for pleasure it is more than good enough.

One minor point. If you are using a 500, as opposed to the 505, you need to download the drivers from Goyal’s site. This is not necessary for the 505.

I sent Goyal a contribution a while back and will be sending him another. I urge anyone who is interested in the program to help him by contibuting. Goyal is a physics post-grad so I’m sure he can use the $$.

]]> By: Hadrien http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/23/calibre-how-to-videos/#comment-858098 Hadrien Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:53:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/23/calibre-how-to-videos/#comment-858098 For full feeds on the Kindle, I would recommend using Feedbooks rather than a desktop utility, since it's possible to directly update your feeds from the Kindle itself this way: http://www.feedbooks.com/help/kindle#rss Calibre does a very good job at supporting the PRS-500/505 but I've always been a bit worried about the legal aspects: extracting content from websites that doesn't provide a full text feed might be a problem. For full feeds on the Kindle, I would recommend using Feedbooks rather than a desktop utility, since it’s possible to directly update your feeds from the Kindle itself this way: http://www.feedbooks.com/help/kindle#rss

Calibre does a very good job at supporting the PRS-500/505 but I’ve always been a bit worried about the legal aspects: extracting content from websites that doesn’t provide a full text feed might be a problem.

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