This i came to know from a friend in a Group. It may be of help to us who have rare books and printed materials to preserve. This is news to me which is yet to be tested practically. If anybody has tried please give feedback.
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I just got my device a few weeks back. It is a wonderful ebook reader...
I downloaded PS Part - 1 from Project Madurai to it, the font was too small to read. So I edited the PDF file and it is amazing to read PS on this device...
Those who use Kindle, please share your feelings....
Interesting. But, the photographed images may have barrel or pin-cushion distortion, as the pages may curl or may not be flat. A glass plate over the page may help. But for converting as an ebook, this device will be useful. If OCR and coders are available to convert to ebook formats (e.g. kindle), this device will kindle new interest in reading old books. Sampath
I have a kindle. The load on my mp3 player is considerably reduced. 1. As of now, it is good only for english books. Even though it supports unicode, required fonts for indic languages are not available. Let us hope this is done soon - will happen if there is a decent demand from India. 2. All doc and text files can be converted to prc or mobi formats for use in kindle. In fact, gutenberg gives the option to download most of the books in various ebook formats for immediate use. 3. pdf is a pain, as the letter size is too small or the convenience and pleasure of reading is lost, as scrolling is to be done if zoomed. But there is no option to read tamil books except as pdf files. Sampath How did you edit the PS pdf file for reading in kindle? Please advise>
There may be other methods, but this one worked for me:
1) downloadthe PS from Project Madurai in HTML format ( unfortunately, they have split each PS part into multiple HTML files ) 2) Merge the individual HTMLs of eachpart into one single large HTML file. I used MS WORD for this as I dont have any other HTML editor. 3) Use Mobipocket creator to import the HTML file 4) "Build" now. This generates a PRC file which you can download into Kindle.
This process preserves the font.
If you have a PDF editor ( such as Acrobat ) you may simply be able to increase the font size, however the reading experience with PDF files is horrible in Kindle.
Mobipocket doesnt seem preserve the Tamil font when you import the PDF file put on the Project Madurai website.
I haveconverted onlyPS Part-1, as this takes lot of time and patience. I will try to do some more research in the coming days and find a better method..
I have found this method of converting tamil files for kindle; it works well. 1. Download tamil files from project madurai or other sites in htm files, preferably in unicode.2. Read the file in ms word.3. Set page size with page set up to 9 cm x 12 cm (kindle screen size). The document will reformat itself.4. View the document in the page view mode to actual size (as seen on kindle); change font size suitably for ease and strain free viewing.5. Save the document in pdf format using cutepdf utility (freeware). This works like a print command.6. This file can be transferred to kindle; will be easy on the eyes as it is already scaled.caution: Tables, pictures etc. may need special attention and editing.I could download and convert parthiban kanavu vol 1 and 2 from project madurai and convert it for kindle in under 5 minutes. Sampath