{"id":665,"date":"2011-03-30T19:36:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T00:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildow.com\/?p=665"},"modified":"2011-03-30T21:21:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T02:21:34","slug":"convert-pdf-file-to-kindle-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"convert pdf file to kindle format"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/publishingcentral.com\/blog\/ebook-publishing\/how-to-convert-pdf-files-into-kindle-ebooks\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobipocket.com\/en\/DownloadSoft\/DownloadCreator.asp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mobipocket.com\/en\/DownloadSoft\/DownloadCreator.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00154JDAI?tag=placesforpublish\">Kindle<\/a> can display files in four different formats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>.TXT files (HTML files can be viewed if you change the extension to .txt as well)<\/li>\n<li>.AZW files \u2013 Amazon\u2019s own exclusive ebook format for the Kindle<\/li>\n<li>.MOBI files \u2013 content formatted for the MobiPocket Reader<\/li>\n<li>.PRC \u2013 These are the exact same format as .MOBI but were designed to be compatible with Palm PDAs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->Odds are, though, that the bulk of the documents you have on your  computer that you might wish to read on your Kindle are in PDF format.  If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ve got a lifetime of reading stored up in PDF  files that you\u2019ve been meaning to get around to \u201csome day soon.\u201d Adding  them to your Kindle library would be a good way to make them more  accessible, and make it far more likely that you\u2019ll get around to  reading all those files at one point or another.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there are a few ways you can convert your PDF files into formats accessible to your Kindle.<\/p>\n<p>The first is by emailing your PDF file \u00ac\u2020to your Kindle account email  address. If you want the resulting ebook to be sent wirelessly, send  the PDF as an attachment to\u00ac\u2020<em>yourusername@kindle.com (<\/em>replacing <em>yourusername <\/em>with  your actual Kindle username, of course). You\u2019ll be charged a fee of 15  cents per megabyte for having the file delivered this way.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get your converted file without a fee, send the PDF as  an attachment to\u00ac\u2020yourusername@free.kindle.com. The converted file will  be sent back to you via email for free, and you can then transfer it to  your Kindle via USB connection.<\/p>\n<p>This method is not foolproof. Some files come out somewhat mangled,  and you can\u2019t use this method to convert any file that is very large or  that has a password or DRM securing it.<\/p>\n<p>The other method to convert PDF to Kindle-compatible files is the one  I use most often. It works with some DRM-enabled PDFs \u2014 I use it with  NetGalley files, for example \u2014 \u00ac\u2020and does a pretty fair job of keeping  the content, including images and tables, intact.<\/p>\n<p>To proceed, you\u2019ll need to download and install the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobipocket.com\/en\/DownloadSoft\/ProductDetailsCreator.asp\" target=\"_blank\">MobiPocket Creator Publisher Edition from the Mobipocket.com website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve started the program, there\u2019s an option to import a PDF  file. \u00ac\u2020After running the import feature you will have generated an HTML  file which you can then \u201cbuild\u201d into a .prc file immediately, or you  can choose to add a cover image, a table of contents, or metadata to the  ebook first.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve built the file, it\u2019s a simple job to drag it over to your Kindle over a USB connection.<\/p>\n<p>MobiPocket creator does a great job of reflowing the layout and  removing headers and footers which would otherwise mar \u00ac\u2020your newly  created ebook.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here is another site that can transfer the new document to the iphone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/?p=1720\">http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/?p=1720<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Open iTunes<br \/>\nClick on your iPhone (mine is called iPhone but yours may have another name) on the left hand menu bar.<br \/>\nClick on \u201cApps\u201d\u00a0at the top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5-300x163.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scroll down.<\/p>\n<p>Click on Kindle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"6\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6-300x162.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on the \u201cAdd\u2026\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"7\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/7-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find your newly created \u201cprc\u201d file.\u00a0 It should be in \u201cMy Documents\u201d  \u201cMy Publications\u201d and then look for a subdirectory with the name of the  PDF file. In this case the subdirectory is\u00a0 \u201cLove Unscripted\u201d.<br \/>\nClick on the file name with the \u201cprc\u201d extension. Then click the \u201cOpen\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/8-300x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your file will appear in the list box and your iPhone will automatically sync.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"9\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/9-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next time you open your Kindle for iPhone an additional file (a \u201cmbp\u201d file) will be added to the list box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"10\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/10-300x214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>DO NOT DELETE THESE FILES<\/em><\/strong>! If you delete them they will be removed from your Kindle as well and you will have to do this whole thing all over again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>link http:\/\/www.mobipocket.com\/en\/DownloadSoft\/DownloadCreator.asp The Kindle can display files in four different formats: .TXT files (HTML files can be viewed if you change the extension to .txt as well) .AZW files \u2013 Amazon\u2019s own exclusive ebook format for the Kindle .MOBI files &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wildow.com\/?p=665\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}