On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 03:26:39PM -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote: > Dave Feustel wrote: > > > I would expect to do all my ebook reading on the Kindle. My interest is > > in downloading my own PDF files onto the Kindle for reading away from my > > computer. > > Kindle does not support PDF.
I thought I read in a Kindle review that it did support PDF. But my memory may be flakey. I just found out that a bunch of e-books I want to read are available for Kindle, so that boosts considerably my interest in getting and using Kindle. Of course, Amazon has to start selling them again first :-). >However, according to > http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200140600&#send > you can email f...@free.kindle.com , where foo is your Kindle's name as > established at http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle > > Then, Amazon will email you back the file in Kindle's proprietary format. > > > My concern is whether Fedora supports the Kindle usb > > interface. > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200137060&#connecting > says it appears as a USB mass storage device, which Fedora should detect. > > Then, you should be able to transfer files to the documents folder on > the Kindle. I would only need this capability if Kindle will display my PDF or XML files. > I don't have a Kindle, so I can't test these instructions. > > Matt Flaschen > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
