so I'm sorry i didn't follow this thread enough. Could i purchase a book from amazon, and convert it to pdf for ibooks?
Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 28, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > I really love calibre now! I found what I needed to make it work in some > books I had trouble with and it is going to revolutionize my ebook reading! I > also really like that it seems to work well with voiceover in terminal; > enough gets spoken as it converts for you to usually know whether or not it > was successful without having to try to arrow back through the output. > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > On Sep 28, 2012, at 6:46 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> What I really like about it is that you can make a file with the commands >> and copy them into terminal and you are running. Even you can add the >> command string to textexpander, and it will be easy to get it whenever you >> need the command. I have read on the internet that it should be possible to >> convert a folder containing more files, but they do not write the command >> out there. >> >> It ought to be possible to make a script or a service, but I do not know how >> to do that. >> >> Best regards Annie. >> Den Sep 28, 2012 kl. 10:09 AM skrev sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com>: >> >>> "peeks in" >>> morning ya'll, list of output formats will follow later today, first >>> of all i need to get a few coffs and a few smokes, i am not kidding, i >>> am driving on 3 cyls outta 12. >>> For Cheryl. if you have any problems with the converted books, simply >>> just write .txt after the convert command. A few other output formats >>> is htm, rtf, and pdf. And prolly others. >>> As i told Annie yesterday i do one at the time. It works adoringly, >>> and runs as i would expect. My only problems so far is my medical >>> books, which seems to be too huge, but that is another storry. >>> >>> Sandi >>> >>> >>> On 9/28/12, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Never mind. I tried the directions that had been posted (like I should have >>>> done in the first place) and they work. I didn't have to install anything >>>> or >>>> open the application. Would be nice if it was accessible from within the >>>> application itself but I'm glad it can still be used. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheryl >>>> >>>> May the words of my mouth >>>> and the meditation of my heart >>>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> i saw these posts about calibre. I had tried it once before but found it >>>>> inaccessible and didn't know it could be run from the commandline. I just >>>>> reinstalled it and still find it pretty much inaccessible with voiceover >>>>> though I did manage to select a location for the folder. But everything in >>>>> the menus is dimmed. I read in the information about calibre that you need >>>>> to go into Preferences to install command line tools but this also looks >>>>> inaccessible to me. Am I missing something here or can somebody tell me >>>>> what to do? I do have the posts giving the terminal commands to use to >>>>> convert a book. Also where can I find a list of what file types it will >>>>> convert. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Cheryl >>>>> >>>>> May the words of my mouth >>>>> and the meditation of my heart >>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>>>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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