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AOO, pdf and kindle (was: Re: Is this working?)
On 01/06/12 19:29, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
> LOL! Thanks!! I'm just into writing books . Does anyone there know if the
> Kindle "thing" at amazon can read files from Open Office? I'm not about to
> buy Word from Microsoft again ... After installing several times due to
> hard drive crashes and trying to put it on a new computer ... I was
> informed I had used up my opportunities to install. I paid $149 for that
> CD!! Shall we talk about greed?
If it will read a pdf, you can always export as pdf (or use a
pseudo-printer, which has some advantage) from within AOO.
My own reservation is that AIUI you have to email everything to Amazon
for downloading to your kindle, which (a) is stoopid on sundry counts,
and (b) gives them access to everything you read. OT I know, but while
we're here, can anyone confirm/deny this please?
(PS. it's a good idea not to hijack a thread; it's also good to set the
subject line appropriately for the content!)
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Mike Scott
Harlow, Essex, England
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Re: AOO, pdf and kindle (was: Re: Is this working?)
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:53:00 +0100
Mike Scott <mi...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
> On 01/06/12 19:29, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
> > LOL! Thanks!! I'm just into writing books . Does anyone there know if the
> > Kindle "thing" at amazon can read files from Open Office? I'm not about to
> > buy Word from Microsoft again ... After installing several times due to
> > hard drive crashes and trying to put it on a new computer ... I was
> > informed I had used up my opportunities to install. I paid $149 for that
> > CD!! Shall we talk about greed?
>
> If it will read a pdf, you can always export as pdf (or use a
> pseudo-printer, which has some advantage) from within AOO.
>
> My own reservation is that AIUI you have to email everything to Amazon
> for downloading to your kindle, which (a) is stoopid on sundry counts,
> and (b) gives them access to everything you read. OT I know, but while
> we're here, can anyone confirm/deny this please?
>
>
> (PS. it's a good idea not to hijack a thread; it's also good to set the
> subject line appropriately for the content!)
>
> --
> Mike Scott
> Harlow, Essex, England
Google for and look at Calibre. It will readily convert OpenOffice .odt files to almost any ebook format and alow one to download direct to the Kindle by USB. No need to go near Amazon or anybody else.
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Re: (OT) Re: AOO, pdf and kindle
Posted by Sylvia Sánchez <Ma...@yahoo.com.ar>.
Mike, is not his reading material, is his "writing" material. He is a
book writer.
:-)
/Con cariño desde Fedora 17/
El 08/06/12 05:13, Mike Scott escribió:
> On 07/06/12 18:13, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
>> Not sure I understand you, Mike. I an an author. To get one's book on
>> Kindle, one must upload it from their computer to amazing's Kindle
>> converter. No email involved. Just sending the completed file.
>> On Jun 7, 2012 9:53 AM, "Mike Scott"<mi...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Email or direct upload, I'd be singularly unhappy at being forced to
> send all my reading material via anyone like amazon. I can't see any
> reason at all why one shouldn't upload directly (over usb or whatever)
> something a kindle will handle. Makes me suspicious if they set up a
> system that forces an unnecessary dependency; sets my privacy-o-meter
> all atremble. (It's one reason I've shelved the idea of buying one.)
>
> Can any confirm please whether this is indeed part of amazon's scheme,
> and whether others may be differently managed?
>
> (This sub-thread is well OT for this list; if no-one actually knows
> the answer, I'll drop the subject.)
>
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Re: (OT) Re: AOO, pdf and kindle
Posted by Herman H Dalman <da...@hccnet.nl>.
May be this will help:
http://packratstudios.com/index.php/2008/05/04/how-to-hack-your-amazon-kindle-to-read-all-your-ebooks-and-documents-including-pdf-doc-xls-chm-lit-etc/
Herman H Dalman
The Netherlands
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Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: (OT) Re: AOO, pdf and kindle
> On 08/06/12 09:13, Mike Scott wrote:
>> On 07/06/12 18:13, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
>>> Not sure I understand you, Mike. I an an author. To get one's book on
>>> Kindle, one must upload it from their computer to amazing's Kindle
>>> converter. No email involved. Just sending the completed file.
>>> On Jun 7, 2012 9:53 AM, "Mike Scott"<mi...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Email or direct upload, I'd be singularly unhappy at being forced to
>> send all my reading material via anyone like amazon. I can't see any
>> reason at all why one shouldn't upload directly (over usb or whatever)
>> something a kindle will handle. Makes me suspicious if they set up a
>> system that forces an unnecessary dependency; sets my privacy-o-meter
>> all atremble. (It's one reason I've shelved the idea of buying one.)
>>
>> Can any confirm please whether this is indeed part of amazon's scheme,
>> and whether others may be differently managed?
>>
>> (This sub-thread is well OT for this list; if no-one actually knows the
>> answer, I'll drop the subject.)
>>
> I'll answer my own question. Amazon will convert files (possibly at a
> cost, depending on how they send the results back), or files can be
> uploaded over usb. My apprehension was therefore groundless. (Although I
> must say I'm surprised no-one has come back on this. Maybe the
> intersection of kindle users, AOO users and and list subscribers is the
> empty set :-) )
>
> --
> Mike Scott
> Harlow, Essex, England
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Re: (OT) Re: AOO, pdf and kindle
Posted by Mike Scott <mi...@scottsonline.org.uk>.
On 08/06/12 09:13, Mike Scott wrote:
> On 07/06/12 18:13, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
>> Not sure I understand you, Mike. I an an author. To get one's book on
>> Kindle, one must upload it from their computer to amazing's Kindle
>> converter. No email involved. Just sending the completed file.
>> On Jun 7, 2012 9:53 AM, "Mike Scott"<mi...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Email or direct upload, I'd be singularly unhappy at being forced to
> send all my reading material via anyone like amazon. I can't see any
> reason at all why one shouldn't upload directly (over usb or whatever)
> something a kindle will handle. Makes me suspicious if they set up a
> system that forces an unnecessary dependency; sets my privacy-o-meter
> all atremble. (It's one reason I've shelved the idea of buying one.)
>
> Can any confirm please whether this is indeed part of amazon's scheme,
> and whether others may be differently managed?
>
> (This sub-thread is well OT for this list; if no-one actually knows the
> answer, I'll drop the subject.)
>
I'll answer my own question. Amazon will convert files (possibly at a
cost, depending on how they send the results back), or files can be
uploaded over usb. My apprehension was therefore groundless. (Although I
must say I'm surprised no-one has come back on this. Maybe the
intersection of kindle users, AOO users and and list subscribers is the
empty set :-) )
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Re: (OT) Re: AOO, pdf and kindle
Posted by Bonnie Hendricks <bo...@gmail.com>.
I think you just don't understand how Kindle works ... Not just anyone can
upload or access whatever is there.
On Jun 8, 2012 1:14 AM, "Mike Scott" <mi...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
> On 07/06/12 18:13, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
>
>> Not sure I understand you, Mike. I an an author. To get one's book on
>> Kindle, one must upload it from their computer to amazing's Kindle
>> converter. No email involved. Just sending the completed file.
>> On Jun 7, 2012 9:53 AM, "Mike Scott"<mi...@scottsonline.org.uk>>
>> wrote:
>>
>
> Email or direct upload, I'd be singularly unhappy at being forced to send
> all my reading material via anyone like amazon. I can't see any reason at
> all why one shouldn't upload directly (over usb or whatever) something a
> kindle will handle. Makes me suspicious if they set up a system that forces
> an unnecessary dependency; sets my privacy-o-meter all atremble. (It's one
> reason I've shelved the idea of buying one.)
>
> Can any confirm please whether this is indeed part of amazon's scheme, and
> whether others may be differently managed?
>
> (This sub-thread is well OT for this list; if no-one actually knows the
> answer, I'll drop the subject.)
>
> --
> Mike Scott
> Harlow, Essex, England
>
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(OT) Re: AOO, pdf and kindle
Posted by Mike Scott <mi...@scottsonline.org.uk>.
On 07/06/12 18:13, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
> Not sure I understand you, Mike. I an an author. To get one's book on
> Kindle, one must upload it from their computer to amazing's Kindle
> converter. No email involved. Just sending the completed file.
> On Jun 7, 2012 9:53 AM, "Mike Scott"<mi...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
Email or direct upload, I'd be singularly unhappy at being forced to
send all my reading material via anyone like amazon. I can't see any
reason at all why one shouldn't upload directly (over usb or whatever)
something a kindle will handle. Makes me suspicious if they set up a
system that forces an unnecessary dependency; sets my privacy-o-meter
all atremble. (It's one reason I've shelved the idea of buying one.)
Can any confirm please whether this is indeed part of amazon's scheme,
and whether others may be differently managed?
(This sub-thread is well OT for this list; if no-one actually knows the
answer, I'll drop the subject.)
--
Mike Scott
Harlow, Essex, England
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Re: AOO, pdf and kindle (was: Re: Is this working?)
Posted by Bonnie Hendricks <bo...@gmail.com>.
Not sure I understand you, Mike. I an an author. To get one's book on
Kindle, one must upload it from their computer to amazing's Kindle
converter. No email involved. Just sending the completed file.
On Jun 7, 2012 9:53 AM, "Mike Scott" <mi...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
> On 01/06/12 19:29, Bonnie Hendricks wrote:
>
>> LOL! Thanks!! I'm just into writing books . Does anyone there know if the
>> Kindle "thing" at amazon can read files from Open Office? I'm not about to
>> buy Word from Microsoft again ... After installing several times due to
>> hard drive crashes and trying to put it on a new computer ... I was
>> informed I had used up my opportunities to install. I paid $149 for that
>> CD!! Shall we talk about greed?
>>
>
> If it will read a pdf, you can always export as pdf (or use a
> pseudo-printer, which has some advantage) from within AOO.
>
> My own reservation is that AIUI you have to email everything to Amazon for
> downloading to your kindle, which (a) is stoopid on sundry counts, and (b)
> gives them access to everything you read. OT I know, but while we're here,
> can anyone confirm/deny this please?
>
>
> (PS. it's a good idea not to hijack a thread; it's also good to set the
> subject line appropriately for the content!)
>
> --
> Mike Scott
> Harlow, Essex, England
>
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