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August 3, 2011 12:33 AM Subscribe
Where's the best place online to gather simple reference lists and charts to transfer to my Kindle 2, likely as PDFs or monospaced text? Stuff like US presidents and World Series winners, with enough basic info on each line to fit the screen's width. Is there a site that specifically has stuff like this for the Kindle? Google searches for "Kindle reference "and "Kindle lists" don't really help. Thanks.
Copy list from Wikipedia (or whatever online source), paste in MSWord, adjust formatting if necessary (tables don't show up well because of the font resizing), save, attach and email to TheSecretDecoderRing@free.kindle.com.
posted by JeremiahBritt at 6:50 AM on August 3, 2011
posted by JeremiahBritt at 6:50 AM on August 3, 2011
I got a copy of the 2010 CIA Worldfact book from Project Gutenburg for my Nook for free. They have Kindle formats there so no need for PDFs.
Also if you download CutePDF (free and very handy) you can print any document into PDF format so you so you can pretty much use any file you can print to make your own PDFs. Of course that doesn't help you find the data, but it does mean you can set it up however you like once you get it.
posted by wwax at 9:46 AM on August 3, 2011
Also if you download CutePDF (free and very handy) you can print any document into PDF format so you so you can pretty much use any file you can print to make your own PDFs. Of course that doesn't help you find the data, but it does mean you can set it up however you like once you get it.
posted by wwax at 9:46 AM on August 3, 2011
Response by poster: (In other words, would that solve your problem?)
I forgot to mention actual e-book suggestions, although I figured there were cheaper alternatives, even if it took a small amount of effort. I just got a sample of the almanac, and the reviews are right, the lists and charts are too hard to read without having to zoom in. Guess I'll have to try something else.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 12:04 AM on August 4, 2011
I forgot to mention actual e-book suggestions, although I figured there were cheaper alternatives, even if it took a small amount of effort. I just got a sample of the almanac, and the reviews are right, the lists and charts are too hard to read without having to zoom in. Guess I'll have to try something else.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 12:04 AM on August 4, 2011
Response by poster: Kindlepedia. Go nuts.
Seems like the best solution for now, thanks. It works pretty well, and it's nice to see it even saves pictures. But of the few I tried so far, the presidents page seems to make it hang, although it's not particularly dense.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 3:01 AM on August 19, 2011
Seems like the best solution for now, thanks. It works pretty well, and it's nice to see it even saves pictures. But of the few I tried so far, the presidents page seems to make it hang, although it's not particularly dense.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 3:01 AM on August 19, 2011
http://www.cheat-sheets.org/ but I don't know how well the PDFs there will display on Kindles.
posted by Kyol at 9:26 PM on August 22, 2011
posted by Kyol at 9:26 PM on August 22, 2011
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(In other words, would that solve your problem?)
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 5:05 AM on August 3, 2011