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Old 02-23-2008, 12:40 PM   #36 (permalink)
Cynic
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Originally Posted by allenkt View Post
As for the other formats, you can have Amazon convert Word or text documents and also PDF's. The only thing about PDF's is that not all of them work. Some PDF files are really just images instead of text. Those don't convert, but all other ones do. In fact, I had Atlas Shrugged in PDF format and converted it so I could read it on my Kindle. As far as getting those documents onto your Kindle there are two ways to do it. You can email it to Amazon and have it sent to your Kindle through the Whispernet (CDMA wireless) for $0.10 per document. Alternatively you can email it to your Kindle address then Amazon will convert it and email it back to the email address you registered with when you bought the Kindle. Then you just save the document and transfer it to your Kindle via the USB port. That method is 100% free.
The problem I foresee: if it's work related material under an NDA. Then you're kinda fuched. If the Kindle can't read PDFs natively and the conversion process is kept in Amazon's total control, the Kindle is again unuseful.

However, I'm still intrigued as I don't read a lot of work related PDFs.
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