Reading Outside Documents on Amazon’s Kindle
How well does the Amazon Kindle work with .txt files? I read a lot of text books from Project Gutenberg - it’s a great resource for those old classics. Also, does it read normal PDF’s okay?
Amazon’s Kindle is a first gen device. There are some features that we will all encourage Amazon to change, and there are some exciting features that make me say “Go Amazon!”. You can see my thoughts and full review on GeekBrief.TV #262.
You can buy eBooks from Amazon’s store on the device, and make notes within the books. You can also transfer documents to Kindle for a fee of $0.10/attachment. It accepts these document types: Microsoft Word (.doc), HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TXT files. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work with PDF files.
Here’s how the transfer works. You send an email to a unique email address (username@kindle.com) and include the file as an attachment. Kindle will convert the file and send it to your device. The ten cent charge is a convenience charge only. You don’t have to pay it. You can send an email to username@free.kindle.com with your attachment. Your file will be converted and sent back to the email address on your account. You can then transfer that document via USB onto your Kindle.
To avoid spam, you specify the email addresses that can send files to the Kindle. Anything else is blocked. I’m impressed with the decision to give users a choice.
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