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Can I use Kindle to read research papers?
I want to be able to read research papers and if you have ever seen one they have two columns of text per page, does the Kindle format this is a user friendly way?
Can it display any article from the web in proper formatting if you want to read it…
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How to confirm if ePub is DRM'ed ? Kobo Aura HD possibly refusing to read DRM-free ePub
I've got an ePub file that I'm quite certain has no DRM on it. It's a DRM-free book bought from O'Reilly. However, my Kobo Aura HD is refusing to use it, saying that it's Adobe DRM'ed and I have to log in.
So, first thing I tried to confirm is that…
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ePub readers for Windows that support continous scrolling?
I need to find an ePub reader application for Windows that support continuous page scrolling.
Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.
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Direct copying of epub files on the Kobo internal file system
I am running Linux (Mageia 5), and I own a Kobo Glo HD. There is no
Kobo Desktop for me (that I know of). I wish to load some free epub books on my reader.
I read in several places that one can copy epub book files directly on
the Kobo file system. …
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Where to find Programming Ebooks in epub/mobi format?
From where can I download programming/coding or any book related to computer science. I am trying to have a collection of epub/mobi/azw3 programming/computer science books. Is there any site for that or can anyone share me those ? I don't want pdf…
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How to create ePub with title page from LaTeX source using pandoc
I have a book written in LaTeX. I can build an epub output file using pandoc, but I cannot get the epub title page right. The final epub file is missing Title, Author and Date information.
$ pandoc -S -o mybook.epub…
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Can I connect to eduroam using a non-touch Kindle?
Eduroam is a network that allows members of universities or research institutes to use wifi in other universities or research institutes without having to register for a guest account. This utilizes WPA2 Enterprise authentification.
Connecting to…
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footnote as popup in epub
In an ebook I bought, if you click on the number of a footnote the text of the note appears as a popup, and you may choose to close the popup or go to the chapter with footnotes. I noticed this behavior both on Moon+Reader and in Calibre reader, so…
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Annotation of non-Amazon books on Kindle Paperwhite
What I know: Using e.g., Calibre, I can put E-Books which I bought in other stores than Amazon onto a Kindle Paperwhite (2013). Also, the Paperwhite supports PDF reading.
My Question is: Can I annotate this non-Amazon originating content on the…
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SVG covers: which size must be used?
I'm planning to convert some books I wrote to the ebook format.
The covers were made by me in SVG using Inkscape, without any embedded raster image, and the text is converted to paths, so I don't even have the need to embed fonts.
Since SVG don't…
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Is there a difference in rendering between Paperwhite and Voyage?
The question title pretty much sums it up. If I'm testing how my eBook looks across different devices, and I have a Paperwhite for testing, is there a significant difference between that and the Voyage, such that I should buy a Voyage for testing…
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I am looking for a software or a way to list, extract, count, in short, analyze a book which is in epub or pdf format
As someone who is interested in learning languages, I want to find a way to know the each word and their repetitions inside a book that I am going to read.
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font color not showing up on color Nook for new eBook epub
I Mm an author and I hired a formatter to take my pdf book and convert it to epub and mobi so I can sell the eBook on Amazon. I am not technical so please bear with me.
The formatter sent me a draft copy of the epub eBook to review but there is an…
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How to set a cover image on a PDF on Kindle PW2?
How do I set a custom cover image on a PDF downloaded on Kindle PaperWhite 2?
PS1: I use Calibre to convert books and set covers, but it does not help with PDFs. The reason might be that PDF's are considered documents (rather than books) by Kindle…
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How do I convert an RSS feed's entries into an ebook?
How would I convert an RSS feed into an ebook? I know that calibre can already do this but it is a bit bulky and I don't feel confident writing a recipe in Python to try to do this. I do have access to pandoc and other tools on Linux, though.
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