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Useful e-reader links
Tools and apps:- Calibre - manage and convert e-books
- Mangle - converting comics for Kindle
- SENDtoREADER - send any webpage to e-reader
- Sigil - .epub source editor
- PdfMasher - converts PDF articles
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Comics on Kindle
What you need:
- the comic you want to convert, as an ordered set of images within a folder
- a handy little conversion program called MangleHow to convert ( Read more... ) -
Dictionaries for Kindle
1. Get a dictionary from StarDict's collection: http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries.php
2. .dict.dz is actually a gzip archive. Rename to .dict.gz, then extract the .dict file
3. Get StarDict Editor ( Read more... ) -
Downloading books
Since pretty much everyone on my friends list loves to read, here is a short how-to on downloading ebooks from IRC :)
Step 1: Get an IRC chat client. mIRC will do fine.
Step 2: Setting up the connection. The options window will open when you first start mIRC (and if it doesn't, you can find it under Tools->Options. Type in a username and an email ( Read more... ) -
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