[irthinker]

Heya,

I want to get my 5th ed core rulebook (2nd ed) onto my Kindle.

My 5th ed core rulebook is larger than 25 MB, so I cannot email it as usual.

When I try to use PrimoPDF to print it to a new file.  It is corrupt.

Suggestions?

[Raven2049]

not familliar with kindles but cant you just connect it via the USB cable that it charges with to a computer and transfer the files?

[Reaver]

not familliar with kindles but cant you just connect it via the USB cable that it charges with to a computer and transfer the files?

I seem to remember that some kindles would only accept e-mail, and not a dats transfer.

I could be wrong. But I seem to remember that when I went shopping for one a few years ago and settled on a tablet. (That, and a colored screen, larger size, more versatility, less cost....)

You could try editing your file and taking out the full page pictures, or greyscale them. That may reduce the file size to an emailable size.

[Dinendae]

I picked up a Micro SD card and USB adapter for my Nook. I transfer files from my computer to the card, and then use the card in my Nook. Another way of doing it is to get a free Dropbox account. You can upload the file to Dropbox, and then install the Dropbox app on your device and use that to download the file.

[BetaCAV]

http://www.fluentin3months.com/convert-pdfs/ should cover most of the grunt work. Once you've got all the conversion done, Calibre is reputedly able to split the file into chunks, which can then be e-mailed individually, and reconstructed on the Kindle (using Kindle/Mobi Unpack).

Not having a Kindle, I can't offer more specific instructions.

[irthinker]

Yeah, I should have clarified that I am using Kindle Apps on various devices, not a Kindle device per se.

[Duellist_D]

"Kindle Apps" implies the use of a tablet/smartphone w/e, not a E-ink reading device.
Why don't you just stick to the PDF and the appropriate Reader App of your choice?
I don't think there is any device out there that still forbids you to just move the PDF onto it after connecting it to your PC.

[BetaCAV]

Because with a PDF, you either zoom out to a degree that the text becomes illegible, or you pan and scan within the page. With multiple columns of text (plus sidebars and blocks/insets) this is frustrating, if not painful.
With most other e-reader formats you can reflow the text to fit the screen at your chosen type size.

Page-image formats suck, and should have died with car-phones. In a fire.

[Duellist_D]

Well, ereader formats are for text, PDF is for stuff with compley layout and images in it.
Both have their valid usercases.