eBooks and eBook Format Transformers

Sites

• FreeKindleBooks.org – http://freekindlebooks.org/ – mainly books from Project Gutenberg, in MOBI format.
• A short and informative Kindle wiki – http://www.kindleapplication.net/a-short-and-informative-kindle-wiki/
• MobileRead – http://www.mobileread.com/
  • [HACK] Google Translate on Ebook search menu – http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104386/a>
• A Kindle World blog – http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/
• Borrow Kindle Books from Your Local Library – https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000718231
• Visual Kindle Guide – http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Visual_Kindle_Guide
  • Kindle Hacks Information – http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Hacks_Information
• Library Babel Fish – A college librarian’s take on technology – http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library_babel_fish [RSS – http://www.insidehighered.com/feed/atom/blog/library_babel_fish]
• eBook Architects – http://ebookarchitects.com/:
  • eBook Retailers and Distributors – http://ebookarchitects.com/conversions/retailers.php

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Articles

• “Free Kindle Books: A Guide” by Lauren Indvik (mashable > Tech; 2010.12.25) – http://mashable.com/2010/12/25/free-kindle-books/
• Books In Browsers 2011: Mary Lou Jepsen, “Readers and Accessibility” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikvwj54koLk
• The ABCs of e-book format conversion: Easy Calibre tips for the Kindle, Sony and Nook (2010.01.03) – http://www.teleread.com/drm/the-abcs-of-format-conversion-for-the-kindle-sony-and-nook-plus-some-calibre-tips/

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Devices and other readers

• Amazon’s Kindle
• barnes and Noble’s Nook
• FBReader — e-book reader for Unix/Windows computers – http://www.fbreader.org/

eBook format transformers

• pdf2mobi – http://pdf2mobi.sourceforge.net/ | http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdf2mobi/ [FreeWare]
• MobiPocket – http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadSoft/ProductDetailsCreator.asp [FreeWare]
• ABC Amber CHM Converter – http://www.processtext.com/abcchm.html [FreeWare]
• ABC Amber LIT Converter – http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html [FreeWare]
• ConvertLIT – http://www.convertlit.com/download.php [FreeWare]
• Calibre – http://calibre-ebook.com/ [FreeWare]
  • at WikiPedia – http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Calibre
  • Calibre error “Requested formats not available”:
    • “Problems when saving to disk” (MobileRead [http://www.mobileread.com/]; 2011.07.05)- http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143020
    • Solution (form the DOOH! department): before attempting to export a book (in formats other than the one it was originally loaded into Calibre), generate these formats by using the “Convert books” button. 🙂
• Mobipocket books on Kindle by Igor Skochinsky – http://igorsk.blogspot.com/2007/12/mobipocket-books-on-kindle.html
• Mobi2Mobi –
  • Kindle Mobi2Mobi GUI Vista/XP – http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Mobi2Mobi_GUI_Vista/XP
• Booksmith – Blog to Book – http://blog2book.pothi.com/
• Kindle publishing for blogs (by Amazon) – https://kindlepublishing.amazon.com/
  • SIC: access to blogs through this Amazon service is NOT FREE to readers.
  • List of available bogs: “Blogs on Kindle” – http://www.amazon.com/Blogs-Kindle-Sports-Industry-Internet-Technology/
  • “HOW TO: Publish Your Blog on the Amazon Kindle” by Ben Parr (Mashable; 2009.05.13) – http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/blogs-amazon-kindle/

Kindle blogs

• Kindle Taproom – http://kindletaproom.blogspot.com/ | RSS: http://kindletaproom.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
• 10 Best Kindle Blogs – http://www.blogs.com/topten/10-best-kindle-blogs/
• BlogKindle – http://www.blogkindle.com/
• Book of Kindle – http://thebookofkindle.com/
• EduKindle – http://www.edukindle.com/
• Frugal Kindle – http://thefrugalkindle.blogspot.com/
• Gizmodo > Kindle – http://gizmodo.com/kindle
• I Love My Kindle – http://ilmk.wordpress.com
• Joe Wilert’s Kindelville Blog – http://kindleville.blogspot.com/
• Kindle 2 Hacks – http://www.kindle2hacks.com/
• Kindle Chat – http://www.kindlechat.com/
• Kindle Chronicles – http://thekindlechronicles.com/ | Rss: http://thekindlechronicles.libsyn.com/rss
• Kindle Nation Daily – http://kindlenationdaily.com/ (old location: http://kindlehomepage.blogspot.com/)
• Kindle Nation Daily – http://www.kindlenationdaily.com
• Kindle Owner – http://kindleowner.com/
• Kindle Owners Blog – http://www.kindleowners.com/ | RSS – http://www.kindleowners.com/feed/
• Kindle Review – http://ireaderreview.com/
• Kindle Review – http://ireaderreview.com/
• Kindle World – http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/
• Kindle formating – http://kindleformatting.com/blog/
• Kindle in the Kitchen – http://www.kindleinthekitchen.com/
• Kindle2Rules – http://kindle2rules.com/
• KindleBar.com – http://kindlebar.com – – All the latest Kindle news and free eboo
• KindleReader – http://kindlereader.blogspot.com/ | RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/GImN
• Kindleville by Joe Wikert – http://kindleville.blogspot.com/
• List of Kindle Blogs (at Kindle Wiki) – http://kindlewiki.wikispaces.com/List+of+Kindle+Blogs/a>
• e-bookvine – http://e-bookvine.com/
• e-bookvine’s Kindle Board – http://e-bookvine.com/discussion/
• Kindlelicious – http://www.kindlelicious.com/ | http://www.cravingbooks.com
• Kinlde Wiki – http://kindlewiki.wikispaces.com/

PDF

• PDFCreator – http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/