I purchased a Kindle a few weeks ago, and I've really enjoyed it. Recently, I learned how to use Calibre to enjoy my Kindle even more.
Calibre is a free, open-source tool for managing libraries of e-books. But it also has some features that work particularly well for me.
- Calibre can download news from almost any website
- Calibre can convert content to many e-book formats
- Calibre can email e-books to any address
- All of this can be scheduled
Using these features, I can now have almost anything from the web delivered to my Kindle as a Periodical.
For example, I currently have Calibre set up to send me my daily fix of New England Patriots news:
- I have Calibre "recipes" set up to fetch Patriots news from The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald
- Each are scheduled to run at 5:30 AM every day
- The downloaded content is converted to an e-book in .MOBI format
- The e-books are automatically emailed to my Amazon free.kindle.com email account
- Amazon converts the .MOBI file to .AZW (native Kindle) format, and sends it out to my Kindle via Wi-Fi
- Once I turn my Kindle on in the morning, it automatically syncs up and downloads these e-books as Kindle Periodicals, for reading later during the day
It's like having my favorite part of the sports sections tucked into my bag for me, as I leave for work. And it's all free (I'm a big fan of free). When I'm away on vacation, I'll get to read about the Patriots every day, without having to hunt down the out-of-town newspaper stand.
The same process will work for almost any online news source (newspapers, magazines, blogs). I'll certainly be adding a few of them over time.
Customized periodicals delivered to my Kindle automatically. Nice!
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 | My name is Joe Strazzere and I'm currently a Director of Quality Assurance. I like to lead, to test, and occasionally to write about leading and testing. Find me at http://strazzere.blogspot.com/. |
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