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zarbiya123 · 12-06-2010, 09:41 PM

Hi, newbie Kindle 3/Calibre user here. I am trying to use Calibre to put some academic journal articles on my Kindle, but it's not working. I've been able to use Calibre to convert my personal PDF's to MOBI and sent them to the Kindle just fine. When I try converting journal articles, however, what ends up on the Kindle is sometimes just the very first page of the journal article, sometimes something garbled, sometimes a blank screen. All I'm doing is clicking "convert books," and then later, "send to the device," and it works with my own PDF's but not with articles. I'm using a MacBook. What am I doing wrong?

I've tried sending the PDF's to Amazon with "convert" in the subject line but don't like having to switch the orientation to read them.

Have searched the forum and found one suggestion to export the PDF to HTML first, but my Adobe reader won't let me do this.

Thanks in advance for any help.

12-06-2010, 09:41 PM	#1
zarbiya123 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Converting academic PDF journal articles for Kindle Hi, newbie Kindle 3/Calibre user here. I am trying to use Calibre to put some academic journal articles on my Kindle, but it's not working. I've been able to use Calibre to convert my personal PDF's to MOBI and sent them to the Kindle just fine. When I try converting journal articles, however, what ends up on the Kindle is sometimes just the very first page of the journal article, sometimes something garbled, sometimes a blank screen. All I'm doing is clicking "convert books," and then later, "send to the device," and it works with my own PDF's but not with articles. I'm using a MacBook. What am I doing wrong? I've tried sending the PDF's to Amazon with "convert" in the subject line but don't like having to switch the orientation to read them. Have searched the forum and found one suggestion to export the PDF to HTML first, but my Adobe reader won't let me do this. Thanks in advance for any help.