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pdf4kindle.com is a free cloud service that allows convert PDF documents Kindle native format in only two steps : raise the and download the result file. It can not be easier. This online conversion service does not require installing anything on your computer and is compatible with Linux, Mac OS and Windows, and also has an extension for Chrome Product.

There are several tools for this purpose, one of them is Calibre. I wanted to contrast the results conversion class=”caps”> »Furniture , using the online service and program. Both Calibre as pdf4kindle.com allow use on multiple operating systems.

vs. Calibre pdf4kindle

To compare results have become three types of documents : A lavishly illustrated manual, the Debian Manual (pure text) and two books in the strict sense: The Art of War of Sun Tzu and elegant Universe of Brian Greene, two works that had already stored on the Kindle.

conversion manual, pdf4kindle.com has lost full-page images , but not small graphs that illustrate specific points in the user manual. In Debian Manual , has better table of contents that Calibre (very chaotic), but lost the links.

Above: Calibre (retains links) – Below: pdf4kindle (not links but groups preserves better)

The Art of War , even though in some cases combines two loose lines in a paragraph (partially breaking the rhythm of the narrative), resulting number is slightly larger pages.

Top Calibre respects loose lines. Down pdfkindle, the groups

Elegant Universe , in the. pdf4kindle.com mobi , the full text appears in italics, when the original is not. This same tendency to move the text to italics , is also reflected using pdf4kindle.com to convert the “user manual”.

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documents. mobi conversion resulting in pdf4kindle.com combine the lists in a single paragraph , sometimes retaining the small black circle that precedes them. No hard to read, but the correct thing to respect the original layout of the text.

pdf4kindle, tendency to group lists

In general, documents. mobi conversion resulting from using the cloud service are slightly smaller .

pdf4kindle vs Calibre, conclusions

Calibre is a very powerful software that performs many more tasks than simple PDF conversion class=”caps”> Kindle native format, but without being overly complicated to operate, requires time learning. However, pdf4kindle.com is very simple and does not require any installation .

The suitability of either to convert PDF documents to Kindle native format depends on the type of document as we have seen. In any case, to convert a textbook “normal” quickly and easily, pdf4kindle.com is an option to consider.

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