eBooks opponents argue that while reading from the paper information is absorbed better. Some truth in this. After all, most people alive today are very accustomed to paper media. Only thing is that reading e-books requires a few other habits and skills. Let's look at some.
Format the book before reading. If you can not find the book in the right format, use the formatting one of these ways:
- Send the file to your mailbox [email protected]
- If this pdf, then using k2pdfopt can be optimized for reading with a 6-inch screen. Including two-column pdf.
- Learn how to use Calibre.
Read periodicals in magazine format. One of the Kindle firmware updates this year - is to improve the work with periodicals. Now it looks like this:
Sin not to use this opportunity to read RSS. To do this, you can either use Calibre, to download the news in this format, and use the deferred reading services. For example, Instapaper.com. Review of these services will come later.
A bit of theory. When reading on your Kindle you have these options for dealing with the text:
- Make a note (note).
- Make a selection (highlight). I personally prefer the translation "underscore".
- Bookmark (bookmark). It does not work with the magazine format.
- Make clipping Read article (clip this article). It works only with the magazine format.
Once you have done this or that action, its result is stored in two places. The first place - it is a system file. It has mbp expansion and is named the same - an open book. This system file is stored as the current page, and your notes / bookmarks / allocation. The second place where they are stored - it is a file «My Clippings.txt». If you made a translation of the interface, it will be called "My vyrezki.txt" and will have a slightly different structure.
Take notes. Besides the standard functions described above, you should pay attention to the possibility of withdrawing screenshot Alt + Shift + G. This is useful for quick pull-out tables, or images from the text. Also pay attention to hack Dictaphone Mod. This is much more convenient than to drive a large note to the text.
Process files My Clippings. Once you read the book, it is useful to handle your notes. For example, to build a mind-map or write a small review. Speed up the process, you can use one of these programs:
- Klippings It is written in Python + Qt. It is possible to set up your regular expressions to work with the Russian-language Kindle. You can edit the file «My Clippings.txt», apply a sort, and then save it. Supports export to CVS and HTML formats.
- My Clippings It is written in Java. Its sole function - export to a spreadsheet view docx format. Judging by the fact that the author's site is not extended, this is not supported.
Keep books in the archive. Since the beginning of support for Amazon-th personal documents Council is not so urgent, but still save on your computer to read the file. Naturally a system file mbp.
Install the Kindle app on your devices. Amazon offers applications for reading on all modern mobile phones, including Windows and Mac. For example, treating the book after reading, I use exactly this application.
And finally, define the purpose of reading. After all, when you read the literature entertainment, something to talk about productivity is hardly appropriate.