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If you want to create .pdf files for your eReader for later reading it is very easy to do. You have several options and depending upon what you are doing you may use different methods at different times. If you have a document that you are working with in a program that doesn't export .pdf files then you can get a free .pdf printer like primo pdf to print your documents out into .pdf format. For example if you are on the internet and want to save an article for later. If you are creating your own documents you may use the free Open Office suite which allows you to export your files directly to .pdf format. http://www.squidoo.com/creating-ebook-with-free-software

The big list of free Kindle tools | freewaregenius.com

There are quite a few programs and web services that can be really useful to Kindle owners. This post compiles 17 of these that every Kindle user should know about, ranging from eBook conversion programs to services that can broadcast your favorite websites to your Kindle. Note that many of the tools listed here aren’t strictly Kindle specific, but can be very useful to anyone who has a Kindle or any other eBook reading device, such as PDF cropping tools and eBook conversion apps, etc. Areas covered include ‘eBook Reading Tools’, ‘General eBook Conversion’ , ‘PDF to Kindle Conversion’, ‘Organizing files on your Kindle’, and ‘Sending web content to your Kindle’. 1. http://www.freewaregenius.com/2011/08/28/the-big-list-of-free-kindle-tools/
Welcome to TeleRead’s newest contributor, John Schember , a member of the team behind the wonderful Calibre program for managing e-book collections. His bio appears at the end. Calibre is much improved, and I myself am in the middle of Calibre-izing my own collection. Screenshot to the right is from me—don’t blame John for any of the reading choices. – D.R .

The ABCs of e-book format conversion: Easy Calibre tips for the Kindle, Sony and Nook | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

http://www.teleread.com/drm/the-abcs-of-format-conversion-for-the-kindle-sony-and-nook-plus-some-calibre-tips/
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19217/convert-a-pdf-ebook-to-epub-format/ Would you like to read a PDF eBook on an eReader or mobile device, but aren’t happy with the performance? Here’s how you can convert your PDFs to the popular ePub format so you can easily read them on any device. PDFs are a popular format for eBooks since they render the same on any device and can preserve the exact layout of the print book. However, this benefit is their major disadvantage on mobile devices, as you often have to zoom and pan back and forth to see everything on the page. ePub files, on the other hand, are an increasingly popular option. They can reflow to fill your screen instead of sticking to a strict layout style.

Convert a PDF eBook to ePub Format for Your iPad, iPhone, or eReader - How-To Geek

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http://www.getfreeebooks.com/?p=641 Portable Document Format or PDF is by far the most popular format for documents these days. It’s widely used and most of us have somekind of PDF reader installed on our systems. It has been reported that Adobe PDF Reader has been downloaded by more than 300 million users.
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