Hi Chris. Yes you can.
If you need more info, you may write me off list, if you wish. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 29, 2012 kl. 1:37 AM skrev Chris Bruinenberg <cbrui...@gmail.com>: > so I'm sorry i didn't follow this thread enough. > Could i purchase a book from amazon, and convert it to pdf for ibooks? > > Thanks. > Chris Bruinenberg > > cbrui...@gmail.com > > > > On Sep 28, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I really love calibre now! I found what I needed to make it work in some >> books I had trouble with and it is going to revolutionize my ebook reading! >> I also really like that it seems to work well with voiceover in terminal; >> enough gets spoken as it converts for you to usually know whether or not it >> was successful without having to try to arrow back through the output. >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> On Sep 28, 2012, at 6:46 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> What I really like about it is that you can make a file with the commands >>> and copy them into terminal and you are running. Even you can add the >>> command string to textexpander, and it will be easy to get it whenever you >>> need the command. I have read on the internet that it should be possible >>> to convert a folder containing more files, but they do not write the >>> command out there. >>> >>> It ought to be possible to make a script or a service, but I do not know >>> how to do that. >>> >>> Best regards Annie. >>> Den Sep 28, 2012 kl. 10:09 AM skrev sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> "peeks in" >>>> morning ya'll, list of output formats will follow later today, first >>>> of all i need to get a few coffs and a few smokes, i am not kidding, i >>>> am driving on 3 cyls outta 12. >>>> For Cheryl. if you have any problems with the converted books, simply >>>> just write .txt after the convert command. A few other output formats >>>> is htm, rtf, and pdf. And prolly others. >>>> As i told Annie yesterday i do one at the time. It works adoringly, >>>> and runs as i would expect. My only problems so far is my medical >>>> books, which seems to be too huge, but that is another storry. >>>> >>>> Sandi >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/28/12, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Never mind. I tried the directions that had been posted (like I should >>>>> have >>>>> done in the first place) and they work. I didn't have to install anything >>>>> or >>>>> open the application. Would be nice if it was accessible from within the >>>>> application itself but I'm glad it can still be used. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Cheryl >>>>> >>>>> May the words of my mouth >>>>> and the meditation of my heart >>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>>>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> i saw these posts about calibre. I had tried it once before but found it >>>>>> inaccessible and didn't know it could be run from the commandline. I just >>>>>> reinstalled it and still find it pretty much inaccessible with voiceover >>>>>> though I did manage to select a location for the folder. But everything >>>>>> in >>>>>> the menus is dimmed. I read in the information about calibre that you >>>>>> need >>>>>> to go into Preferences to install command line tools but this also looks >>>>>> inaccessible to me. Am I missing something here or can somebody tell me >>>>>> what to do? I do have the posts giving the terminal commands to use to >>>>>> convert a book. Also where can I find a list of what file types it will >>>>>> convert. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Cheryl >>>>>> >>>>>> May the words of my mouth >>>>>> and the meditation of my heart >>>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>>>>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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