Re: OT: Hebrew books for Kindle and Ben-Yehuda project

Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:11:24 -0700
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Hi, Gabor.

Alas, we do not offer e-book formats just yet.  The obstacle is the fact we
still rely on icky Word-generated HTML files which are just awful.  I'm
actively working[1] on a conversion to a clean intermediate format from
which we will be able to generate clean HTML, PDFs, EPUB, etc., so that
feature is to come some time in the coming months.

Cheers,

   Asaf

[1] https://github.com/abartov/bybeconv

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Gabor Szabo <[email protected]> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi,
>
> recently I purchased a Kindle and wanted to put some reading material on
> it.
>
> I checked the http://www.benyehuda.org/ but I could not find any link
> to download
> the text in any e-book format, except HTML. Have I missed something obvio=
us
> on the site? If no e-book format, is that some legal issue, technical
> issue or just
> lack of time?
>
> I even sent an e-mail to editor@ two weeks ago but have not received any
> reply.
>
> I'd appreciate any pointers to Hebrew books for Kindle.
> Actually I am interested in both free and paid books.
>
> Help getting in touch with the Ben-Yehuda editors would be also
> appreciated.
>
> regards
> Gabor
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er e-book formats just yet. =A0The obstacle is the fact we still rely on ic=
ky Word-generated HTML files which are just awful. =A0I&#39;m actively work=
ing[1] on a conversion to a clean intermediate format from which we will be=
 able to generate clean HTML, PDFs, EPUB, etc., so that feature is to come =
some time in the coming months.</div>


<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>=A0 =A0Asaf</div><div>=
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=3D"_blank">https://github.com/abartov/bybeconv</a><br><br><div class=3D"gm=
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On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Gabor Szabo <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</=
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      <p>Hi,<br>
<br>
recently I purchased a Kindle and wanted to put some reading material on it=
.<br>
<br>
I checked the <a href=3D"http://www.benyehuda.org/" target=3D"_blank">http:=
//www.benyehuda.org/</a> but I could not find any link<br>
to download<br>
the text in any e-book format, except HTML. Have I missed something obvious=
<br>
on the site? If no e-book format, is that some legal issue, technical<br>
issue or just<br>
lack of time?<br>
<br>
I even sent an e-mail to editor@  two weeks ago but have not received any r=
eply.<br>
<br>
I&#39;d appreciate any pointers to Hebrew books for Kindle.<br>
Actually I am interested in both free and paid books.<br>
<br>
Help getting in touch with the Ben-Yehuda editors would be also appreciated=
.<br>
<br>
regards<br>
   Gabor<br>
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