I have a number of commentaries that Logos doesn't have available, in Kindle. Is there a way to convert them to personal books so I can read them alongside my other commentaries on my Logos desktop?
Thanks!
Hi Mathew - and welcome to the forums
It may be technically possible but may not be legal in all countries - see https://community.logos.com/forums/p/93803/651386.aspx#651386 for a suggestion as to how to approach this
Graham
I've actually posted 100s of times...not sure why my count is suddenly at 2!
I've actually posted 100s of times
Sorry about that[:$]
not sure why my count is suddenly at 2!
Normally a "zeroed count" is due to changing the email address associated with your Logos account. Have you done that recently?
I adjusted your post count and Graham is correct with the cause.
Matthew, as has been stated, it is very easy to convert Kindle books to Logos personal books. However, there is disagreement as to the legality.
If you purchase a book legally, I don't see a real problem with converting that book to another format in order for you to read and use it. That is not everyone's opinion, and I am no lawyer. I regard it much like buying a cd and converting the songs to mp3 to listen to them on your iPod or cell phone, which has been held to be legal.
There is no question that it is illegal and violation of copyright to share either the converted book or the original file with anyone else. That is not in dispute. It does not matter if you give it away for free or sell it.
It is a matter of conscience. Frequently, you can obtain permission to do this for your personal use, and then there is no issue of conscience. I have on a number of occasions been able to obtain permission from authors or publishers to convert one of their books to a personal book. Always worth a try.
Obviously, you would have to convert the Kindle file into a Word document. The free program Calibre does that for most Kindle books. Then just make a Personal Book from the Word document.
I've created a small tool that can convert Kindle to HTML without removing (or even touching) the DRM. Actually this thread here got me first thinking about the idea.
https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/amazon-global/81-amazon-kindle-ebook-downloader
Since I'm not a lawyer either, I can't comment on the legality either, however for countries where removing DRM is clearly illegal, my tool might be a good option.
Jan:
I haven't tried your program yet, but my experience is that HTML is the ideal intermediate format for copying and pasting into Word, as it preserves text formatting that can either be recognized by the PB compiler as a TOC heading, or makes it simple in Word to convert to headings. Also, any pictures will survive the conversion (my experience, YMMV). That would include original language words that are actually little pictures.
Thanks for making this.
Great idea, is there a Mac version?
Sounds good. Two minor problems with that:
If the Windows app is successful, I might consider learning C# and do a cross-platform mobile app instead.
I've created a small tool that can convert Kindle to HTML without removing (or even touching) the DRM. Actually this thread here got me first thinking about the idea. https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/amazon-global/81-amazon-kindle-ebook-downloader
Thank you for this tool! I'm working with Word2016 and can't get images to show/display in the imported html file into Word. Word is correctly set to display images . . . thoughts?
Seems like Word doesn't like embedded images... How about the following approach: click into the right panel, mark all (ctrl+a), copy (ctrl+c), then paste into Word.
I'll add a "copy all" button to the next version.
Mike,
Would it be possible to update my post count as well. I updated my e-mail some months back.
This article you referenced is the reverse of what he's trying to do
Well said!! thank you.
