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Add Kindle format (.mobi) output to "Create a book"
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Author: wmr89502270

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I'm also a Kindle user, and I believe there are many more Wikimedia users using Kindle. It would be great if Wikimedia projects add kindle format (.mobi) putout to the "Create a Book" option in the left bar, which is very useful for reading Wikisource books.


Version: master
Severity: enhancement

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Doesn't Kindle read PDFs already?

wmr89502270 wrote:

(In reply to comment #1)

Doesn't Kindle read PDFs already?

Yes. But because PDF format is complex while the processor (on Kindle Paperwhite) is not powerful, the experience is bad.

ralf_wikimedia wrote:

the wikimedia foundation will replace mwlib with their own rendering pipeline. epub, zim and odf output will be removed.

see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PDF_rendering

wmr89502270 wrote:

(In reply to comment #3)

the wikimedia foundation will replace mwlib with their own rendering
pipeline.
epub, zim and odf output will be removed.

see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PDF_rendering

Even existing epub, zim and odf output will be removed? That's a bad news.

wmr: Please ask you questions on the Talk page of the wikipage that you refer to, as that is the obvious place where to bring them up instead. Thanks.

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:14 AM
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