Kindlepedia

willd on May 25th 2009

Update! If you like the way Kindlepedia works, give eReadUps a try. Choose multiple articles to format in a single book!

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Create your own Kindle-formatted articles from Wikipedia by inserting the URL from the page you want to format from Wikipedia and press the button. A link to the formatted article will appear; just click on it to download to your computer. Then drag the file into the documents folder on your Kindle using the USB cord.

Some popular articles you might want to try (just copy the URL into the box above and press the button):

  • For current events on a daily basis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
  • Brush up on the Supreme Court prior to President Obama’s nomination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
  • Learn about President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
  • What does Obama mean by “empathy”? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy

Or just head on over to Wikipedia and select an article on your own!

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12 responses so far

12 Responses to “Kindlepedia”

  1. Pierre Jun 15th 2009 at 02:19 pm 1

    Hi,

    Thanks! This is a great script.

    The name might be a bit confusing though since the result isn’t limited to use on the Kindle. Any eBook reader that reads MOBI-files can open the results.

    Would it be possible to mod the script a bit so that it also accepts non-English Wikipedia URLs?
    For example: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindle
    Currently it just throws an error if I try that.

    Thanks again for this useful resource!

    Pierre

  2. willd Jun 15th 2009 at 08:15 pm 2

    Hi Pierre–thanks for the comment. We are looking at other languages for future development. The tool does create files that can be loaded on other devices and folks like you get that. Glad you find it useful! Will

  3. janien Jun 17th 2009 at 05:13 am 3

    Very very interesting: building the future of education! I’m still an absolute beginner … but I’m a believer, and Edukindle gives me wings with Kindlepedia.

  4. Burt Jun 24th 2009 at 10:30 pm 4

    Kindlepedia doesn’t seem to work.
    I just get “gibberish”.

  5. willd Jun 25th 2009 at 09:24 pm 5

    Hi Burt, I just checked it with Firefox and IE and it seems to be working ok. Try using the complete Wikipedia URL to make sure you aren’t getting a disambiguation page from Wikipedia (which happens if it can’t tell which topic you are looking for among several choices). We will check further to try to diagnose the problem.

  6. Philip Mulrane Aug 12th 2009 at 05:12 pm 6

    Hi,
    this is great! I visited an art exhibition at the weekend with my family, and I downloaded the Wikipedia articles on the various artists onto my Kindle before I went. One wee point, does the entire license have to be appended to every download? Wouldn’t a link to the main license + a summary be enough?

  7. willd Aug 14th 2009 at 08:13 pm 7

    Hi Philip–thanks for the comment. That is exactly the kind of thing that Kindlepedia was created to do. Hope it added to your experience!

    You know, under the GFDL you are required to append the complete license to each use in order to conform to the terms. But good news! Wikipedia just adopted the Creative Commons license that does allow the solution you mention. We will make adjustments to the files soon. We’ve been busy on an upgrade to the whole system that we plan to launch in September.

  8. gagan Oct 24th 2009 at 02:06 am 8

    First when i found this i was really happy, as i read wikipedia a lot and now i could do that on my kindle.

    But when ever i try to convert any article it never works. Download button does come but when i click on it, page not found (404 error) comes up.

    Please fix this soon.
    regards

  9. willd Oct 24th 2009 at 11:00 am 9

    Sorry for the inconvenience–we are working on the problem! Thanks for using Kindlepedia!

  10. Roy Dec 28th 2009 at 10:04 am 10

    Thanks it is a great script. The picture however does not seem to make it correctly. I saw the same problem with http://dash-of-pepper.com/wikitype/.
    The URL I used to test conversion was
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_game

  11. Cat Jun 2nd 2010 at 10:42 pm 11

    Used to be great. Now… very slow or unable to complete request.

  12. willd Jun 10th 2010 at 03:33 pm 12

    Thanks, Cat! We’re working on it!

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