What is the best way to format LaTeX source for the Kindle?

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I am trying to format my book for a Kindle 3. I'm writing the book using LaTeX. I am ok with transferring the file in PDF format but I need it formatted to be small.

I have tried:

\documentclass[12pt,b7paper]{book}
\usepackage[top=0.5cm, bottom=0.5cm, left=0.5cm, right=0.5cm]{geometry}

But this is too small. I have also tried something like:

\usepackage[paperwidth=9cm, paperheight=12cm, top=1cm, left=1cm, right=1cm, bottom=1.5cm, includefoot]{geometry}

But that doesn't work well either. Has anyone found a good way to format a LaTeX PDF for the Kindle? (Not the big DX version.)

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/16735/latex-options-for-kindle — Dave Jarvis, Feb 03 '13 at 03:15

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '11 at 19:45

This works well. I found it important to remove paper size from the dvips command. Forgetting to adjust that setting through me off for a while.

\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[paperwidth=9cm, paperheight=12cm, top=0.5cm, bottom=0.5cm, left=0.0cm, right=0.5cm]{geometry}
\special{papersize=9cm,12cm}

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '11 at 19:26

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Why don't you convert the LaTeX to HTML and create a Mobipocket document from that? That way, the Kindle will be able to reflow the document, which it cannot do if you load it in PDF form.

answered Jan 29 '11 at 19:26

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I find that the PDF format looks better than books converted to HTML. Particularly with math and postscript drawings via the pstricks package. It is, however, a viable alternative for simple documents. It has the advantage of being able to be converted to the native Kindle book format. – Paul Vincent Craven Jan 29 '11 at 19:43

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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This may be much more than you need, but it's worth pointing out that there's a much more comprehensive answer over on tex.stackexchange

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jan 09 '12 at 22:19

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What is the best way to format LaTeX source for the Kindle?

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