When reading science (math) pages, the large screen (2K or 4K) is the best,
but I would like to have the whole library of papers in my pocket on Kindle.
I can send via email a PDF of any page to Kindle, but the PDF reading on a small Kindle device is awful.
The same on Kindle Scribe might be a bit better, but in the end, I want font-scalable ePub.
Let's take an example from the following Wikipedia page as it has nice mathematics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system
Pretty much every tool I have tried does convert HTML but fails to convert the math,
in-line LaTEX math seems to work fine,
but the vector-graphic .svg does not:
I do have to consider that MAYBE it is the viewer that does not display Vector Graphics (.svg)!
Here is a list of tools I have tried:
WebToEpub Chrome extension
- Shows tables nicely
- shows images nicely
- converts LaTEX math YES
- SVG NO, shows them as "?", it might be the viewer's problem, I tried a few
- Calibre E-book viewer
- Kindle 7-inch 2022
- Apple Books
- Apple Preview - does not open ePub
EpubPress
- Creates a table of Contents with each Web page included, useless if converting a single page
- fails to convert table borders
- converts LaTEX fine
- drops (does not display) the Vector Graphics (.svg)
dotEpub
- in the non-immerse mode, you can view the first few images only
- results in an error on Apple books
- fails to convert table borders
- converts LaTEX math YES
- on Kindle: SPELLS OUT the SVG formula, not good.
- in Calibre E-book viewer shows SVG nicely!
Summary
- Use print-to-PDF and view it in MacOS Preview on a big screen
- If you read a long MATH and NO-image page, use dotEpub and read in the Calibre E-book viewer
- If you want images, but you do not care for SVG math, WebTOEpub is best.
Sorry, no winning here.
View Kindle Scribe on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4db51Q7
