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For Android, I would highly recommend FBReader. If you're organising your books with Calibre, there's also a companion app for Android available to let you easily access them.
So, I'm considering picking up a Kindle, primarily for reading on the go (specifically, in the subway).
Right now I'm torn between getting a Paperwhite and getting the 7" model of the Fire HD.
Normally I'd go for the Paperwhite, since most of what I'll be doing with this thing is reading, but after futzing around with both devices in Best Buy I'm consider going with the Fire instead since I might also want to read comic books, or watch TV shows, or do other things that, obviously, the Paperwhite isn't designed for. Also, the two are close enough in size and weight that I could use both of them (mostly) one handed during my commute if need be (which is why I'm not considering an iPad or 8.9" Fire).
What I'm wondering his how the Fire HD screen compares when it comes to reading. Is glare enough of a problem to make the Paperwhite a better option? There didn't seem to be much difference in the store, but if anyone has real-world experience I'd love to know.
If you can afford it, have you considered a real android tablet instead of the fire? There's kindle apps for everything, and they'd probably be able to do more
If you can afford it, have you considered a real android tablet instead of the fire? There's kindle apps for everything, and they'd probably be able to do more
There is currently no app for watching Amazon Video on android if that's a consideration. Amazon bases video on flash and I was never able to get the work around to work although, admittedly, I didn't try too hard. I recently sold my Nexus 7 (which is less expensive than the Fire HD so if he can afford the Fire HD he can afford a Nexus) and picked up a Fire HD. Now, my first tablet was a Fire gen 1. It had ... problems. It was slower, the web browser was one big glitch, the Netflix app was SHIT and did not work, there was no Bluetooth so no hope of a keyboard ... just little annoying shit.
The Fire HD is pretty slick, I like it. Yes, the platform is closed and you aren't going to have the freedom of a Nexus or other android tablet. Personally, for me, I don't care. Like an Apple user everything I do is in that architecture anyhow so I don't feel confined.
As to the glare issue, I don't honestly know yet. I'm a bit of a shut in and I haven't actually taken the thing outside yet. I can do so tomorrow special for you and tell you how it is. per the party line it's supposed to be better but it won't be better than e-ink.
I also own a Paperwhite and, in my opinion, their is no better e-reader on the market if all you want is books. If you have a Prime account and you are interested in entrenching yourself in the Amazon platform the Fire HD is a very nice device. The screen is beautiful, the speakers are clear an loud, and it's zippy.
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If you can afford it, have you considered a real android tablet instead of the fire? There's kindle apps for everything, and they'd probably be able to do more
There is currently no app for watching Amazon Video on android if that's a consideration. Amazon bases video on flash and I was never able to get the work around to work although, admittedly, I didn't try too hard. I recently sold my Nexus 7 (which is less expensive than the Fire HD so if he can afford the Fire HD he can afford a Nexus) and picked up a Fire HD. Now, my first tablet was a Fire gen 1. It had ... problems. It was slower, the web browser was one big glitch, the Netflix app was SHIT and did not work, there was no Bluetooth so no hope of a keyboard ... just little annoying shit.
The Fire HD is pretty slick, I like it. Yes, the platform is closed and you aren't going to have the freedom of a Nexus or other android tablet. Personally, for me, I don't care. Like an Apple user everything I do is in that architecture anyhow so I don't feel confined.
As to the glare issue, I don't honestly know yet. I'm a bit of a shut in and I haven't actually taken the thing outside yet. I can do so tomorrow special for you and tell you how it is. per the party line it's supposed to be better but it won't be better than e-ink.
I also own a Paperwhite and, in my opinion, their is no better e-reader on the market if all you want is books. If you have a Prime account and you are interested in entrenching yourself in the Amazon platform the Fire HD is a very nice device. The screen is beautiful, the speakers are clear an loud, and it's zippy.
Yeah, I get why full-on Android tablets are the rage, but honestly I don't want to do more than read books and maybe watch video once and a while.
I already have an iPod Touch if I want to play games (and before anyone asks, I tried the Kindle app on the Touch but the screen is way too small for me to read comfortably), and I also have an Amazon Prime membership, and some Amazon gift card credit sitting around.
But thanks for the advice, I'm still on the fence but I'm pretty sure it's either the Paperwhite or the Fire HD for me.
FYI, if you can find a first gen kindle fire, you can root it and install a Jelly Bean rom on it. I inherited my aunt's first gen kindle after she got an iPad and now it's serving as my loyal Dropbox/PDF reader.
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If you can afford it, have you considered a real android tablet instead of the fire? There's kindle apps for everything, and they'd probably be able to do more
There is currently no app for watching Amazon Video on android if that's a consideration. Amazon bases video on flash and I was never able to get the work around to work although, admittedly, I didn't try too hard. I recently sold my Nexus 7 (which is less expensive than the Fire HD so if he can afford the Fire HD he can afford a Nexus) and picked up a Fire HD. Now, my first tablet was a Fire gen 1. It had ... problems. It was slower, the web browser was one big glitch, the Netflix app was SHIT and did not work, there was no Bluetooth so no hope of a keyboard ... just little annoying shit.
The Fire HD is pretty slick, I like it. Yes, the platform is closed and you aren't going to have the freedom of a Nexus or other android tablet. Personally, for me, I don't care. Like an Apple user everything I do is in that architecture anyhow so I don't feel confined.
As to the glare issue, I don't honestly know yet. I'm a bit of a shut in and I haven't actually taken the thing outside yet. I can do so tomorrow special for you and tell you how it is. per the party line it's supposed to be better but it won't be better than e-ink.
I also own a Paperwhite and, in my opinion, their is no better e-reader on the market if all you want is books. If you have a Prime account and you are interested in entrenching yourself in the Amazon platform the Fire HD is a very nice device. The screen is beautiful, the speakers are clear an loud, and it's zippy.
Yeah, I get why full-on Android tablets are the rage, but honestly I don't want to do more than read books and maybe watch video once and a while.
I already have an iPod Touch if I want to play games (and before anyone asks, I tried the Kindle app on the Touch but the screen is way too small for me to read comfortably), and I also have an Amazon Prime membership, and some Amazon gift card credit sitting around.
But thanks for the advice, I'm still on the fence but I'm pretty sure it's either the Paperwhite or the Fire HD for me.
So, as it decided to someway more than I am comfortable with today I did not go outside. I did sit in front of my windows with the blinds open and attempted to catch bad glare on the screen. It wasn't that terrible actually. I could read everything and I tried both book and comics (I use comixology). So the Fire HD might be a thing you could do. The battery on this thing is pretty great, between audio books and web browsing my battery lasts pretty much all day. They advertise 10 hours and I'd say it's pretty close to that. It does take a while to hit full charge though, over an hour plugged into the outlet. I do not have the "quick charge" gadget.
Also, I don't know how you feel about audio books but a decent amount of books you get the audio book (audible edition) for a steep discount if you own the kindle version already. At some point I picked up The Blade Itself for $2 on sale but never read it. I recently picked up the audible book for $5 (I hear the narrator is great and I listen to books when playing Minecraft or doing lab work at school).
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If you can afford it, have you considered a real android tablet instead of the fire? There's kindle apps for everything, and they'd probably be able to do more
There is currently no app for watching Amazon Video on android if that's a consideration. Amazon bases video on flash and I was never able to get the work around to work although, admittedly, I didn't try too hard. I recently sold my Nexus 7 (which is less expensive than the Fire HD so if he can afford the Fire HD he can afford a Nexus) and picked up a Fire HD. Now, my first tablet was a Fire gen 1. It had ... problems. It was slower, the web browser was one big glitch, the Netflix app was SHIT and did not work, there was no Bluetooth so no hope of a keyboard ... just little annoying shit.
The Fire HD is pretty slick, I like it. Yes, the platform is closed and you aren't going to have the freedom of a Nexus or other android tablet. Personally, for me, I don't care. Like an Apple user everything I do is in that architecture anyhow so I don't feel confined.
As to the glare issue, I don't honestly know yet. I'm a bit of a shut in and I haven't actually taken the thing outside yet. I can do so tomorrow special for you and tell you how it is. per the party line it's supposed to be better but it won't be better than e-ink.
I also own a Paperwhite and, in my opinion, their is no better e-reader on the market if all you want is books. If you have a Prime account and you are interested in entrenching yourself in the Amazon platform the Fire HD is a very nice device. The screen is beautiful, the speakers are clear an loud, and it's zippy.
Yeah, I get why full-on Android tablets are the rage, but honestly I don't want to do more than read books and maybe watch video once and a while.
I already have an iPod Touch if I want to play games (and before anyone asks, I tried the Kindle app on the Touch but the screen is way too small for me to read comfortably), and I also have an Amazon Prime membership, and some Amazon gift card credit sitting around.
But thanks for the advice, I'm still on the fence but I'm pretty sure it's either the Paperwhite or the Fire HD for me.
So, as it decided to someway more than I am comfortable with today I did not go outside. I did sit in front of my windows with the blinds open and attempted to catch bad glare on the screen. It wasn't that terrible actually. I could read everything and I tried both book and comics (I use comixology). So the Fire HD might be a thing you could do. The battery on this thing is pretty great, between audio books and web browsing my battery lasts pretty much all day. They advertise 10 hours and I'd say it's pretty close to that. It does take a while to hit full charge though, over an hour plugged into the outlet. I do not have the "quick charge" gadget.
Also, I don't know how you feel about audio books but a decent amount of books you get the audio book (audible edition) for a steep discount if you own the kindle version already. At some point I picked up The Blade Itself for $2 on sale but never read it. I recently picked up the audible book for $5 (I hear the narrator is great and I listen to books when playing Minecraft or doing lab work at school).
Excellent, thank you very much. Since the battery on my Ipod Touch evaporates almost instantly when I try and do anything but listen to music, I'm glad the battery life is decent, too.
Looks like you can finally get the Paperwhite in Canada now. And actually through the Amazon.ca site instead of having it shipped from the US through .com.
So the Kindle Paperwhite finally arrived in Australian retail channels today. Picked one up from where I work because my pitiful 5% staff discount made it cheaper than ordering directly from Amazon. Having owned the first three generations of Kobo, I decided to not get the Kobo Glo because it 1) still has IR touch, 2) is noticeably thicker than the Kobo Touch (which itself is already 1mm thicker than the KPW), 3) doesn't have the awesome quilted back of the Kobo Touch, and 4) is running software written by the same developers who've almost made me throw my Kobo Touch at several walls over a year-and-a-half period of ownership.
I'm almost more excited by the screen resolution upgrade than the frontlighting. It's impressing me on several fronts at once: the resolution, the frontlight, the capacitive touchscreen, how much nicer the UI is than previous Kindles, how nice the fonts look and just how thin and light the damn thing is.
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Seeking some advice:
Looking to buy a tablet that will be used almost solely for reading comic books and watching the youtubes.
I am torn between iPad 4 and Nexus 10.
Anyone have experience with either when it comes to comic book reading?
Looking to buy a tablet that will be used almost solely for reading comic books and watching the youtubes.
I am torn between iPad 4 and Nexus 10.
Anyone have experience with either when it comes to comic book reading?
I used ComiXology with my Nexus 7 when I had it, I'd imagine it would be similar. It was pretty good, not amazing, but not terrible. Not sure if the iPad has an amazingly better screen than the 10. I can say that comics look better on my Fire HD than they did on the Nexus. I'd suggest hitting a Best Buy or similar and trying them both out.
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Looking to pick up a new e-reader. I'm torn between the Nook and the Kindle Paperwhite. Most of my e-books are in the epub format and my biggest concern is syncing with my iphone.
Any problems with either of them ?
Looking to pick up a new e-reader. I'm torn between the Nook and the Kindle Paperwhite. Most of my e-books are in the epub format and my biggest concern is syncing with my iphone.
Any problems with either of them ?
The Kindle doesn't natively read epubs. You can convert them with Calibre but you would need to rip the DRM (if they have DRM). The Kindle also doesn't sync books between the Kindle and the app if they aren't purchased from Amazon. Well, I think I read somewhere that you can make it do it, but I've never bothered.
I don't know anything about the Nook, I hated their app way back in the day so when I moved over to ereaderes I got a Kindle and never looked back.
Edit: I'm seeing online if you send the book to the cloud using your Amazon address then it should sync between devices. I wouldn't feel comfortable telling you it will work with iOS because I don't have any iOS devices but the thread I was reading did say they were going between a Paperwhite and an iPad.
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If you're looking at something with frontlighting, Kindle Paperwhite all the way. The frontlit Nook's Glowlight layer is notoriously fragile and far less even than the KPW's screen. That said, I'd only go for the KPW if your EPUB collection is DRM-free. Calibre can do automatic format conversion when you move books across to an e-reader, but that's not much use if your files are encumbered by DRM. Thatsaidthatsaid, if you're concerned about syncing with other devices, sideloading books might not be too much of a deal for you.
Both have hardware advantages over each other, though. The KPW has a higher resolution screen and uses a capacitive touchscreen. Coming from a Kobo Touch and a non-lighted Nook Simple Touch, both these things were big selling points. And in actual use, they're a big deal for me. Believe it or not, having sharper text (and non-pixellated small text) makes reading a lot easier for me. The capacitive touchscreen is also a great deal more responsive than the IR ones of the Kindle Touch, Kobo Touch and Nook STR.
That said, one thing going for the Nook is that it does have expandable memory. But, then again, the KPW's storage space is generally enough for 1,000+ books. It doesn't sound like much to some, but I guess it's a little of how quickly do you read books, and how many do you really need on your device at any one time?
Oh, the Paperwhite is knock-down drop-dead gorgeous. It's just as crisp in full daylight as it is in a dark room. No glare, perfect for reading, and the light is infinitely adjustable. The page turns work. 3/4 of the right side is page forward and the left strip is back, but you can also swipe left on the right side for a page back. It's nice and responsive.
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Building on that, one really, really small change they made was the texture of the screen. It feels really nice to touch.
In a not creepy way.
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After reading a lot of this, and after asking all my questions last year, when I still didn't buy an e-reader, it seems I might be interested in a Kindle Paperwhite. Maybe it's a good thing I waited. The only thing I really want it for is to replace all the books I own that I have no room for, but I'll feel like crap having never read these things and buying them again in a more easily read format.
I literally have two shelves of books I'm slowly going thru. With my eyesight seeming to be worse than it used to, I think I need the backlight feature on this so I can read it at night.
I played around with a Nook of some sort (LCD screen, internet connection, not sure which one, ex-wife had it, so I didn't get to look at it long) and I hated the PS/interface. Whatever you call it. I hope the Kindle is better.
I'm seriously trying to talk myself out of this.. but I wants one. I do...
EDIT: Couple of questions... I would like to read comics, but it's not necessary, and I still think the KPW is the best option for me.
But what about Black Library books? Games Workshop has their own website for buying those, and they probably also sell them at Amazon, but if I purchased something from the BL, can I put it on my KPW? And also, I downloaded some free ebooks from the Gutenberg website once, can I put them on the KPW?
It appears that the GW store sells books in .mobi which is the Kindle format, so you're good there. Guttenberg also has books in .mobi. The easiest way to transfer books would be to email the file to your @kindle.com email you are assigned when registering the device. Just make sure the Kindle receives the files over WiFi, I believe there is a small charge for receiving that data over 3G.
Comics are debatable. Some people say black and white comics are just fine on the PW, I personally don't like it but I also have a Kindle Fire HD and have no reason to "get used to it."
And as an aside, the PW May very well be great for you if you are having issues with your eyesight. You can adjust margins, line spacing, text size, and font along with changing the intensity of the light.
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Thanks! I appreciate the help. I'm pulling the trigger on this today. Can't let that income tax money just sit there.
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If I have previously downloaded an epub file, is there a way to convert it, or am I screwed?
If I'm not mistaken the Zune charger is 1.5 amps, is that okay?
Yeah, that's absolutely fine. As far as current goes, devices only draw what they need. There are some 2.1A chargers around designed for slates, and they work fine, too.
Different USB chargers have different outputs. The only difference you'll notice is charging speed. Computer USB ports are almost always 500mA, which means slower charging speeds. Most USB wall chargers are 1A, which is decently faster. And then you have ones like yours or chargers for slates, like the Kindle Fire and Galaxy Tab and iPad.
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All right, I've got my kindle. I've got it plugged into my computer. How the heck do I get those books on my computer onto my kindle? I tried uploading them to the Amazon Cloud Drive, which I'm thinking is wrong. There on the Cloud Drive, but I have no idea what to do now.
EDIT: I may have answered my own question. I swear it wasn't there before, but I know I just didn't see it, but there is a "Send to Device" button on calibre that seems to be doing the trick for me.
All right, I've got my kindle. I've got it plugged into my computer. How the heck do I get those books on my computer onto my kindle? I tried uploading them to the Amazon Cloud Drive, which I'm thinking is wrong. There on the Cloud Drive, but I have no idea what to do now.
EDIT: I may have answered my own question. I swear it wasn't there before, but I know I just didn't see it, but there is a "Send to Device" button on calibre that seems to be doing the trick for me.
I just drag the book files from my hard drive to the Kindle drive.
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All right, the Kindle Paperwhite came in last night, and it was mostly charged up already, it seems. I still plugged it in for a few hours to top it off. I downloaded a few books from Amazon, but the BL books you have to buy in ebook format from BL, they aren't on Amazon.
I converted a whole bunch of stuff from Project Gutenberg using Caliber, but there didn't seem to be any covers to them on the Kindle, so I ended up going back in and redownloading them from Gutenberg in the mobi format, and that fixed that problem except for three books. Between Project Gutenberg and the enormous amount of free books on Amazon, I've now downloaded around 35 books, plus a couple I purchased. I have the Howard Pyle Robin Hood, and a bunch of other classics I've wanted to read.
Adjusting the light and everything else on this is amazing, and it turns out my eyesight had to be the problem with my reading, because I'm reading Honour Guard, and am zipping thru it now that I can see it better. That feels so good, to know that I have been able to overcome that problem.
I woke up at six this morning, and due to having pneumonia, didn't go to work, but ended up reading for three hours and am almost 2/3 of the way thru my book. I love this.
Downloading is easy thru the wireless connection. I even found a book that I read as a yout' that I have been looking for forever and could not find the name or author of, because the local library had gotten rid of it in one of their purges of old books. It was there for free on Amazon.
This has been a good day.
EDIT: Caliber has been good too. All the Black Library books I've bought, I've been able to easily add to my Kindle.
All right, the Kindle Paperwhite came in last night, and it was mostly charged up already, it seems. I still plugged it in for a few hours to top it off. I downloaded a few books from Amazon, but the BL books you have to buy in ebook format from BL, they aren't on Amazon.
I converted a whole bunch of stuff from Project Gutenberg using Caliber, but there didn't seem to be any covers to them on the Kindle, so I ended up going back in and redownloading them from Gutenberg in the mobi format, and that fixed that problem except for three books. Between Project Gutenberg and the enormous amount of free books on Amazon, I've now downloaded around 35 books, plus a couple I purchased. I have the Howard Pyle Robin Hood, and a bunch of other classics I've wanted to read.
Adjusting the light and everything else on this is amazing, and it turns out my eyesight had to be the problem with my reading, because I'm reading Honour Guard, and am zipping thru it now that I can see it better. That feels so good, to know that I have been able to overcome that problem.
I woke up at six this morning, and due to having pneumonia, didn't go to work, but ended up reading for three hours and am almost 2/3 of the way thru my book. I love this.
Downloading is easy thru the wireless connection. I even found a book that I read as a yout' that I have been looking for forever and could not find the name or author of, because the local library had gotten rid of it in one of their purges of old books. It was there for free on Amazon.
This has been a good day.
EDIT: Caliber has been good too. All the Black Library books I've bought, I've been able to easily add to my Kindle.
Check your local library as well, a lot are loaning out ebooks. You can borrow them on [your preferred internet device] from home and then download them to your kindle just like any other book.
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All right, the Kindle Paperwhite came in last night, and it was mostly charged up already, it seems. I still plugged it in for a few hours to top it off. I downloaded a few books from Amazon, but the BL books you have to buy in ebook format from BL, they aren't on Amazon.
I converted a whole bunch of stuff from Project Gutenberg using Caliber, but there didn't seem to be any covers to them on the Kindle, so I ended up going back in and redownloading them from Gutenberg in the mobi format, and that fixed that problem except for three books. Between Project Gutenberg and the enormous amount of free books on Amazon, I've now downloaded around 35 books, plus a couple I purchased. I have the Howard Pyle Robin Hood, and a bunch of other classics I've wanted to read.
Adjusting the light and everything else on this is amazing, and it turns out my eyesight had to be the problem with my reading, because I'm reading Honour Guard, and am zipping thru it now that I can see it better. That feels so good, to know that I have been able to overcome that problem.
I woke up at six this morning, and due to having pneumonia, didn't go to work, but ended up reading for three hours and am almost 2/3 of the way thru my book. I love this.
Downloading is easy thru the wireless connection. I even found a book that I read as a yout' that I have been looking for forever and could not find the name or author of, because the local library had gotten rid of it in one of their purges of old books. It was there for free on Amazon.
This has been a good day.
EDIT: Caliber has been good too. All the Black Library books I've bought, I've been able to easily add to my Kindle.
Check your local library as well, a lot are loaning out ebooks. You can borrow them on [your preferred internet device] from home and then download them to your kindle just like any other book.
As a Librarian I'd like to jump in for the support of ebooks from libraries. My system has books in both Kindle and "everything else" format. For nooks and the like to download a book you go to our website, check the book out from the online catalog, then download the book using Adobe Digital Editions. ADE requires some setup time and after that you have to use that program to side load the library book.
The kindle books, on the other hand, required you to check them out from the online catalog. You are then presented with a button that says, "Get Book from Amazon." You hit that and it takes you to Amazon where you log into your account and tell them to send the book to your Kindle where is shows up through the whispernet.
Most libraries use the same ebook system, but keep in mind that publishers HATE ebooks and REALY hate ebooks at libraries. Libraries must purchase a license for each ebook which means only one person can have it checked out at a time and the publishers then charge libraries more for the ebook than they do for the physical book. This leads libraries to not have very large ebook collections, or collections that are usually checkout out.
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Our local library has some system to dl books from them like that. I looked thru it a little, but right now, I have so many books I dl'ed from the Gutenberg website, that it may be weeks before I run out of stuff. I'm reading King Solomon's Mines right now.
I bought the Amazon KPW leather (faux?) case for my KPW today and it's pretty neat watching it turn on and off just because I opened or closed the case. I wonder how it knows to do that. This truly is an age of wonder. However, I was aghast at paying almost a third of what I paid for the ereader itself just for a case. BUt at least I can carry it to work now without worrying about scratches.
Our local library has some system to dl books from them like that. I looked thru it a little, but right now, I have so many books I dl'ed from the Gutenberg website, that it may be weeks before I run out of stuff. I'm reading King Solomon's Mines right now.
I bought the Amazon KPW leather (faux?) case for my KPW today and it's pretty neat watching it turn on and off just because I opened or closed the case. I wonder how it knows to do that. This truly is an age of wonder. However, I was aghast at paying almost a third of what I paid for the ereader itself just for a case. BUt at least I can carry it to work now without worrying about scratches.
My wife bought me an Oberon case for my latest Kindle (I've been using a bubble envelope since I got it) and it cost more than the Kindle did.
I was lucky in that the KPW is only a few millimetres taller than the Kobo Touch, so I super-glued in a couple of 1mm thick rare earth magnets to the inside of my existing cover and voilà! Instant sleep case. My case is one of those cotton/hemp ones, and it's protected my Kobo through a lot, including one crazy thunderstorm where I was caught out without an umbrella.
All right, the Kindle Paperwhite came in last night, and it was mostly charged up already, it seems. I still plugged it in for a few hours to top it off. I downloaded a few books from Amazon, but the BL books you have to buy in ebook format from BL, they aren't on Amazon.
I converted a whole bunch of stuff from Project Gutenberg using Caliber, but there didn't seem to be any covers to them on the Kindle, so I ended up going back in and redownloading them from Gutenberg in the mobi format, and that fixed that problem except for three books. Between Project Gutenberg and the enormous amount of free books on Amazon, I've now downloaded around 35 books, plus a couple I purchased. I have the Howard Pyle Robin Hood, and a bunch of other classics I've wanted to read.
Adjusting the light and everything else on this is amazing, and it turns out my eyesight had to be the problem with my reading, because I'm reading Honour Guard, and am zipping thru it now that I can see it better. That feels so good, to know that I have been able to overcome that problem.
I woke up at six this morning, and due to having pneumonia, didn't go to work, but ended up reading for three hours and am almost 2/3 of the way thru my book. I love this.
Downloading is easy thru the wireless connection. I even found a book that I read as a yout' that I have been looking for forever and could not find the name or author of, because the local library had gotten rid of it in one of their purges of old books. It was there for free on Amazon.
This has been a good day.
EDIT: Caliber has been good too. All the Black Library books I've bought, I've been able to easily add to my Kindle.
Check your local library as well, a lot are loaning out ebooks. You can borrow them on [your preferred internet device] from home and then download them to your kindle just like any other book.
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Most libraries use the same ebook system, but keep in mind that publishers HATE ebooks and REALY hate ebooks at libraries. Libraries must purchase a license for each ebook which means only one person can have it checked out at a time and the publishers then charge libraries more for the ebook than they do for the physical book. This leads libraries to not have very large ebook collections, or collections that are usually checkout out.
Boggle. This is why while it will be sad for the average people working there publishers can't combust, fall to ashes and blow away fast enough. Screwing over libraries is some cackling greedy shit.
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Right now I'm torn between getting a Paperwhite and getting the 7" model of the Fire HD.
Normally I'd go for the Paperwhite, since most of what I'll be doing with this thing is reading, but after futzing around with both devices in Best Buy I'm consider going with the Fire instead since I might also want to read comic books, or watch TV shows, or do other things that, obviously, the Paperwhite isn't designed for. Also, the two are close enough in size and weight that I could use both of them (mostly) one handed during my commute if need be (which is why I'm not considering an iPad or 8.9" Fire).
What I'm wondering his how the Fire HD screen compares when it comes to reading. Is glare enough of a problem to make the Paperwhite a better option? There didn't seem to be much difference in the store, but if anyone has real-world experience I'd love to know.
There is currently no app for watching Amazon Video on android if that's a consideration. Amazon bases video on flash and I was never able to get the work around to work although, admittedly, I didn't try too hard. I recently sold my Nexus 7 (which is less expensive than the Fire HD so if he can afford the Fire HD he can afford a Nexus) and picked up a Fire HD. Now, my first tablet was a Fire gen 1. It had ... problems. It was slower, the web browser was one big glitch, the Netflix app was SHIT and did not work, there was no Bluetooth so no hope of a keyboard ... just little annoying shit.
The Fire HD is pretty slick, I like it. Yes, the platform is closed and you aren't going to have the freedom of a Nexus or other android tablet. Personally, for me, I don't care. Like an Apple user everything I do is in that architecture anyhow so I don't feel confined.
As to the glare issue, I don't honestly know yet. I'm a bit of a shut in and I haven't actually taken the thing outside yet. I can do so tomorrow special for you and tell you how it is. per the party line it's supposed to be better but it won't be better than e-ink.
I also own a Paperwhite and, in my opinion, their is no better e-reader on the market if all you want is books. If you have a Prime account and you are interested in entrenching yourself in the Amazon platform the Fire HD is a very nice device. The screen is beautiful, the speakers are clear an loud, and it's zippy.
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Yeah, I get why full-on Android tablets are the rage, but honestly I don't want to do more than read books and maybe watch video once and a while.
I already have an iPod Touch if I want to play games (and before anyone asks, I tried the Kindle app on the Touch but the screen is way too small for me to read comfortably), and I also have an Amazon Prime membership, and some Amazon gift card credit sitting around.
But thanks for the advice, I'm still on the fence but I'm pretty sure it's either the Paperwhite or the Fire HD for me.
So, as it decided to someway more than I am comfortable with today I did not go outside. I did sit in front of my windows with the blinds open and attempted to catch bad glare on the screen. It wasn't that terrible actually. I could read everything and I tried both book and comics (I use comixology). So the Fire HD might be a thing you could do. The battery on this thing is pretty great, between audio books and web browsing my battery lasts pretty much all day. They advertise 10 hours and I'd say it's pretty close to that. It does take a while to hit full charge though, over an hour plugged into the outlet. I do not have the "quick charge" gadget.
Also, I don't know how you feel about audio books but a decent amount of books you get the audio book (audible edition) for a steep discount if you own the kindle version already. At some point I picked up The Blade Itself for $2 on sale but never read it. I recently picked up the audible book for $5 (I hear the narrator is great and I listen to books when playing Minecraft or doing lab work at school).
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Excellent, thank you very much. Since the battery on my Ipod Touch evaporates almost instantly when I try and do anything but listen to music, I'm glad the battery life is decent, too.
I'm almost more excited by the screen resolution upgrade than the frontlighting. It's impressing me on several fronts at once: the resolution, the frontlight, the capacitive touchscreen, how much nicer the UI is than previous Kindles, how nice the fonts look and just how thin and light the damn thing is.
Looking to buy a tablet that will be used almost solely for reading comic books and watching the youtubes.
I am torn between iPad 4 and Nexus 10.
Anyone have experience with either when it comes to comic book reading?
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I used ComiXology with my Nexus 7 when I had it, I'd imagine it would be similar. It was pretty good, not amazing, but not terrible. Not sure if the iPad has an amazingly better screen than the 10. I can say that comics look better on my Fire HD than they did on the Nexus. I'd suggest hitting a Best Buy or similar and trying them both out.
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Any problems with either of them ?
The Kindle doesn't natively read epubs. You can convert them with Calibre but you would need to rip the DRM (if they have DRM). The Kindle also doesn't sync books between the Kindle and the app if they aren't purchased from Amazon. Well, I think I read somewhere that you can make it do it, but I've never bothered.
I don't know anything about the Nook, I hated their app way back in the day so when I moved over to ereaderes I got a Kindle and never looked back.
Edit: I'm seeing online if you send the book to the cloud using your Amazon address then it should sync between devices. I wouldn't feel comfortable telling you it will work with iOS because I don't have any iOS devices but the thread I was reading did say they were going between a Paperwhite and an iPad.
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Both have hardware advantages over each other, though. The KPW has a higher resolution screen and uses a capacitive touchscreen. Coming from a Kobo Touch and a non-lighted Nook Simple Touch, both these things were big selling points. And in actual use, they're a big deal for me. Believe it or not, having sharper text (and non-pixellated small text) makes reading a lot easier for me. The capacitive touchscreen is also a great deal more responsive than the IR ones of the Kindle Touch, Kobo Touch and Nook STR.
That said, one thing going for the Nook is that it does have expandable memory. But, then again, the KPW's storage space is generally enough for 1,000+ books. It doesn't sound like much to some, but I guess it's a little of how quickly do you read books, and how many do you really need on your device at any one time?
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In a not creepy way.
I literally have two shelves of books I'm slowly going thru. With my eyesight seeming to be worse than it used to, I think I need the backlight feature on this so I can read it at night.
I played around with a Nook of some sort (LCD screen, internet connection, not sure which one, ex-wife had it, so I didn't get to look at it long) and I hated the PS/interface. Whatever you call it. I hope the Kindle is better.
I'm seriously trying to talk myself out of this.. but I wants one. I do...
EDIT: Couple of questions... I would like to read comics, but it's not necessary, and I still think the KPW is the best option for me.
But what about Black Library books? Games Workshop has their own website for buying those, and they probably also sell them at Amazon, but if I purchased something from the BL, can I put it on my KPW? And also, I downloaded some free ebooks from the Gutenberg website once, can I put them on the KPW?
Comics are debatable. Some people say black and white comics are just fine on the PW, I personally don't like it but I also have a Kindle Fire HD and have no reason to "get used to it."
And as an aside, the PW May very well be great for you if you are having issues with your eyesight. You can adjust margins, line spacing, text size, and font along with changing the intensity of the light.
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Calibre has you covered.
As long as it's not DRM-ed anyway
The info I've read shows the KPW takes about 13 hours to charge off the USB cable, or 4 hours if you buy the wall adaptor...
Could I just use the wall adaptor from my original Zune? It takes a USB cable as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Zune-AC-Adapter/dp/B000IXP932/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1361408722&sr=1-1&keywords=zune+usb+wall+adaptor
Yeah, you can use any mini-USB.
That, I'm not sure on.
Yeah, that's absolutely fine. As far as current goes, devices only draw what they need. There are some 2.1A chargers around designed for slates, and they work fine, too.
Different USB chargers have different outputs. The only difference you'll notice is charging speed. Computer USB ports are almost always 500mA, which means slower charging speeds. Most USB wall chargers are 1A, which is decently faster. And then you have ones like yours or chargers for slates, like the Kindle Fire and Galaxy Tab and iPad.
EDIT: I may have answered my own question. I swear it wasn't there before, but I know I just didn't see it, but there is a "Send to Device" button on calibre that seems to be doing the trick for me.
I just drag the book files from my hard drive to the Kindle drive.
I converted a whole bunch of stuff from Project Gutenberg using Caliber, but there didn't seem to be any covers to them on the Kindle, so I ended up going back in and redownloading them from Gutenberg in the mobi format, and that fixed that problem except for three books. Between Project Gutenberg and the enormous amount of free books on Amazon, I've now downloaded around 35 books, plus a couple I purchased. I have the Howard Pyle Robin Hood, and a bunch of other classics I've wanted to read.
Adjusting the light and everything else on this is amazing, and it turns out my eyesight had to be the problem with my reading, because I'm reading Honour Guard, and am zipping thru it now that I can see it better. That feels so good, to know that I have been able to overcome that problem.
I woke up at six this morning, and due to having pneumonia, didn't go to work, but ended up reading for three hours and am almost 2/3 of the way thru my book. I love this.
Downloading is easy thru the wireless connection. I even found a book that I read as a yout' that I have been looking for forever and could not find the name or author of, because the local library had gotten rid of it in one of their purges of old books. It was there for free on Amazon.
This has been a good day.
EDIT: Caliber has been good too. All the Black Library books I've bought, I've been able to easily add to my Kindle.
Check your local library as well, a lot are loaning out ebooks. You can borrow them on [your preferred internet device] from home and then download them to your kindle just like any other book.
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As a Librarian I'd like to jump in for the support of ebooks from libraries. My system has books in both Kindle and "everything else" format. For nooks and the like to download a book you go to our website, check the book out from the online catalog, then download the book using Adobe Digital Editions. ADE requires some setup time and after that you have to use that program to side load the library book.
The kindle books, on the other hand, required you to check them out from the online catalog. You are then presented with a button that says, "Get Book from Amazon." You hit that and it takes you to Amazon where you log into your account and tell them to send the book to your Kindle where is shows up through the whispernet.
Most libraries use the same ebook system, but keep in mind that publishers HATE ebooks and REALY hate ebooks at libraries. Libraries must purchase a license for each ebook which means only one person can have it checked out at a time and the publishers then charge libraries more for the ebook than they do for the physical book. This leads libraries to not have very large ebook collections, or collections that are usually checkout out.
I bought the Amazon KPW leather (faux?) case for my KPW today and it's pretty neat watching it turn on and off just because I opened or closed the case. I wonder how it knows to do that. This truly is an age of wonder. However, I was aghast at paying almost a third of what I paid for the ereader itself just for a case. BUt at least I can carry it to work now without worrying about scratches.
My wife bought me an Oberon case for my latest Kindle (I've been using a bubble envelope since I got it) and it cost more than the Kindle did.
Totally worth every penny though.
Boggle. This is why while it will be sad for the average people working there publishers can't combust, fall to ashes and blow away fast enough. Screwing over libraries is some cackling greedy shit.