Buying a Kindle increased my reading by 10-15x.
In the decade or so after graduating from college, I probably averaged four or five books a year. I've always enjoyed reading, but I never seemed to be able to find the time.
I got my Kindle in March of 2011. That year, I read 26 books. In 2012, I read 35 books. In 2013, I read 39 books.
In 2014 so far, I've read 38 books and I'm on a pace to read about 60 by the end of the year (thanks for keeping track, Goodreads Challenge).
I don't feel like I consciously put a ton of extra time into reading that I didn't before, and I haven't given up any other hobbies or activities in order to read more. I still do all the stuff I used to, I just don't go anywhere or do anything without my Kindle.
So, whenever I'm waiting in line, or grabbing a cup of coffee, or waiting for friends to show up at a bar, or sitting on a bus, I'm reading a book instead of just dicking around on my phone or staring off into the middle-distance bored out of my skull.
The Kindle did for me with books what my first mp3 player did with music. Sure, I listened to plenty of music before mp3s, but now I listen to anything I want, whenever I want, anywhere I go. I don't carry a few CDs, I carry all music ever. Likewise, I don't lug a book around, I carry all books ever and I read every every chance I get.
By the looks of it, this is the 2016 model - Kindle 8th Gen (basic, with no led lights).
I currently own one and it is a nice device.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Kindle-eReader-6-Inch-Touchscreen/dp/B00ZV9PXP2
I'm not sure about the answer to your question. I'm in the U.S. and most overdrive ebooks for me have two downland options - Amazon or epub. But, there is something you can do if you have a personal computer.
First, download Calibre. (https://calibre-ebook.com/). It's free, open-source software to manage an ebook library. You'll see it discussed often in this sub.
Second, download and install the DRM removal plugin into Calibre. (https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/).
Once it's installed, books you import into Calibre will automatically have the DRM removed. Downloading an epub from the library will require Adobe Digital Editions, which is free and the file you get from the library should prompt you to get it. Once ADE actually downloads the real epub file, you need to locate that file on your computer and add it to Calibre.
Removing the DRM allows you to convert the book to other formats, which Calibre does well. Convert it to .mobi and add it to your Kindle, which you can do by emailing it or through a connected cable.
You're not limited to Amazon books only - there are great resources like Project Gutenberg etc. that specialise in out of copyright books.
Also some publishers do free ebooks as well - usually in EPUB format, but calibre can convert then to AZW/MOBI
https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/2012
Calibre is a great app for handling and converting third party books.
Download your ebooks to your computer and use a DRM removal tool to remove Amazon's digital rights management locks. Then use Calibre to manage them. I keep mine in my Dropbox folder so they are automatically backed up to all of my devices.
Amazon is a company. Companies go out of business or change formats. Amazon even removed paid-for books without permission from people's Kindles a few years ago. Barnes and Noble is about to fail and their terrible ebook policy is a large part of it. Don't let your books vanish because Amazon changed formats or decided to shut down their Kindle line or whatever. (Seems unlikely now, but who knows? I have books that were published in 1905 that I can still read. If Amazon makes one switch to their AZW format, now suddenly my ebooks are as useful as a Beta video player.)
Plus, Calibre gives you a lot of reflected value to your Kindle. It helps you organize and rate your books, categorize your reading... All kinds of stuff.
You may try the "Libre Caslon Text" from Google Fonts. It's pretty similar and free for personal use.
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libre+Caslon+Text?query=Caslo
The Kindle 4 (e-ink, multitouch screen) is "nowhere near completion", if the latest news is correct. You could be waiting a while (more than six months). If you want an ereader with e-ink, the Kindle 3 is a great product for the money and you can get one for as low as $114 (new).
The Kindle tablet is an entirely different device. It's (going to be) an Android-based tablet with a custom Amazon user interface that plays nicely with Amazon's consumer services (ebooks, music, video). It does not have e-ink, which is the primary benefit of owning a Kindle reading device.
It is technically possible. Colour e-ink exits. Here's a device using it. Here's some more links.
Whether Amazon want to use it is another thing. They may simply want to stick with very good black & white displays with a great battery life and useful features (like the paperwhite's front light). I don't know the tech behind colour e-ink, it may be more power intensive.
It probably wouldn't be used in the Kindle Fire either, as e-ink isn't responsive enough (it takes a while to refresh, as you've probably seen, and you'd want at least 24 (average movie framerate) refreshes per second for it to be viable in a multimedia device).
Amazon seem to want to get a good price too - their goal is to sell books, not as much for selling kindles, evidenced by the fact you can read on almost anything with a screen - and colour e-ink is probably expensive.
Maybe in the future, once the technogy matures.
You can legally download a bunch of classics from Project Gutenberg under a free-use license. Otherwise, it's against the rules of this subreddit to discuss means of promoting piracy (see the sidebar).
Replacement battery. Takes about four minutes to deinstall/reinstall.
I don't know if my battery is good or not. Replacing the battery didn't recover my Kindle (similar issue). However, I ordered a replacement battery from Amazon and when it didn't work they gave me a full refund.
The replacement you need is this one. Let me know if you need a walk through on putting it in. It's pretty easy but if you haven't done that sort of thing before it helps to have a guide.
I just went from a Voyage to the Oasis 2, and while I love that it feels speedier, the larger screen, and the inverted black and white option, it definitely is slippery and cold, I know aluminum is supposed to be more "premium" but for a device that you'll be holding for a long time, I would prefer matte plastic.
I got the Ayotu fabric case from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B2TLTMJ/ and it feels better. I mostly read on the subway, or sitting up, so I can't say whether it will feel great laying down, but it's definitely a better experience than bare.
I don't know about physically adding a solar charger, if that's what you mean, but you can use a USB solar charger with it. It plugs into the charging port just like any other charger. Here's the one I use when camping: Anker 15w Solar Charger @ Amazon. There's also a 21w panel available, but I've had my 15w one for about 2 years and it works great. It can be used to charge a battery bank, gps, phone, etc.
The Kindle version of that book was $1.99 last December.
Use ereaderiq.com to track the books and authors you're interested in and you'll never have to pay more than you want to.
There's also a separate "deluxe edition" of the book, for some reason, but the Kindle price on that hasn't budged from $10.99.
I'm sure most of us will tell you that any backlit LCD/LED style tablet is not going to be great for reading books. I'd recommend something with an e-ink screen. You can get an Amazon Kindle for as low as $80 .
Possibly the Kindle DX. Amazon pushed it briefly as a textbook-reading device but it never took off and they canceled it. It has a 10" screen like an iPad.
The nook with glow is front lit, not back lit. It uses an array of LEDs around the screen which are then diffused through a thin diffraction layer that rests on top of the e-ink screen.
As for when new kindles are coming out, gizmodo is putting their money on sometime next week
Customer FAQ for Attorneys General E-book Settlements
>To be eligible, you must have had a U.S. billing address and must have purchased a Kindle book published by Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin or Macmillan between 4/1/10 and 5/21/12.
Further details at: Attorneys General and Class E-book Settlements: FAQ
It was a US-based class action lawsuit, so non-US customers weren't involved. It's also basically nothing to do with Amazon: they just happen to be the distributor of the funds from the settlement.
Update your kindle to the software update that came out a couple of weeks ago. It gives you an option to set a custom font. You can download lots of fonts from Google Fonts. I prefer to use "Bitter".
>Would I have to jailbreak my Kindle to do this?.
No.
>What is the process?
Just copy the files (ebooks) over to the "documents" folder of your Kindle and you're good to go.
Here's a cool trick:
Customize your Kindle's screensaver/wallpaper This requires jailbreaking, though.
UPDATE: Amazon Canada lists it down below on their Paperwhite page. https://www.amazon.ca/Kindle-Paperwhite-High-Resolution-Display-Built/dp/B00QJDU3KY
Canadian $999 (but as someone pointed out below, it's probably a placeholder price).
For step one, there is a Kindle edition on planning and building your fallout shelter: https://www.amazon.com/Preppers-Guide-Underground-Bunkers-Preparing-ebook/dp/B00V3PSSQO/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?keywords=bomb+shelter&qid=1577373559&rnid=2941120011&s=digital-text&sr=1-7
It was recommended on here a few months ago and Im so happy I got it. Love this group. Its called Pageturnerz from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WZ1DRH2?ref=myi_title_dp If you have any hand pain or want a better grip on your Kindle I really recommend it.
I currently use the Push to Kindle app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fivefilters.kindleit
It usually works well without any problems.
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Or were you asking how to do this using Instapaper on Android?
If so:
Over at the google play book store, they're displaying a deal a day in the featured slider, and like I was saying, Amazon is price matching almost instantly, and it's this way with mp3s too, haven't looked into the video prices.
Try https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/bram-stoker/dracula. I haven't read it, but Standard Ebooks claims to have the highest standards for converting out-of-copyright books. I agree that there are some bad ebooks on Amazon (e.g. I recently read one that seemed to be a raw, uncorrected OCR job), and I don't know how to separate the good ones from the bad ones. I'll try Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks more in the future. You might also try your local library: I assume they only buy from reputable publishers.
You may also want to try Standard ebooks.
>Standard Ebooks takes ebooks from sources like Project Gutenberg, formats and typesets them using a carefully designed and professional-grade style manual, lightly modernizes them, fully proofreads and corrects them, and then builds them to create a new edition that takes advantage of state-of-the-art ereader and browser technology.
Just get a refurbished kindle from Amazon. Same warranty as the usual Kindle.
You can wait for a price drop as well, another $20 off. (or maybe $10, but that's still considerable from a brand new one.)
I have the leather case on mine so it automatically turns off when I close the cover. I usually charge my Paperwhite every few weeks.
The Ayotu cases on amazon are the only ones I've seen. Someone else here recommended them to me and I got two I liked and can swap out. They have an optional adhesive disk to supplement the magnets, but I haven't used it.
I have the latest Paperwhite and Oasis.
While the Paperwhite is a nice device, I constantly turn the it off by accident from the way I hold it.
And for whatever reason, I struggle with turning pages on the Paperwhite (even on an older gen one I have). Somehow I manage to jump tens of pages ahead with one swipe. Or I'll jump backwards unintentionally. It's an entirely jarring experience. Physical buttons solve this problem entirely.
Also, after using an Oasis, the difference in screen size is entirely noticeable. I find myself far more immersed when reading an Oasis as the screen size is definitely more traditional book sized.
I'm also a big fan of the warm light feature. I generally do most of my reading in the evening in low light, and so while blue light doesn't bother me as much as some, the warm light adds to the book-like, immersion experience.
What I miss most about the Paperwhite is the rubberized shell. I am not a fan of the metal shell on the Oasis. It is a bit slippery, and while it feels 'premium', I do not feel it's as durable as the Paperwhites (I have put them through hell and back). So that that end, I do use a case. The Ayuto case is fantastic and I HIGHLY recommend it over the official Amazon one.
The Paperwhite is certainly not a bad device, but I would say that I find myself reading at least twice as much/often using my Oasis than I have with the Paperwhite. For me, it's a more enjoyable experience, which means I'm far more apt to pick it up during leisure/study time.
I didn't get a Kindle until this past Christmas, so I wasn't around for the guaranteed $9.99 days.
I got a couple gift cards for Christmas and used them to get Amazon gift cards, which I then spent on a bunch of books... and not a single one was an eBook.
Until I got a Kindle, I did most of my reading using library books, but there were some books I wanted to read that I felt were too long to take out from the library. I read fairly slowly, and like to read a couple books at a time, so anything over 500 pages or so seems unfair for me to hijack from the library for a month and a half at a time.
Some comparisons of the Kindle price vs what I paid for brand new paperbacks (paperback prices might've changed since I bought them a couple weeks ago):
Team of Rivals, 21% more expensive on the Kindle (and the paperback is a beast of a book)
Omnivore's Dilemma, 49% more expensive on the Kindle
The Intelligent Investor, 113% more expensive on the Kindle
I love the Kindle. I read at least an hour a day on it, but usually more. I'm just not a fan of the prices. I can understand a Kindle book costing more than a used paperback, but there's no excuse for it to cost more than a brand new paperback.
Shipping isn't a factor for me, for now, because I have a free Prime membership for a year.
I signed up for a 60 day trial via Groupon last year (it’s just 30 days via amazon). There were a few things I liked but not even close enough to justify the $10/month price for me.
Looks like they’re still running the promo if you want to try it out: https://www.groupon.com/deals/kindle-unlimited-national-2
Every book published before ~1930 is public domain, and free. Thats the thing I love about my Kindle most. Every classic book is free. You should check out Project Gutenberg's Top 100.
Tip: The formatting of Feedbooks tends to be better then that of Project Gutenberg.
Not pretty, but I was curious for the results. Picked up a package of colored celo from Amazon. Hacked one up and taped it to my Paperwhite 4. Since it is a flush screen I had to hold it in place with some tape. Had to turn up the brightness a few notches. Definitely cuts out the blue-light. Will try reading with this tonight. Generally I prefer my Nook 3 to read with at night because of the adaptive display.
I haven't tried any of those, but this website is always good when looking for alternatives:
https://alternativeto.net/software/calibre/?platform=mac
And yes, while Calibre might not look the best, it's still very reliable and offers a lot of features.
I was hoping for #1 as well, but it sounds like it isn't supported yet. That was kind of the main reason I was looking forward to Goodreads integration. Here is what Goodreads has to say about it: https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/336-how-do-i-post-a-reading-progress-update-on-goodreads-on-kindle
Here is some more general info on Goodreads on Kindle: https://www.goodreads.com/help/list/goodreads_on_kindle
My thought process is that the previous Kindles each had different controls. You couldn't update the Keyboard with the Touch OS or the first gen with the Keyboard OS. This time though the Touch Kindles are identical, the only difference is the light and bigger resolution.
I'm hoping this:
> We don’t need you to be on the upgrade treadmill. If we made our money when people bought the device, we’d be rolling out programs left and right to try to get you to upgrade. In fact, we’re happy that people are still using Kindle Ones that are five years old. They’re still reading on them, and every time they buy a book, that’s good for us. That’s alignment.
> If we made a lot of money when we sell the device — if we allowed ourselves to make a lot of money when we sell the device, we’d be tempted to use that Kindle bookstore to make sure you only buy our devices instead of working so hard as our teams do on interoperability. - Jeff Bezos
Will become more than just words.
Calibre to convert to MOBI or AZW3.
Kindle Previewer to see exactly how it would look in a kindle (if you select "Kindle E-reader" option in app) . Other ebook viewing software are not guaranteed to be representative; I recently had a paragraph spacing issue that only kindle previewer displayed accurately.
Ok, here's something to try first: download this file 01N.png (don't rename it!), copy it to the directory where you've got your custom screensavers and try the update again.
If the trick above doesn't work, you'll have to ssh into your Kindle. It would be helpful if you could link to the original tutorial that you've used to modify the screensaver.
I believe it is this book, ‘Super Thinking’. I found it by googling the first sentence of the second paragraph
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P8J83WR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_5KRG9PQV8BT22RVHPX59
Tried a lot of cases, including Pad & Quill, official Amazon black leather cover, Omoton, etc.
IMO the official cover felt very solid and was heavier than the Omoton but still had some flex to the top cover (pressure from a small, hard object could press the cover against the screen). I figured it doesn't offer much over the 3rd party alternative so I returned it. I gave the Omoton case to my brother because I wanted a vertical folding case and found this Moko cover with a stand. Although it adds considerable bulk, I prefer to just rest the stand on my belly or the table when I'm reading. Top cover has no flex whatsoever and I felt comfortable taking it on my recent trip abroad with my carry-on. I also like the added bonus of not having to pry the kindle from the cover as you often have to do with cases like the Amazon or Omoton covers (it fits in with a little latch system that works pretty well).
Well, there is no magnetic drive in a Kindle, it's all flash memory -- and magnetic fields are not an issue for that kind of memory (well, at least not a practical issue).
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If you're not in a hurry, you could at least wait for the current model Paperwhite to go on sale for $100, which it does fairly regularly.
Also check https://standardebooks.org/ :
>Standard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free. /u/Troothdotcom
I'm not sure I understand where you need a smaller device. I'm assuming not at home since then there is no storage/transport issue. I'm also assuming not at work since that would be unethical and in some cases illegal.
When I'm away from home I'm traveling by car, train, or airplane. Trips by car often do not involve luggage but I'm in my car so I have the glove compartment.
Trips by train or airplane always involve luggage of some sort even if it is just a briefcase. In which case the kindle is in the luggage.
Where are you frequently going with no luggage and no car that allows you plenty of time to read?
UPDATE: Also, what is wrong with these?
Get Calibre, the most popular PC library management system. Calibre will interface with your Kindle once you set it up, and make moving books back and forth painless.
Then, if you already have the book files on your PC, simply add them to Calibre. Or connect your Kindle to the PC by USB, and copy the books off from there, then add them. Or, if necessary, go to your Amazon account and download them to the PC ("for transfer via USB"), then put them in Calibre.
If they are protected with DRM, you can deal with that here.
No, the free student account does not allow access to the lending library.
From amazon: "Eligible Prime members -- paid Amazon Prime, <strong>paid</strong> Amazon student, one-month free trial, and customers receiving a free month of Prime benefits with a Kindle Fire..."
Once your free student account expires they will offer you a paid prime membership for half off. With that you could use the lending library.
Chrome extension Send to Kindle does this for free.
The authors website: http://www.klip.me/
It is also available for Firefox, Safari and IE.
These two older models are ones I've used in the past that had physical pageturn buttons:
However, neither of them appear to have any used listings... which is odd, making me think that Amazon is just completely blocking people from selling older used Kindle models on their site to push people into buying new ones exclusively.
What I would do is check sites like eBay, Swappa, and Craigslist for these particular models (or just searching "Kindle" and then narrowing it down to the ones that appear to have buttons on the sides). FWIW, though, as much as I loved the physical pageturns and would snap up a new model that added them back in a second (as long as it wasn't as stupidly priced as the Oasis), I definitely think having a touchscreen + frontlight wins out in a choice between them.
As others have said in this post, the current Kindle is a great device. If you actually prefer the physical keyboard you might as well pick one up now.
At a minimum if you can hold off until the end of the month (end of third quarter) we should be getting some news of what Amazon is planning do in the final quarter of the year. They are publicly traded company after all.
So far there have been a lot of rumors in the e-Ink world, and only Sony made an official announcement last week of there plans to consolidate all their e-Readers to a new lower priced device.
One thing to keep in mind is that if a journal is a complicated PDF and is not simple text with some images that works well in a MOBI file, it will probably be really hard to read. Especially if it has two columns, as many papers do.
For manga, I haven't tried it out yet, but I know you can convert CBZ to MOBI and just transfer to your Kindle for viewing. If its anything like the Kindle Store manga setup it should be great. After downloading a sample of Fumetsu no Anata e, it seemed like it works well, and zooming in isn't a problem if you prefer it.
If you get into ereaders in general, definitely research Calibre. It'll be your best friend with conversion, syncing, and organizing metadata. I've actually converted some Journals to MOBI by just pasting text into a word doc and then using Calibre to convert from DOCX to MOBI.
YMMV:
no you get to keep it. this does not cover books borrowed from kindle of course. those must be returned before getting another.
do you back up your kindle to your computer? if not you might look into doing so. try calebre (https://calibre-ebook.com/). it works great for putting most anything on your kindle. instead of only using amazon.
This forgets to mention the must which is to installthe free program Calibre. This gives you the ability to work, reformat and manage non-Amazon content such as free ebooks from Project Gutenberg.
I'm not familiar with the way fonts are added, but one place you could have a look at is Google Fonts.
Most of the fonts on there have very liberal licenses so they are free to use. Seeing as there's something like 800 fonts on there, it shouldn't be a problem to find something you like.
The CBR format is just a container format. You can rename it to a .RAR file and open it right up like you would any other archive format (for CBZ, change it to .ZIP). The archive typically contains PNG or JPEG files.
If you want to convert them to look really clean on the Kindle, I suggest using a program called Mangle. There is a link to the program in the sidebar. Here's an article that explains how to use it (the same article, actually, where I found out about Mangle when I was trying to figure out how to help a co-worker convert his comics for a Kindle DX).
You could skip the Mangle conversion process, of course, but in doing so you end up with larger images (lots of color info you don't need) that look worse on the screen.
Here you go, sorry about the wait.
I'll reply to all the comments asking for a zip, so they get an orangered, as I'm sure they're not checking back on this thread two days after.
That's not really a good suggestion, as ES File Explorer now has really obtrusive ads.
Mixplorer is a more fully featured file explorer app that's free and ad-free: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523691
How To By Randall Munroe! I love his books.
EInk is an expensive technology. I save money by buying them refurbished. I’ve never paid full price.
You’ve been wrong throughout this thread so I’m not surprised you’re wrong now. I present to you the Boox tablet on Amazon!!!!! They even have a store!!!! You can follow them and everything!
Hi Space Blue Leaf Water-Safe Case for Paperwhite 4 (10th Generation-2018), PU Leather Smart Floral Cover with Auto Wake/Sleep Paperwhite 4 10th Generation-2018 Released, K10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L4ZFQZ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_F2KaGb6SCPBQV?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Here you go!! :) let me know if that doesn’t work
Have you taken a look at the official Amazon cover? I've had mine for about 2 years now and it's fantastic. The 'leather' is starting to wear down on the corners but it doesn't really bother me.
Nicest one is the Oasis hands down, but it's also the most expensive.
Then Voyage.
Then Paperwhite.
Then regular Kindle with no backlighting.
If you're looking to save some money, go Paperwhite; if you want to go all out, get the Oasis. Buy the Voyage is you want to spend some extra money. The resolution is all the same (except the base Kindle) - 300 PPI - but different devices have different features. Amazon provides a small comparison table, so check it out (you'll need to scroll down -- https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Kindle-ereader-Glare-Free-Touchscreen/dp/B00ZV9PXP2). You know your wife the best, so will she prefer to touch the screen, press the bezels, or need actual buttons. Touch is available on all devices, but the more premium ones have the other options (pagepress for Voyage and actual buttons on the Oasis).
It's a bit hard to point you in a direction without knowing what your budget is / how much you can afford.
I can really recommend the Omoton covers. I used a few covers and this is hands down the best one. I didn't use the original Amazon one but it would need to make me a coffee to be worth it considering how well done the Omoton cover is for much lower cost.
https://www.amazon.com/OMOTON-Paperwhite-Thinnest-Lightest-versions/dp/B00EYW9DSU
The official Amazon covers for the Oasis 2017 were discontinued (for now) because the magnets were too weak and they kept falling off.
I got a Moko case and it’s surprisingly good for the price. It’s unfortunate that I can’t find third party covers, only cases, but this will do until Amazon fixes theirs.
The auto-Wake/Sleep is a feature and does not trigger unexpectedly for me. My battery life has been fine.
MoKo Case for All-New Kindle Oasis (9th Generation, 2017 Release) - Premium Ultra Lightweight Shell Cover with Auto Wake / Sleep for Amazon Kindle Oasis E-reader Case, BLACK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0771GQ3X3?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf
>How do you know how much or how little contributions the editors did to those works? Unless you saw the books "before" and "after" I'm not sure you can make such a claim.
Well, two things.
First, those two authors made the statement. I'm apt to trust an author when he is criticizing his own ability. If David Drake tells me his writing reads poorly without an editors input, why would I doubt him?
Second, Stephen King actually included in his book "On Writing" an example of his story "1408" going through the drafting and editing process.
There's a program called Briss, which allows you to delete all of the white space around a pdf, and makes it a little more readable on the Kindle screen. I have a Kindle 3, and tried using Briss on a Java pdf book (Thinking in Java), and it worked out okay.
edited to fix spelling of Briss and add link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/
Yeah, OP is talking about grammar/spelling errors.
If i remember correctly, Amazon has something like a standard for ebook quality, and they apparently take corrections pretty seriously
Prior to the official public release of the GlowLight, there was an article on TechCrunch about a hands-on review of a prototype front-lit screen; various articles seem to point to a July launch.
There are some third party covers that are pretty similar to the old Paperwhite one, such as the Belkin one linked below. I'm not sure whether it automatically turns on the Kindle when you flip it open, however. That's a must have for me.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IU7CC60/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_TeWgub0SVE5XD
You can download a freeware program called Calibre to do the conversion for you - it includes lots of options and several different formats to convert to.
You also might want to use some cropping tools:
"Update: The typesetting engine is listed as “coming soon” on the product page. An Amazon spokesperson says the font and typsetting improvements will also be made available to the previous generation Kindle Paperwhite, plus the $79 Kindle and Kindle Voyage."
PW2 should get it.
We all get there our own way. I've been getting Kindle books through my library, jeez, almost eight years I think. They go through an app called Overdrive.
I also like using Play Books. I find things on archive.org that I like and download it as EPUB and upload it to Play Books. (Kindle doesn't handle PDF and EPUB well.) The only problem is these books are scanned and might have problems.
Standard Ebooks is a great site for properly-formatted public domain books. They use volunteers to properly format books with linked tables of contents, etc. Even free Kindle books on the public domain are based on scans. These are really nice. You do have to sideload them in for Kindle. I do EPUB and send it to Play Books.
Funny you talk about this as I have been deleting a ton of public domain books from my Kindle. Now, they were all free, so throwing money away is not an issue here. But with 500 books on there, I realised I am not going to get through them all. Also, when it comes to public domain reading, I like this site: https://standardebooks.org/
They are all public domain books, but you can sideload them for Kindle or download the EPUB and then upload to Play Books, which is what I do. The nice thing about Standard Ebooks is they are all professionally formatted and have cover art. It is a non-profit and occasionally I throw a fiver because I have read a lot on there. Their books have replaced the simple digital scans (often error prone) for the Kindle digital books.
If you are like me and have sent documents to Kindle, you can also use the permanent deletion option for those. So if you use the dropdown and choose "docs," any PDFs or Word docs you sent will appear. I find Play Books handles PDFs better than the Kindle app for Android (they are impossible on a Kindle device).
I can't imagine anyone needing to free up storage on a Kindle or a device with the app. You'd have to have thousands of books on there.
I do use the permanently delete option. Again, not for anything I've paid for, but I have used it.
I'm not sure specifically what you mean, but there are a plethora of sites out there that provide downloads of Public Domain works - My favourite is https://standardebooks.org/ebooks ; You can build up a decent library of ebooks of a commercial quality for free.
Somewhere like Project Gutenburg (https://www.gutenberg.org/) will have a much larger selection in terms of quantity, but the quality, formatting and curation is somewhat hit-and-miss.
No they aren’t. Try Standard Ebooks instead. Only benefit of Amazon Classics is being able to read and listen to the audiobook because of Whispersync. I prefer Standard Ebooks.
It's already confirmed to be a tablet. Someone had a hands on a few weeks back : http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/amazon-kindle-tablet/
Personally I can't wait. I don't want to carry an ereader and a tablet around, so this is the perfect device for me.
If you haven't heard of it, Project Gutenburg has a large library of free e-books. There is the usual low-quality free books, but it also has a lot of the famous classical lit books.
I have only been able to do this by using Calibre, an E-Book Manager software installed on a PC and then using it to change the Metadata on the book. You can keep it as a .mobi or convert it to .azw (amazon's Kindle format - not the new az3 or something like that) Or simply make it display as a Book in the Kindle instead of a Doc.
If you do have a computer, I recommend using Calibre to convert and manage your ebook collection. There are TONS of great sources for books in epub and mobi format.
I don't know anything about Kindle Create, but I've converted dozens of books from Word files using Calibre or Jutoh. Word is just plain terrible for ebook work, and the more a user hacks around with ad hoc formatting, the worse it gets. If you just take a word file and blindly convert, you often get something that looks like a bad ransom note.
Ebooks - epub files and the Amazon derivatives, mobi and axw3, are all html under the skin...and Word does things it's own way, not the html way. And the way most people are trained to use Word is totally contrary to good ebook formatting -- hey, I had to un-learn all that stuff myself. After a few years with LibreOffice and ebooks, I wouldn't touch Word with a fork.
To get a good book from most Word files, you often have to copy the text into a plain text editor and save it as plain text - UTF-8 by preference. That removes ALL formatting. Then you open it in a more friendly editor, like LibreOffice, and put back the formatting you do want -- using paragraph styles, not ad hoc text formatting. Then you can make a good ebook of it.
Just for starters, though, try Calibre. It has conversion settings that might just get you at least something readable, if not pretty. https://calibre-ebook.com/
You'd have to upload the photos as a document. /u/macroblue has the best solution. Make a PDF book.
There are many tools out there that can help you with this, a google search led me to this website: http://www.convert-jpg-to-pdf.net/ though, I can't vouch for it.
Once you've made the PDF book send it to your kindle email like any other document. I've seen power point presentations presented on tablets this way, it works quite well.
As people have said, I'd rather use a free alternative like pdfcreator (and for added comfort, e-mail it to your kindle) - that is, if you want to keep the formatting. If you just want to read an article, you might have missed those apps in sidebar, like Send To Kindle or instapaper.
It's the beginning of Broken by Jenny Lawson
I got the Amazon leather one from Amazon warehouse for like 10 bucks! Its pretty thin and I hardly notice it in hand!
The case is normally like 60 bucks and I would never buy it at full price, but for 10 bucks it's great!
Kindle Oasis Leather Cover, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079BNCGWR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_2KXTGZT4YJKRN55Y4J9A?psc=1
Did you choose the international version? That version shows shipping to Portugal is available. Obviously, I didn't follow through on the order but when I selected Portugal as the destination, it didn't give me a "not deliverable" warning.
You could use Sony PRS-300SC devices. They don't have wifi, used units can be found for $20-25 on eBay, and new batteries cost $13.
Oasis has touchscreen & turn buttons.
I much prefer using buttons, but that's a personal preference.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Leather Case, Onyx Black - fits all Paperwhite generations https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R5YFS4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_GrnhzbZQB7KFB
I like this a lot! I was able to get it stupid cheap a few years ago.
If you're just getting back into reading and aren't sure how much you'll use it, I'd say just go with a Paperwhite as opposed to something more expensive like the new Oasis. It gets the job done, and it has a front light for reading in the dark. It's normally $120 (with special offers), but it frequently goes on sale for $99 if you want to hold out for a sale. There's also the option of a refurbished Paperwhite for $99 if you want one right away for the cheaper price.
That being said, the new Oasis looks pretty awesome (bigger screen, water resistant, easier to hold in one hand, etc.) but it starts at $250. I personally have one preordered, but I do a lot of reading! If you're just getting back into it and aren't sure how much you'll read, not sure if something so expensive would be worth it. But if you aren't worried about the cost, then go for it.
I actually just use a sleeve for storing my Kindle when I’m not using it. I do this mainly because I’ve realized that the Paperwhite screen attracts a lot of dust. I use this one from Amazon and it’s great!
Aud don't forget, and the 4g version. But still yeah, for comparison and this.
I'm currently reading Clean Code Collection by Robert C. Martin. As a computer engineer, I'm always searching for ways to improve my coding skills, as so, this book is like a bible. I've only read like 8% and I already bookmarked more less 10-15 passages with very good tips. What I find even more interesting is that those tips are not only very good for programming but also for everyday life applications.
https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Martin-Clean-Code-Collection-ebook/dp/B00666M59G
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Do you have a K3 with the non-lighted case? It's known to cause reboots and freezes. It was a while ago but they were sending out free lighted-cases (which the prob doesnt occur) but since that was the previous gen they might not do it anymore.