Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
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Amazon Kindle |OT| of eInk superiority
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chickdigger802
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is there anyway to search for specific books by title? i have like a 100 books on my kindle... and no matter what i try when i search, it just seems to look for passages.
paperwhite.
paperwhite.
Maklershed
Member
If you go to 'manage kindle' on the amazon website you can search titles. I don't know how to do that from the kindle itself though.
Put yout books in collections, makes it much easier to find specific books
You should've visited this thread earlier, people have been saying for months that they would announce new models in september
PjotrStroganov
Member
I'm looking at the tap zones of the screen in the online manual. Am I right in thinking that there doesn't seem to be a way to comfortably go to the next page while holding the Kindle with the left hand?
I was going to give it a try without buttons but this seems a huge oversight.
I was going to give it a try without buttons but this seems a huge oversight.
The Faceless Master
Member
I'm looking at the tap zones of the screen in the online manual. Am I right in thinking that there doesn't seem to be a way to comfortably go to the next page while holding the Kindle with the left hand?
I was going to give it a try without buttons but this seems a huge oversight.
they still don't have a left handed mode!?
VistraNorrez
Member
It is seriously easy to do left handing reading. Reaching your thumb to the next page zone is easy, easier than turning a physical page in a paper book. I switch my left and right hands often on my PW.
Not sure, but it is completely useless for photos.
Photos are overrated in newspapers, as long as the stats graphs are there, it's fine.
MentallyCritical
Member
I am in India though. They just launched Amazon here earlier this year. So I doubt that they will launch the new kindle here as soon as they will in the US and Europe. Maybe they will give a discount or something at a later point.
chickdigger802
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I'm looking at the tap zones of the screen in the online manual. Am I right in thinking that there doesn't seem to be a way to comfortably go to the next page while holding the Kindle with the left hand?
I was going to give it a try without buttons but this seems a huge oversight.
its not bad. you barely have to reach at all with your left thumb tbh irl.
I'm looking at the tap zones of the screen in the online manual. Am I right in thinking that there doesn't seem to be a way to comfortably go to the next page while holding the Kindle with the left hand?
I was going to give it a try without buttons but this seems a huge oversight.
The thing is so small you're not really doing anything except straightening your thumb a bit.
Like the hat?
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I hold my pw in my left hand almost exclusively and never have a problem changing pages with my thumb
a secret-boss
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aaaaw man aaaaw man might bite now
is there an easy way to migrate books from one kindle to another? My son has my old kindle 3G keyboard, and I might like to get him the paperwhite for christmas. But I'd want to make sure everything is moved across easily and quickly.
He uses the same amazon account as me, but we mostly read different books so there isn't really any overlap
He uses the same amazon account as me, but we mostly read different books so there isn't really any overlap
That sounds cool: Amazon Kindle MatchBook bundles ebooks with print purchases
hilariousninja
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Use calibre to transfer his books onto a folder on your pc, then transfer the folder to the new kindle?
Just use the same account for his new Kindle and download the books like you would to any other device with your account (phone, tablet etc).
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
You and me both. I'm finally jumping in after waiting it out for three years. It's enough of an improvement. The other two models were just meh.
No buttons.
Hard to say but the software improvements of the Paperwhite 1 were backported to the Touch but not the regular Kindle so I would guess not.
The Faceless Master
Member
#teambuttons is o n Kindle too?! nice!
chickdigger802
Banned
really wish kindle had some sort of trade in program.
i'm out of family members to give my kindles to lol. maybe i should try buy sell trade here.
i'm out of family members to give my kindles to lol. maybe i should try buy sell trade here.
I hear you. I'm really trying to justify getting the new Paperwhite (stuck on kindle 4 from 2011), but my current Kindle works fine, sure it has no light but I read with a light all the time anyway.
chickdigger802
Banned
out of curiosity, which font/ font size/page layout yall been using on your paperwhite?
VistraNorrez
Member
Size 3, Palatino, smallest line spacing, and widest margins.
hardcastlemccormick
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The upgrades are finally accumulating enough for me to consider moving to a new Paperwhite if my Keyboard bit the dust. It has been a little glitchy lately, so you never know.
Amazon did a good job with their latest releases of services.
Amazon did a good job with their latest releases of services.
Fancied a switch a few days ago and now using:
Palatino
2nd font size along
Medium line spacing
Widest margins
chickdigger802
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been using palatino these days. biggest issue is that the resolution of the screen is too low for most of these fonts imo.
Like the hat?
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Size 4, caecilia, largest spacing, smallest margins
Soooo... this new Kindle will refresh the pages much faster ? The one thing that bugs me the most with all ebooks alike is the fact that when I press to turn page, it almost looked like it gives the ebook a heart attack. Plus, it also takes a while to load the next page. If that can be eliminated, I'm definitely onboard the ebook party 
Any hands-on videos with the new Kindle Paperwhite so we can all see how fast it refreshes each page ?
Any hands-on videos with the new Kindle Paperwhite so we can all see how fast it refreshes each page ?
chickdigger802
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Soooo... this new Kindle will refresh the pages much faster ? The one thing that bugs me the most with all ebooks alike is the fact that when I press to turn page, it almost looked like it gives the ebook a heart attack. Plus, it also takes a while to load the next page. If that can be eliminated, I'm definitely onboard the ebook party
Any hands-on videos with the new Kindle Paperwhite so we can all see how fast it refreshes each page ?
25% faster. haven't really had any issue with refresh rate of the past 2-3 years of ereaders though. Unless you are loading 10mb pdf's or something.
VistraNorrez
Member
Seriously, my Kindle 2 changes pages faster than I can physically change a book page.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Would've considered it if I hadn't bought my first Kindle last year, the paperwhite. Will hold out a good few years before upgrading, I suspect.
Why? It's really a minimal upgrade, not worth paying for if you've already got a PW.
But it's better.
The Faceless Master
Member
they release a better one every year.
And I keep buying them. Eh, it's something I use so much that it's worth it to me and they're pretty cheap.
Mine struggles with a couple 150 MB PDFs, it's ok with the rest.
Vyse The Legend
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Step 1. Unbox new Kindle.
Step 2. There is no step 2, because Amazon preloads your account onto the Kindle before it even gets to you.
:O~
So what do you do if let's say you give your old Kindle to somebody. I guess you can reset the Kindle and then load in a different account on it yourself ?