cuevas. PhD.
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Probably, give em a call or send an email.
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Amazon Kindle |OT| of eInk superiority
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Probably, give em a call or send an email.
They replaced my 3rd gen because I had it in a bag and it got crushed. I'm sure you'll have no problems.
BrettWeir
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Kindle lighted cover.
All my research and interrogations pointed me to the Kindle lighted or non-lighted leather cover. I've ordered the lighted one. They're expensive, so they had better be the best!
Sorry if this has been answered before but I'll ask anyway and hope for an answer.
On Kindle (I have a Kindle Touch Wifi), can you highlight a person's name...e.g. "Jones" and add a note like "Jenny's brother" and then that note is viewable on EVERY SINGLE MENTION of "Jones" in the book?
I can only manage to have the note viewable on the instance of "Jones" that I added the note to, but not other instances of "Jones" in the book...
is this possible?!?
Thanks in advance!
On Kindle (I have a Kindle Touch Wifi), can you highlight a person's name...e.g. "Jones" and add a note like "Jenny's brother" and then that note is viewable on EVERY SINGLE MENTION of "Jones" in the book?
I can only manage to have the note viewable on the instance of "Jones" that I added the note to, but not other instances of "Jones" in the book...
is this possible?!?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the help. I went for the official cover as well. Not lighted though, the price of the two kindles was expensive enough.
By the way, anyone been to this site?
http://www.ereaderiq.com/
It seems to be the appshopper equivalent for kindle books (sort of, there are no accounts, you enter your email and apparently receive notifications on price drops).
EDIT: oops! I just found the link in the op.
I subscribe to Free Kindle Books & Tips. I now have way too many books
Thank you for your tips on free books. Without it I would never have found this amazing author: Gregory Zorzos
Gregory Zorzos, a native Hellene, was born in Kallithea, Athens in Greece (Hellas) at 1958. Author and his research work have been distinguished by a lot of official organizations, and Ministries, in Greece and all over the world.
The author has published more than 4,150,000 books, ebooks, board games, DVDs, cdroms, DVDroms, music Audio CDs, MP3s, epubs, notation files, documentaries, etc and many more are unpublished, about ancient and modern history in the fields of economics, technical, board games, martial arts, software, love affairs, feasibilities studies, research, case studies, learning languages, logodynamics, inner research etc.
As a reporter, from his teens, the author has written many articles in many newspapers, magazines etc. and was editor in chief in some of them.
read more of it on the links above, unless you are grumpy...
Gregory Zorzos, a native Hellene, was born in Kallithea, Athens in Greece (Hellas) at 1958. Author and his research work have been distinguished by a lot of official organizations, and Ministries, in Greece and all over the world.
The author has published more than 4,150,000 books, ebooks, board games, DVDs, cdroms, DVDroms, music Audio CDs, MP3s, epubs, notation files, documentaries, etc and many more are unpublished, about ancient and modern history in the fields of economics, technical, board games, martial arts, software, love affairs, feasibilities studies, research, case studies, learning languages, logodynamics, inner research etc.
As a reporter, from his teens, the author has written many articles in many newspapers, magazines etc. and was editor in chief in some of them.
read more of it on the links above, unless you are grumpy...
This case is awesome if you want the kindle to be unencumbered when you are actually holding it, and it's only $9 plus shipping. But I may have got the last one because it says out of stock.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ZKK8EI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
That's a sleeve. They're functionally quite different animals.
I subscribe to Free Kindle Books & Tips. I now have way too many books
This site is awesome. Thanks.
No problem. Subscribe to it and it'll email you the posts - my laziness approves of this method.
Gummifaust
Member
Too bad, that websites are only sent in PDF format and not converted.
(I know that there are tools but this would be a nice solution)leroy hacker
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Can anyone recommend a novel, not in the crime or romance genres, available in the Prime lending library? Many thanks.
Kyleripman
Member
Help!
When I add books to a Collection on my Kindle, it removes them from the Home Screen and pops them in the Collection, acting like a folder. But my girlfriend's new Kindle adds them to the Collection AND leaves them on the Home Screen, making everything a little more cluttered. Any ideas?
When I add books to a Collection on my Kindle, it removes them from the Home Screen and pops them in the Collection, acting like a folder. But my girlfriend's new Kindle adds them to the Collection AND leaves them on the Home Screen, making everything a little more cluttered. Any ideas?
VistraNorrez
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Check how it's sorted. When you sort by collection it will remove the "duplicates" on the home screen.
Kyleripman
Member
Thanks! Makes sense, will try that tonight.
Shin Johnpv
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So I'm just wondering about other people's experience with the Kindle Touch? I think there may be something wrong with mine. So basically my kindle locks up and crashes fairly often, specially if I'm trying to access the Kindle Store or the experimental browser. It also slows down to a crawl before this happens. Basically I know its coming because button presses don't register for a few seconds. I reset it each time it happens, because nothing else responds not even the home button, but that doesn't always work. The most recent time I reset it, it gave me a application failed to load or something a long those lines. All I got was a white screen with the black bar across the top.
It took resetting it 3 more times before it finally rebooted correctly. At this point this is happening almost every time I use my kindle. Which just doesn't seem right. I just contacted amazon customer support tonight. I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing similar issues with their Kindle Touch.
*edit* already heard back from Amazon and they had me call them and update the firmware on it manually. Since the Kindle was saying it was up to date but it wasn't. They seemed confident this should take care of all the issues, here's hoping.
It took resetting it 3 more times before it finally rebooted correctly. At this point this is happening almost every time I use my kindle. Which just doesn't seem right. I just contacted amazon customer support tonight. I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing similar issues with their Kindle Touch.
*edit* already heard back from Amazon and they had me call them and update the firmware on it manually. Since the Kindle was saying it was up to date but it wasn't. They seemed confident this should take care of all the issues, here's hoping.
Right clicking a document and having the option to auto-forward it without having to open Calibre sounds great. The mac version isn't ready yet, so I was able to test it out, but here is the PC version:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000719931
Great little feature they've added. Makes sending books to the Kindle a snap!
Like the hat?
Banned
All three of the hunger games books are on there
Kindle Touch Firmware Update 5.0.3 came out a few days ago.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_rel_topic?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200790650
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_rel_topic?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200790650
The Culture Vulture
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods 10th Anniversary Edition is on sale for $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YW4L5K/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Should really pick this up even though I somehow have managed to start a Kindle backlog even though I just got it for Christmas.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YW4L5K/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Should really pick this up even though I somehow have managed to start a Kindle backlog even though I just got it for Christmas.
Clever Pun
Member
Am I just missing the details on what this update does? or is it just the "general improvements" line?
Thanks. Got mine. I hope I like it.
From Mobileread:
I noticed some improvements on the navigation. Everything seems a bit faster and more responsive.
How do you disable underlined entries other people made?
My god is that annoying. Every time I see one of those I get angry. Especially because apparently people will see something underlined then underline it themselves in some sort of "thumbs up lol" gesture.
99% of the time they're underlining such inane bullshit as well. It works me up so much I almost want to make a blog "Dumb Shit People Underline In Kindle Books".
Anyhow, I searched everywhere in the options and couldn't see how to disable it.
My god is that annoying. Every time I see one of those I get angry. Especially because apparently people will see something underlined then underline it themselves in some sort of "thumbs up lol" gesture.
99% of the time they're underlining such inane bullshit as well. It works me up so much I almost want to make a blog "Dumb Shit People Underline In Kindle Books".
Anyhow, I searched everywhere in the options and couldn't see how to disable it.
Thanks for the heads up, I've been meaning to read this.
HiroProtagonist
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Menu>Settings (page 2)> Popular Highlights: turn off.
Are you using a Kindle Touch?
Go to Menu > Settings > Reading Options > Turn Off Popular Highlights
Clever Pun
Member
Thanks, I've applied the update, so hopefully I notice some performance increases.
Thanks for the tip. Bought it, even though I have the printed version (in Swedish).
Do any of you use Goodreads.com? I've started using it but have not added much of my books yet, (printed and digital). If you like you could add me.
Benedict
edit: I sent the link about the American Gods deal to my brother. For him the price was about $4 instead of $1.99. I guess that is because I have an US address linked to my amazon.com account and he has only his Swedish Address.
So not only can I get Special Offers but also a cheaper price on books.
I've started to get a problem with my wifi connection. My Kindle sometimes loses the wifi connection and can't find the wifi and a restart does not always help. Any guess why that happens? It can se many other wifi- networks, just not mine.
a secret-boss
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is there a way to make the 4 way arrow key on a $80 kindle to turn page.
its closer to my thumbs which is I kinda prefer it
its closer to my thumbs which is I kinda prefer it
Clever Pun
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I think it depends on the version Kindle you have. As far as I have been able to discover, you can't change languages or dictionaries on the Touch (because it has only been released on the US), but the option should be available on other versions. I would say how to do it, but I have a Touch and so don't know yet!
Using Calibre, I've now gotten all of my ePub files converted to .mobi and sent to Amazon to be stored in my Personal Document locker. It was a chore, but it will be worth it to be able to sync reading between my Kindle Keyboard, iPad and iPhone.
Good on Amazon for allowing us to do this.
Love my Kindle.
Good on Amazon for allowing us to do this.
Love my Kindle.
HiroProtagonist
Member
I have the non-touch Kindle. Are you getting one?
Ecto311
Member
I have asked this before but do the files in the amazon personal document area sync between the iphone and kindle? When I asked before the answer was that you have access but they don't sync to the last page read. Not sure how that would work if it did since the iphone has a smaller screen and font sizes.
planar1280
Banned
which kindle (aside from Fire and DX) is best for pdf?
Clever Pun
Member
I got the Kindle Touch for Christmas and I'm loving it. I'm currently trying to talk my wife into getting either a Touch or the $79 Kindle.
Personal Documents sync to last page read between all devices.
You just need to make sure to first sync on the device on which you've read the furthest.
The Storyteller
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I would like to know this too. Can you make notes? And sticky them onto certain pages? Can you highlight?
Also, the OP mentions you can get kindles with or without ads, what exactly are they like? Do they pop up on the bottom of the window or what? (that would be awful)
bit crappy unless they're formatted for the kindle. Eg for Japanese books Kindle doesn't have font support, but you can convert them to pdf. If you convert them so they're kindle page sized, then its fine (albeit page turns are a little slower).
For larger pdfs you have to zoom and scroll. And scrolling on a kindle is bad news. I wouldn't use it for any length of time.
Two alternatives - look up a kindle DX which is larger and more suited to viewing A4 sized pdfs without scrolling. Or an ipad which is amazing for pdfs, but not great for extended reading sessions.