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On November 19 2011 19:42 Vin{MBL} wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2011 16:23 HaruHaru wrote: just bought a kindle! can't wait for it to come. anyone know any good pdf to .mobi converter? Calibre: http://calibre-ebook.com/Works like a charm. It also strips the DRM so you can move the file between devices if you need to. Seconded. I don't have a kindle (yet?) but calibre is pretty amazing in general. I've only been using it for a few days but it's already been super useful. Go for it!
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On November 19 2011 19:53 riptide wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2011 19:42 Vin{MBL} wrote:On November 19 2011 16:23 HaruHaru wrote: just bought a kindle! can't wait for it to come. anyone know any good pdf to .mobi converter? Calibre: http://calibre-ebook.com/Works like a charm. It also strips the DRM so you can move the file between devices if you need to. Seconded. I don't have a kindle (yet?) but calibre is pretty amazing in general. I've only been using it for a few days but it's already been super useful. Go for it!
Thanks! I tried converting a textbook that was in PDF format into mobi format, but it loses all the pictures and formatting. Is this only useful for converting one column pdf's and not so much for things like textbooks?
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buy the cheapest new kindle amazon will sell you. for me it was one of those things i didn't think i'd need but after i got it became something i dont know how i lived without. a truly wonderful device and if you know how to / feel comfortable using torrents will pay for itself 100 fold in the first half hour out of the package.
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I'm considering getting a Kindle, and the Fire has my attention. The apps are novel enough, and being able to have my Evernote available wherever I am definitely sounds useful. The color display for reading comics also sounds nice. My big concern is that because the display for the Fire is different from the standard Kindle I might not be able to use it around bright lights/sunlight. Can anyone with the Fire confirm that it does/doesn't suffer from this?
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On November 20 2011 13:21 Scribble wrote: I'm considering getting a Kindle, and the Fire has my attention. The apps are novel enough, and being able to have my Evernote available wherever I am definitely sounds useful. The color display for reading comics also sounds nice. My big concern is that because the display for the Fire is different from the standard Kindle I might not be able to use it around bright lights/sunlight. Can anyone with the Fire confirm that it does/doesn't suffer from this?
The screen is good, but yes, it isn't e-ink, so it'll suffer in the same situations that a laptop screen would suffer, albeit not as badly.
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On November 20 2011 11:38 mud123 wrote: buy the cheapest new kindle amazon will sell you. for me it was one of those things i didn't think i'd need but after i got it became something i dont know how i lived without. a truly wonderful device and if you know how to / feel comfortable using torrents will pay for itself 100 fold in the first half hour out of the package. after much consideration i bought a kobo touch and it is not bad. it is a little too small compared to a hard cover book and the background is a little too dark compared to real paper. but i find it easier to hold and turn pages. also i am able to read manga on the device (converting .jpg to .epub) although i woudn't recommend as it becomes hard to read due to the size of the screen. and yes i must agree it pays for itself quickly. not using torrent as i consider them unsafe but there are other ways^^
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I'm gonna buy my mother a kindle for christmas - she has probably read well over 10 thousands books in her lifetime, and she is really interested in the kindle for the exact reason people argue against them.
she's tired of carrying around 2-3 books at a time she wants to not have to pay so much for books she wants access to many books at once without high commitment to them (again they're cheaper, etc, etc)
i know she wants it so now i just need to get some opinions on really good cheap e-readers.
thoughts for the starving art student wanting to give back to his mother?
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Yeah bought my mother a Kindle Fire for Christmas I gave it to her early as she already knew it was coming -.-
Loves it.
Rumor has it the Kindle Fire 2 will be unveiled in the Spring. And that the Kindle Fire is coming to the UK for £100. But most are saying that is financially impossible.
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On December 10 2011 09:28 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Rumor has it the Kindle Fire 2 will be unveiled in the Spring. And that the Kindle Fire is coming to the UK for £100. But most are saying that is financially impossible.
Damn, if that's true (Fire for £100), I would jump on that immediately.
Still haven't made the decision to buy one or not yet. The basic Kindle looks really good(and is, I've played about with the keyboard model that I bought for my mum), but not sure if I might just get more out of the Fire.
I don't suppose reading manga is possible on the basic kindle at all, is it?
edit- Actually, I just googled it and apparently there's a tool for it that will convert the manga to a format readable by the Kindle. In these pics it looks very clear, but is it realistic to expect that from most manga scans? Has anyone here used it?
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On November 24 2011 00:37 qeMix wrote:Show nested quote +On November 20 2011 11:38 mud123 wrote: buy the cheapest new kindle amazon will sell you. for me it was one of those things i didn't think i'd need but after i got it became something i dont know how i lived without. a truly wonderful device and if you know how to / feel comfortable using torrents will pay for itself 100 fold in the first half hour out of the package. after much consideration i bought a kobo touch and it is not bad. it is a little too small compared to a hard cover book and the background is a little too dark compared to real paper. but i find it easier to hold and turn pages. also i am able to read manga on the device (converting .jpg to .epub) although i woudn't recommend as it becomes hard to read due to the size of the screen. and yes i must agree it pays for itself quickly. not using torrent as i consider them unsafe but there are other ways^^ The new firmware update allows the Kobo to read .cbr files, you wanna check them out if you want to read more comic on your device.
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My brother got it, he seems to really like the thing. Nothing but praise from him when it comes to the thing.
Going off the buzz around the kindle it might seem that Amazon is gonna end up winning that good old E-book format war.
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On November 24 2011 10:51 WackaAlpaca wrote: I'm gonna buy my mother a kindle for christmas - she has probably read well over 10 thousands books in her lifetime, and she is really interested in the kindle for the exact reason people argue against them.
she's tired of carrying around 2-3 books at a time she wants to not have to pay so much for books she wants access to many books at once without high commitment to them (again they're cheaper, etc, etc)
i know she wants it so now i just need to get some opinions on really good cheap e-readers.
thoughts for the starving art student wanting to give back to his mother?
The "cheaper" argument isn't true. Quite often I find e-books costing more than their printed cousins.
Kindle is awesome though. Especially the 3G version where you get free internets.
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I now have owned (at one time) all but the Gen 1 kindles and I have to see the kindle 3rd generation with keyboard is the best. The touch is faster for page turnings but I often screw up the touches to get the menu screen and occasionally it will register a touch if I hold it too hard on the left corner.
On the other hand kindle fire is probably the only one I didn't like. Too heavy and no eink makes it a bad e-reader. Would have been different if I needed a tablet I guess. It seems like a pretty good tablet.
The "cheaper" argument isn't true. Quite often I find e-books costing more than their printed cousins.
This is exactly why price fixing is being investigated by both the EU and the DOJ. Hopefully the scumbag publishers and Apple will get slammed with a gigantic fine followed by gigantic class actions. Amazon's policy of subsidizing the ebooks was probably the greatest thing ever and why I am such a loyal amazon customer.
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I'm planning on buying an eReader but since I'm in Canada my options seem limited. I'm trying to decide between the Kobo Touch and the Kindle 4. The main difference is that the Kobo reads ePub while the kindle leaves you stuck with mobi (which in turn leaves you with Amazon's Canadian catalogue which is smaller than the US). I've heard that the Kindle can effectively read ePub through conversion but sometimes the file is converted incorrectly and leaves artifacts (can anyone confirm this?). Some of the reviews I've read of the Kobo suggest that the software is buggy.
Can anyone who is knowledge on both products give me some advice here? Keep in mind I am in Canada which has some effects on service.
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I have a Kobo touch and I really like it a lot. The interface is really intuitive and the software is not buggy at all. What I really like is that the device reads nearly every file format, is ultra light and is really comfortable to hold. Ah yeah and Kobo's update policy is top notch. Every few weeks a firmware update is released, adding more features and fixing bugs. The only things bugging me is that the touch sometimes doesn't register a page turn, but this is something you avoid by using it more and know how hard to touch. The real drawback though is the built in dictionary. It really sucks balls, it doesn't even know basic words such as immortality in the German- English translation. I really hope they improve on that in a future update. Fingers crossed.
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On December 10 2011 09:51 jtype wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2011 09:28 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Rumor has it the Kindle Fire 2 will be unveiled in the Spring. And that the Kindle Fire is coming to the UK for £100. But most are saying that is financially impossible. Damn, if that's true (Fire for £100), I would jump on that immediately. Still haven't made the decision to buy one or not yet. The basic Kindle looks really good(and is, I've played about with the keyboard model that I bought for my mum), but not sure if I might just get more out of the Fire. I don't suppose reading manga is possible on the basic kindle at all, is it? edit- Actually, I just googled it and apparently there's a tool for it that will convert the manga to a format readable by the Kindle. In these pics it looks very clear, but is it realistic to expect that from most manga scans? Has anyone here used it? Na I guess Amazon will sell it for 200€ in Europe :D the cheapest Kindle costs 99€ while the same Kindle costs 109$ hmm. I own a Kindle Fire. I think its a nice toy to play around with ^^. I watch some streams / play games / read some books / browse from time to time with. It is a nice thing to have overall. However if you want to use it manly as a e-book reader get the ones with e-ink like the Kindle Touch. :o
Ah and you can get the Android App market on the Kindle Fire too.
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I got a Kindle 3rd generation in the summer and I adore it.
I'm extremely OCD about turning pages in books (everything has to be neat and perfect about the turn) so the Kindle helps SO MUCH.
Never going to read a normal book again if I can avoid it.
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I bought myself a kindle touch for €112 because I live in Europe.
It seems so great as I want to read old books that are free (like economics books) but their paperbacks counterparts are very expensive.
Hopefully, it will also help me get rid of a lot of books that are right now just physical clutter.
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Yes you should, definitely. The plain standard e-reader at 89 dollars is a brilliant product and well well WELL worth the money if you read often. YES!!
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I bought a Kindle Touch for $130 (got the advertisements included one). It's a great product and I'm just about 70% through my first book (The Hobbit) on it. I'm not quite sure how to put PDF files on it yet, but when I figure that out I'll probably be downloading books in mass numbers.
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