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Just got a Kindle.

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These things are really cooler than I thought they would be.

Contrast is really good.

The cover with book-light is clever.

I think I am going be spending the weekend playing with it.

So Kindle-owners; Any cool things I should learn about it?
 
Being a nook owner, I can't give you any tips on the Kindle but if you're an avid reader, I'm betting you'll enjoy the heck out of it. My reading has certainly increased dramatically. I started off with the Kindle app for my iPhone and went through a couple of dozen books before buying the nook. Since then, I've read...pffft...I don't know how many more.

Waitaminute. Here's a tip. I add books to my wish list from the home PC, which offers quicker searches with more features than I can get through the nook's shopping tab. That way, when I'm on the road it's a simple and quick matter to download a new book. I'm guessing that the Kindle's built-in book shopping is somewhat similar.
 
Since Kindle is proprietary and you can't download from anywhere except Amazon, could I ask why you went with that one instead of some of the other e-readers out there, that would let you download from multiple sites, including freebies from your library?

Also, were you aware of that glitch a couple of years ago when Amazon discovered that they didn't have e-book rights for the version of 1984 (or it might have been Animal Farm, but I think it was 1984) that they were selling, and just Big Brothered right in to all the Kindles around the world and deleted the book, including notes users had made for school assignments?

Just curious.
 
There are a lot of places to download books from, both free and not. You should take a look at the Kindle community forums on Amazon. I also use a program called Calibre to convert other formats to Kindle. It won't break DRM protection. Calibre is also a good program to use to manage your library. There's a site called KindleIQ that monitors Amazon for freebies and you can sign up to get emails from them. The publishers give away promotional books all the time.
 
Another Kindle related forum is KindleBoards.com

A more generic ereader forum is at mobilereads.com - Lots of discussion here about competing formats
 
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Yay! I'm saving up and should be able to get one in a month or 2. I've been not buying any books for a couple months, waiting until I can buy them on the Kindle.

Elizabeth I said:
Since Kindle is proprietary and you can't download from anywhere except Amazon, could I ask why you went with that one instead of some of the other e-readers out there, that would let you download from multiple sites, including freebies from your library?
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I'm all about the e-ink thing. I already spend too much time looking at computer screens, and my eyes don't like it.
 
PetersCreek said:
Waitaminute. Here's a tip. I add books to my wish list from the home PC, which offers quicker searches with more features than I can get through the nook's shopping tab. That way, when I'm on the road it's a simple and quick matter to download a new book. I'm guessing that the Kindle's built-in book shopping is somewhat similar.
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You can do something similar with the Kindle. Most books let you send a free sample to your Kindle, which usually contains a direct link to buy the whole book on the last page. You get to see if it's likely something you really want to spend money on, and it makes it more convenient to get the whole thing if you decide it is.


Elizabeth I said:
Since Kindle is proprietary and you can't download from anywhere except Amazon, could I ask why you went with that one instead of some of the other e-readers out there, that would let you download from multiple sites, including freebies from your library?
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What he said:


RoboTimbo said:
There are a lot of places to download books from, both free and not. You should take a look at the Kindle community forums on Amazon. I also use a program called Calibre to convert other formats to Kindle. It won't break DRM protection. Calibre is also a good program to use to manage your library. There's a site called KindleIQ that monitors Amazon for freebies and you can sign up to get emails from them. The publishers give away promotional books all the time.
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As well, the Kindle format is just a slightly modified version of one of the common formats (Mobipocket), and books in that format will also work directly on the Kindle. Most of the free sites I've seen offer this format, so it's not much of a problem.
 
I'm going to the UK next week and planning to buy an e-book reader. So far I've narrowed my options to Sony, Kindle, and iPad. Anyone familiar enough with them to give me the pros and cons of each?
 
TriangleMan said:
I'm going to the UK next week and planning to buy an e-book reader. So far I've narrowed my options to Sony, Kindle, and iPad. Anyone familiar enough with them to give me the pros and cons of each?
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I only know about the latest generation Kindle, sorry. My last e-reader was a Rocket Ebook.
 
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