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Just got a Kindle.

BenBurch said:
The google email service converts what you send to it and then delivers it to your device.

And if you don't have WiFi, you can download the result directly onto your kindle over the USB.
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Anyone know if it works like that with the Nook Simple Touch as well?
 
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I got my Kindle just last week, and I've barely put it down since. It's small, light, portable, weeks of battery, what's not to love? It cost about $80.
 
I got my mum a Kindle as she has trouble seeing and was disappointed with the choice of books in large print. She and I figured that with a Kindle she could have any book she likes in large print, right?

Well, yes, but the problem is that there doesn't seem to be any way of getting the menu page itself (i.e. the page that shows what books you have on your Kindle) in large print. So while she can read the books OK, she can't read the page that shows the book titles, and hence can't choose a book. She has to get someone else to do that for her.

So what's up with that? Or am I wrong?
 
Matthew Best said:
I got my mum a Kindle as she has trouble seeing and was disappointed with the choice of books in large print. She and I figured that with a Kindle she could have any book she likes in large print, right?

Well, yes, but the problem is that there doesn't seem to be any way of getting the menu page itself (i.e. the page that shows what books you have on your Kindle) in large print. So while she can read the books OK, she can't read the page that shows the book titles, and hence can't choose a book. She has to get someone else to do that for her.

So what's up with that? Or am I wrong?
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One of the Nook Simple Tough vs. Kindle Touch reviews I have looked at said that the Nook was better at giving options for large fonts.

I still haven't decided which one to get :(.
 
I bought a Sony PRS-650 a year or so ago because the hardware is nice, particularly the touchscreen, and it takes epubs. My default format is epub because it's an open format and there are useful tools for it such as Sigil (an epub editor), and Calibre offers the ability to tweak epubs. That means that once I strip out the DRM and convert to epub, I can set my custom font, custom font-sizes, custom first-line paragraph indent, custom paragraph padding, and anything else I want to do. I like to be able to do that kind of thing.

I don't like devices that seek to lock me in, so I don't fancy the Kindle much. The fact that they skip over the one big, open ebook standard is a dealbreaker for me.
 
Matthew Best said:
I got my mum a Kindle as she has trouble seeing and was disappointed with the choice of books in large print. She and I figured that with a Kindle she could have any book she likes in large print, right?

Well, yes, but the problem is that there doesn't seem to be any way of getting the menu page itself (i.e. the page that shows what books you have on your Kindle) in large print. So while she can read the books OK, she can't read the page that shows the book titles, and hence can't choose a book. She has to get someone else to do that for her.

So what's up with that? Or am I wrong?
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You didn't mention which version of the Kindle she has. The Kindle 3 (aka Kindle Keyboard) has the voice guide which provides audible menus.
 
ZirconBlue said:
You didn't mention which version of the Kindle she has. The Kindle 3 (aka Kindle Keyboard) has the voice guide which provides audible menus.
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Unfortunately my mum is also kind of deaf.

As for what version it is, I bought it from Amazon UK about two months ago so whatever version that was. About two weeks after I got it they brought out a newer, cheaper one, which was kind of annoying.

Anyway, it still seems like a bit of an oversight to me to only have certain bits of what you're looking at available in large fonts. If you need large fonts surely you need them the whole time, not just some of the time.
 
Matthew Best said:
Unfortunately my mum is also kind of deaf.

As for what version it is, I bought it from Amazon UK about two months ago so whatever version that was. About two weeks after I got it they brought out a newer, cheaper one, which was kind of annoying.

Anyway, it still seems like a bit of an oversight to me to only have certain bits of what you're looking at available in large fonts. If you need large fonts surely you need them the whole time, not just some of the time.
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That does seem to be an oversight that, hopefully, they will correct soon.

It sounds like the version you got was what is now known as the Kindle Keyboard, which does have the audible menus.
 
BenBurch said:
Lets you use your tablet as a remote video screen for the mac. Like most modern OS's, OSX can have multiple screens, and this would pretend to be one.

You open your iTunes or similar player, and drag it to that second screen, and then run the app on the tablet.

You can then tap on the tablet to push the player's buttons, and watch your DRM protected content at some other place but in front of the computer.
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Oh, I see. This sounds groovy, but as I don't have a Mac, wouldn't serve me at all.

Now how are you with calendars? The current offering, unless I want to track my period cycle or my pregnancy, is pretty meager.
 
Another Kindle fan here. Got mine last year as a gift and absolutely love it.

The only problem is that I tend to be an impulse buyer so I quickly run up my bill. It's so easy to get new books. I find myself reading a good review and I get it; most recently with Stephen King's 11/22/63.

I highly recommend the Kindle.
 
rpmcmurphy said:
The only problem is that I tend to be an impulse buyer so I quickly run up my bill. It's so easy to get new books. I find myself reading a good review and I get it; most recently with Stephen King's 11/22/63.
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I have the same problem, but fortunately I'm restricted by a tight budget. I usually end up building up my Wish List. That seems to suffice for me. I can go through later, and wonder what I was thinking about particular items.

If I had any money at all, it would definitely be going into Kindle books. Amazon was right, at least in regards to readers like you and me.
 
My Collections have suddenly disappeared! All the books are still there, but the collections have disappeared. I've seen a few suggestions for solutions, but I'm wondering if it's happened to anyone here. One suggestion is to de-register and re-register, but I as I understand it, you have to have Whispersynced the Kindle at some point previously, which I don't think I've ever done.

Also, what info will I need to re-register?
 
Psi Baba said:
My Collections have suddenly disappeared! All the books are still there, but the collections have disappeared. I've seen a few suggestions for solutions, but I'm wondering if it's happened to anyone here. One suggestion is to de-register and re-register, but I as I understand it, you have to have Whispersynced the Kindle at some point previously, which I don't think I've ever done.

Also, what info will I need to re-register?
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It's happened to me a couple of times. The first time I laboriously recreated the collections and re-collected everything (about 1300 items). This last time, I didnt. I haven't tried de-registering it. I read through a couple of threads about it on the Amazon Kindle forum and a few people have said de-registering/registering will bring back collections. I might try that when I get home this afternoon and report back.
 
Psi Baba said:
My Collections have suddenly disappeared! All the books are still there, but the collections have disappeared. I've seen a few suggestions for solutions, but I'm wondering if it's happened to anyone here. One suggestion is to de-register and re-register, but I as I understand it, you have to have Whispersynced the Kindle at some point previously, which I don't think I've ever done.

Also, what info will I need to re-register?
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As I understand, Amazon will walk you through the registration process. You should just have your Kindle on hand.

I haven't run into this problem, but I usually push the "sync" button whenever I buy a new book. Usually because I'm impatient.
 
RoboTimbo said:
It's happened to me a couple of times. The first time I laboriously recreated the collections and re-collected everything (about 1300 items). This last time, I didnt. I haven't tried de-registering it. I read through a couple of threads about it on the Amazon Kindle forum and a few people have said de-registering/registering will bring back collections. I might try that when I get home this afternoon and report back.
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RobRoy said:
As I understand, Amazon will walk you through the registration process. You should just have your Kindle on hand.

I haven't run into this problem, but I usually push the "sync" button whenever I buy a new book. Usually because I'm impatient.
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Thanks, guys. I just now tried the deregister/reregister thing and it worked! I did the process from the Kindle itself and I only needed to input my e-mail address and Amazon account password to re-register. I've also learned that you can back up the actual collections file onto your PC.
 
Psi Baba said:
Thanks, guys. I just now tried the deregister/reregister thing and it worked! I did the process from the Kindle itself and I only needed to input my e-mail address and Amazon account password to re-register. I've also learned that you can back up the actual collections file onto your PC.
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How so?
 
RoboTimbo said:
How so?
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Well, supposedly it was by copying a file called ../system/collection.json but I just checked, and I can find no such file on my Kindle. That might have been for earlier generations. However, enabling Annotations Backup (found in Settings, page 3) is supposed to back up device annotations, last page read, and collections.

ETA: Just found this: http://www.colegate.net/KindleCollectionManager/
I don't have time to look it over right now, but it looks interesting.
 
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I just got a Kindle Touch yesterday, and am so far thoroughly enjoying it. I don't think I will buy another physical book.
 
Psi Baba said:
Well, supposedly it was by copying a file called ../system/collection.json but I just checked, and I can find no such file on my Kindle. That might have been for earlier generations. However, enabling Annotations Backup (found in Settings, page 3) is supposed to back up device annotations, last page read, and collections.

ETA: Just found this: http://www.colegate.net/KindleCollectionManager/
I don't have time to look it over right now, but it looks interesting.
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It can depend on your system as well. By default, Windows won't show system files and I think that directory won't appear.

The Kindle Collection Manager is not bad, but I struggled with it to be honest as it didn't quite do what I wanted.
 
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