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Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by boneitis »

wooque wrote: post #200
koyote wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> When it started deleting books i had side-loaded via calibre Could you expand on that? I load all my books via calibre but I also have the kindle set to aeroplane mode at all times. Does this happen when syncing?

It deletes all side-loaded books when you connect it to the internet, happened to me as well.

Interesting thread. I wonder if this has anything to do with what I experienced with the one (two, actually) I set up for my mom years back. The books were visible on the filesystem but nowhere to be found when using the device.

Fortunately, getting two units in a row with jarring pink blotches was enough of a non-starter to suggest that she just revert to a V4 without my having to explain the confusing behavior.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by entropie »

kevmo314 wrote: post #209
TZubiri wrote: post #207

We had books, but then we thought, what about screens. Then we had screens but we thought, what if screens were more like books. Then we had book screens and we thought, what if the screens we made to look like books were more like screens.

Next up: a kindle with physical pages, each page is a screen!

It might also fold!

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Post by valzam »

I switched from an older Paperwhite to the latest version (before this announcement) IMHO the 6.8 inch size is too big and now they go up to 7 inches? My wife has the regular kindle (because it got USB C before the Paperwhite and she lost hers just in time) and that size is imho perfect. The screen is noticeably worse though.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by thimabi »

entropie wrote: post #232
kevmo314 wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Next up: a kindle with physical pages, each page is a screen!

It might also fold!

Come to think of it, a foldable Kindle would be very nice! And not just because it has the format of a book.

The portability of a Paperwhite combined with the note-taking ability of a Scribe… there’s probably a market for that.

Edit: also, holding the device semi-opened, hands on its back, seems much more comfortable than holding it by the bezels as we currently do.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

TZubiri wrote: post #207

We had books, but then we thought, what about screens. Then we had screens but we thought, what if screens were more like books. Then we had book screens and we thought, what if the screens we made to look like books were more like screens.

Well... Yes, we'd ideally like the best attributes of both at once. What of it?

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by d0gsg0w00f »

Aeolun wrote: post #202
ValentineC wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has self-published a book on the Amazon Kindle store once, Amazon's cut is something like 70% + bandwidth fees (author only gets maybe ~25–28% of the selling price).

I find it hard to believe you’d ever earn enough on an Amazon book to make any such contract worth it.

70% of $100k = $70k 30% of $1mil = $300k

Scale makes it seem pretty straightforward to me.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by mikeiz404 »

hasbot wrote: post #229

My Paperwhite 4 is 6.6” x 4.6” x 0.3”. This new one is 5” x 7” x 0.3”. Unless the bezel is significantly smaller (and from the pictures it doesn't), I'll wait for the next version. I read in landscape because in portrait mode the rapid scanning back and forth is annoying.

I second giving landscape mode a try. There is something more comfortable about it and you get more space to hold onto each side of the screen.

Of note, the screen seems slower to update when waking up or going to the home screen and keyboard touch points seem slightly off and I'm not sure why that is.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by jacurtis »

bloopernova wrote: post #91

Kindle Scribe should show your calendar, news, weather, etc when it's plugged in. I hope Scribe note sharing is improved from "email yourself a PDF". And come on, still no physical page turn buttons? I also want a Kindle Scribe with a scroll display: a high-refresh-rate LCD touchscreen that sits just below the bottom of the eink screen. Use case being: swipe to a bookmark or page very quickly. It would stay off until…

I adamantly disagree. There are 10,000 devices in this world that will feed you your email if you really need to see it in the second it comes in. You probably have one in your pocket right now and another on your wrist and a third that you are staring at to read this post.

I use a Remarkable tablet (the Scribe's competitor) for the exact reason that it doesn't come with apps for email or web browsing or an app store or a weather app. It writes really really well (the scribe does too) and lets you focus on that. It doesn't try to be the 4th version of a smart device when you already have so many.

The simplicity of it is a feature not a bug.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by mirekrusin »

Funes- wrote: post #227
TZubiri wrote: post #207

We had books, but then we thought, what about screens. Then we had screens but we thought, what if screens were more like books. Then we had book screens and we thought, what if the screens we made to look like books were more like screens.

I get the joke, but color has been present in books (manuscripts, before the invention of the printing press, even) basically since their inception, many centuries ago, so just adding color wouldn't make these devices more similar to screens as much as it would make them more akin to... well, books. Just look at these marvels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript .

Color was present in cave paintings.
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