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Why doesn't kindle support epub out of the box. Is there a some reason for it?. It seem to support mobi out of the box though. Epub seems to be present everywhere and I always need to convert it to mobi/azw3 while uploading...
Love my Kindle Paperwhithe. Reading on an eInk display is far superior than any other kind of screen. Also love that it is a pretty dumb device just for reading. Since it has no camera or potential to attach one, it means it is allowed into places like the sauna where phones and tablets are prohibited.
If it succeeds then maybe amazon will get off its butt and do something about it - https://remarkable.com/
If it did anything else then I would end up distracted and not reading books. When I read a paper book I have no other distractions,that's what I want from my Kindle. I already have a phone, a laptop, a desktop, that can do all these other things. I'm on holiday right now, if my Kindle did all those things then I wouldn't feel like I was lying by the pool reading,rather I was lying by the pool on the internet.
He’s suggesting it could be a really good newspaper and magazine reader as well, not that it should become an iPad.
That a Kindle is boring is a feature, not a problem. I don't pick up a Kindle for the Kindle-ness, it's for the books on it. With the right book, some days that boring Kindle is the device that I just can't put down.
Frankly, I wish Amazon would stop with stuff like Goodreads integrations. Take that out and focus relentlessly on the reading experience - better display, better battery life, better ergonomics, and most of all - better typography.
The remarkable tablet is attempting to address everything mentioned in the post. If it succeeds then maybe amazon will get off its butt and do something about it - https://remarkable.com/
I’m happy to use the cloud service in general but I also am regularly in areas with absolutely no internet access and love that I can load ebooks directly onto my kindle via USB and that Highlights/notes in Kindle are a standard .txt file. I also want to be able to back up all my notes to my PC and access them there for safe keeping.
That’s the only thing holding me from buying a remarkable, a fear of lock-in.
That's the problem with many proprietary consumer devices (take the iPad into this category as well). 1. Vendor lock: You can't install or change most of the things including OS and Apps. 2. Locked down OS: You can't do anything with your device. If you try to change the OS you'll maybe brick it. 3. Planned obsolescence built in: If the vendor decides it's "time to say goodbye" you won't get updates anymore and proba…
I'm with you on the disappointment. Devices like remarkable and onyx book do give me hope that we might be going somewhere (finally). I remember there was a company that sold laptops with hybrid screens - that could do e-ink when used outside - but I think the screen manufacturer folded. Good color would be nice - but it doesn't look like anything will beat oled in that department for the forseeable future. If the re…
Could you have been thinking of Pixel Qi and its LCD panel that could operate in transflective mode in daylight?
I love my kindle, but I really miss one thing from paper books - the cover. When you have a paper book whenever you pick it up you see the title and the author and the cover image. I find I still remember these from books I read long ago. However on the Kindle you only see the cover of the book you are reading if you make an effort to scroll to the start of the book - by default the kindle starts you at the first bit…
Does anyone have an alternative recommendation? I’ve been looking for a non- Kindle e-ink reader and can’t decide. Don’t want Kindle because so much of my life is already Amazon.
I'm basically locked to Amazon now, especially since their latest DRM hasn't been cracked yet (AFAIK). All the workarounds I know of result in a lower quality file.