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I just email epubs (as .txt) to my kindle's email address and they show up on the device in a couple of minutes. Never had any books just vanish. I find it easier than converting to Kindle format and then copying over USB.
Why email epubs as txt? You can just email the epubs. I do it every day.
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Why email epubs as txt? You can just email the epubs. I do it every day.
"You have a serious reading problem"
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Here's a book a little closer in time to the invention of books: https://cdn.britannica.com/25/83825-050-F8826674/Anubis-Egyp...
100% not a book as it's not movable. Might be a scroll or a codex, but it might even be on a wall.
> it's not movable
I don't know what to say here. This is obviously false. Why did you say this?
What do you think is the difference between a "book" and a "codex"? Why do you think ancient texts are divided into "books"?
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Sorry but this is a bad take. The active light on "screens" is stimulating, causes eye strain and keeps you awake. The two technologies are not the same.
This again! Kindles have lights, too. On my old Paperwhite, the light could not be turned off. Although it could be dimmed, my iPad's backlight can be adjusted to be much dimmer than the Paperwhite's is capable of.
I was hoping they'd revive the Oasis. That form factor is _perfect_ IMO. Scribe is too big for a replacement. I settled for a Libra 2 which is similar to the Oasis but I feel it's a bit sluggish when it comes to chapter turns, highlights and page turns w/ images but I don't have something in the Kindle line-up to compare it to now.
Yep. Same. Buttons are a must have for me, along with the waterproofing. It was (is) the perfect device aside from going through three of them (replaced via warranty) due to the waterproofing not being as advertised. I am happy I saved the advertisements of folks using in in baths. Both are features that complement each other. If I can’t read in the rain I don’t want it. This means disabling the touch screen and usin…
I really wish UX designers for handheld devices optimized for, you know, ergonomics of actually holding it, rather than just trying to minimize the physical size.
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All their splash art shows comics. That makes sense, inasmuch as comics are a primary reason you'd want color in a book. But it still strikes me as a bizarre choice, since Amazon is only offering colors in their tiny form factor. They also make a larger device, and if you want color, you can't have it. Comics are unreadable on a 7" kindle's tiny screen anyway. What's up with the marketing?
The screen tech is a bit too expensive in larger sizes for now, so it'll take a bit until you'll get a large fast color e-ink screen.
Why advertise a function that you know your device can't fulfill?
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Yeah, black friday is near. I am thinking older models will be given higher discount via their deal site woot.com. And latest model on Amazon with 20-50 dollars off depending on original price.
Don’t forget you can also trade in pretty much any old kindle in any condition for another 20% off (plus a few bucks for the old device itself).
I have recently bought a Scribe 1st Gen, when it was on sale. Rooting it was a hassle, but it was worth it. The excellent hardware (display, enclosure) combined with Koreader makes it really joyful to read technical books and documents, especially when combined with Calibre. As one of those books was about Lisp, i also installed Kterm, tmux, the joe editor and tinysheme, which served as a decent Scheme Playground/IDE…
What's the deal with ereaders and their seeming disdain for sane battery life measurements? Amazon boasts "up to 8 weeks on a single charge" in all their selling points, then, in the fine print states "A single charge lasts up to eight (8) weeks, based on a half hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at 13". So, it has 28 hours of actual use time, got it. Why not just say that?
That said, I do think they should just give the number in terms of page refreshes and let the users figure it out from there.