Who /Kindle/ here?
I met someone traveling recently who swore by it.
I figure I should get one myself considering last trip I had an entire backback filled to the brim with books.
i consider myself a kindler, yes
I've had my Kindle Voyage for 1.5 year and next time I will buy a Kobo.
>>8263617
Me desu. It's pretty stabil though not as convenient for night reading as an iPad, but is much easier to read anytime there is good light because it's non reflective. Got mine for $36 on Amazon, can't beat the price.
>>8263649
Develop your hypothesis
>>8263657
I would simply enjoy not having to ruin the formating on file-conversions. Since the kindle natively doesn't read .epub files. (I had to root mine and install koReader in order to open non-mobi files).
It's easier to install custom fonts so you are not limited to 7 shit fonts.
And currently the Kobo Glo HD which has the same specs as the Kindle Voyage, is cheaper.
>>8263656
>stabil
Found the German guy
>>8263686
I want /fit/ to leave
>>8263669
I totally agree. Too bad I updated mine and can't jailbreak it
>>8263718
I updated mine to the newest firmware as well, and thought: "Fuck."
However, recently the guys at mobileread forum figured out a way to jailbreak no matter the firmware :) Simply downgrade to stock firmware, jailbreak, and update via amazon website - and the jailbreak will still be there.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275877
>>8263738
I've use calibre all the time. The formating is not as neat as the original file.
(You can probably tweak it in the settings but I'm not that calibre-savy)
After I installed KoReader on my kindle I tried an original epub file and then converted it to mobi and tried reading both on the kindle. The epub file had more space between the paragraphs which I enjoy more.
But it is really not an issue. Just me being a prick.
>>8263770
Fair enough. I used Koreader for a while but for me it had its own slew of problems from a technical standpoint. But my biggest gripe is the way it handles footnotes. With the Kindle fw you get that neat popup window with the footnote whenever you tap one. Koreader just skips to the footnote page at the end of the book or wherever the footnotes are saved. And then it's a pain in the ass to get back where you were.
>>8263786
>footnotes
Ahh! I just recently installed KoReader and in the book I'm currently reading there are not any footnotes.
But yes, it's a really nice feature.
Pretty /g/ a thread but eh.
Yes. I use Kindle DX and Kindle 3/keyboard.
Both are rather great. Never had problems with conversion etc. DX is big enough for most scanned books in PDF form, 3 is small enough to be held with one hand.
I had a Kobo Glo HD for a short while. Sure it was newer and nicer but I just couldn't deal with having no physical buttons (for page turns). Its really hard to hold a device with one hand and reliably turn pages by touching the screen, it requires moving your fingers around, with buttons, you can just rest your finger on the button all the time. Also when reading at a normal distance, I just can't tell whether the screen is HD or not.
It is sort of amazing how little these devices have evolved in all these years. There have been updates and tweaks but as far as reading books goes, all of them work just fine as long as there are no software bugs. Well, I suppose it is natural as displaying text is something rather hard to keep on improving.
Question for those that have Calibre. Can i use another device (same model) with my current library? Or will it mess with my original device? I want to have the same books on another device. Will calibre detect the new empty device and allow it? In other words, can i use 2 devices with the same library without issue? Thanks
>>8263841
I use three with mine. Works fine.
>>8263838
What is the DX's storage size? Have considered buying one for PDF textbooks.
>>8263873
4 GB or something like 3,3 accessible to the user.
>>8263843
So I can use 2 different kindles with 1 library. Thanks.
Another question. I can transfer the library folder to another computer, download calibre, choose that folder and itll be just like on the previous computer, right?
>>8263647
you are the worst
How the fuck could they sell out of Oasiseseseseseses, money is not an issue and I need something comfortable to hold
>>8263647
Through Kindling, we shall one day be granted magnificent powers.
>>8264053
Who's the cuck?
i dream of a world where there would be hunting groups holding baseball bats patrolling public places and smashing any visible e-reader.
>>8264197
Why
who /nook/ master race here?
>tfw you can read words in multiple formats, and not get cucked by the apple ipod of ereaders
>>8263900
Anyone? Thanks
>>8264233
Dead format, dead system
>>8264296
But it still works... possibly even better in ways
>>8264197
that will only create underground reading cafés, where the cool e-reading youth hangs out, and lamers like you are excluded
Soon, based free one-day shipping
Amazon Swindle
I've got one, but I prefer actual factual books. I like turning the pages and seeing my progress manually.
>>8264895
i actually love not knowing how far i am in a book most of the time. i have all the page/progress HUD turned off. just one less thing to have on my mind.
Couch table + Music desk = Top tier comfy
If only I could turn pages with a bluetooth remote it would be max comfy.
I love kindling, in fact I exclusively use kindle to browse 4chan now. I know the browser is pretty bad but I love the aesthetic of reading e-ink!
Honestly the only reason I like kindle is because of the sampling system on amazon for ebooks I cannot pirate
>>8263669
I'm not a leech, so I actually pay for books.
>>8265103
Mind sharing the method? I thought Amazon prevented this
I've never seen this thread before.
>>8264595
Bruh, I have that exact case and I regret wasting $60 on that piece of shit. It's not even leather and is very prone to scratches, which makes the case an eyesore to look at.
>>8263761
>conversions always have some formatting problems.
No they don't. Fonts are literally the only difference when converting from epub to mobi or the other way around because the code they contain (from which comes the formatting) is literally the same
>>8264308
OOooh fuck, that feel is real, real is what is this feel
>>8265123
Well, since english is not my native language, and I do enjoy reading danish books as well, I will have to buy the ebooks from other markets than amazons. These markets don't have .mobi
So please, sit on a dick, you ignorant pleb.
Where do you fags download your epubs?
>>8265689
http://free-gay-ebooks.com/
>>8265694
No self-promotion on /lit/, please.
>>8265689
mobilism.org (requires account now)
sometimes kickasstorrents
gen.lib.rus.ec
>>8265689
Torrents and i got this 2000 books big archive from my friends dad
i don't use a kindle because i like to add my own notes to the books i read: i underline things and jot down my thoughts in the margin :)
>>8265094
are you okay
>>8265722
We don't know
Nobody else mad as fuck at the price of ebooks from amazon? It costs as much and sometimes more than the paperback. I refuse to pay it. I pirate a lot but quality sometimes isn't excellent when you pirate, and you can't find every book you want.
>>8266357
also pro tip: authors make the same percentage cut on an ebook as on regular books
which is fucking bullshit
>>8266375
Is there a way to bypass that
>>8266357
Amazon has usually been cheap enough for me. Especially when I count in (the lack of) shipping. I'm just grateful to be able to easily buy the books I can't get pirate etc.
In my own country though, ebooks released here are often ridiculously expensive, except on a few more reasonable publishers.
One reason is absolutely retarded: physical books have a VAT of 10% or so, ebooks get the usual 24% tax on them 'cause no one has bothered to change the laws so far.
>>8266375
tt's just the way they found to keep selling real books.
kindle are for cucks, buy a kobo you can read all epub you want, no restriction
>>8266468
When you buy on amazon, you don't own a digital copy of the book. You purchase the right to view it using their software.
>>8266554
Oh sure I know that. Usually that is plenty enough as long as the price is indeed cheaper than other ways to buy the book, I do get to read the book.
I do prefer to purchase straight from publishers who provide epubs (or mobis or whatever).
>>8265180
I just like to see the samples the legitimately allow for books I cannot find on pirate sites, and then maybe buy them
>>8264595
Prime day is tomorrow you imbecile, could have saved $40+ dollars lmao
>>8266819
holy fuck I'm an idiot
>>8266554
I drm all my amazon purchases and store for future use. I don't share them though because I feel bad about cheating the author
>>8266357
Just get them from your local library
>>8264296
It holds more books than I could read in a lifetime and works consistantly with a backlight. If you want to straddle the cutting edge like its a horse fuck off to /g/.
>>8267425
You were the one talking about master races.
We do realize that most e-readers (with e ink) are totally adequate for reading, whether old or new, with only a few features worth caring about (size, frontlight if you need it, the ecosystem if you want to buy books, ergonomics). The only really bad ones are some Chinese no name things, for they may have unreliable software and such.
>>8265224
Well so far I'm satisfied with it. Makes the Kindle actually comfortable to hold when folded back, has a nice premium feel to it generally, and is definitely suede leather
I guess I'll see with the scratches over time
>>8268084
Pic of the front
>>8263617
have had this model for some years now, has paid itself at least 5 times
>>8268349
I bought my Kindle 3 for like 50 euros and my Kindle DX for 90.
They've paid themselves back very well, too. Getting those expensive, rare and ~academic~ books by piracy does it with like a few books, though. Really a great solution for a poorfag.
Amazon Fire vs Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
>going to be reading only
>Pros and Cons of both?
>>8268413
Kindle Fire runs Android, LED display
Kindle Paperwhite runs specialized OS by amazon, e-ink display
Go with the Paperwhite, especially since you're only going to be reading. Once you experience the e-ink screen you'll hate reading on anything else but it and paper itself
>>8264233
desu ipod classic 160gb was the best mp3 player
I have a Paperwhite, but I only got it for reading books in foreign languages. Being able to look up words by pressing on them is great. Been reading Harry Potter in German for about 9 months and I'm 2/3 through the first book. Also reading Zero no Tsukaima in Japanese, 1/4 through after 2 months.
Haven't read anything in English yet. Every time I think about it, I tell myself I should be practicing my languages instead.
>>8266552
or just use Calibre because theres no difference between epub and an epub converted to mobi
Its there some risk by jailbreaking bad? Im really not that good at technology and i dont fuck up 5ever my kindle...
>>8268516
why would you need jailbreaking?
I dont rememeber doing anything to my kindle and I can read any book I download
>>8263669
>can download most books in .mobi
>kindles read .mobi
kill youre self
>>8268535
ive always had to convert to mobi but ive got an old (kindle 3?) from 4.5 years ago
as for jailbreaking, just follow step by step instructions. jailbroke kindle fire 3.5 years ago out of whatever its amazon os was into android and i know nothing about computers
>>8265689
libgen.io
download in .mobi
>>8268535
I want to put cute wallpapers... read on epub. Yeah
>>8267072
cancel it nigger
Bump for whatever reason
>>8270158
bump for prime day
>>8270271
what is prime day? Any discounts on ebooks?
>>8265687
This
Anyone who travels abroad or reads more than one language will have an easier time with a Kobo. Native epub support is a huge plus, especially with Project Gutenberg.
>>8268482
Except when there is a difference. You're content with spending more money on a product you will have to take extra, albeit small, steps to use with certain files which may or may not turn out the way you expected? Why the brand loyalty chum?
>be russian
>have a fuckhuge library of ebooks in russian available to torrent because russians don't give a shit about copyright
>download it so I have any book I may ever want on my computer and ebook reader
Feels good.
>>8264046
I heard one person say that the Voyage is more comfortable to hold.
>>8263656
I have an iPad too and want to read at night but even then I'm buying a Kindler
Looking at a phone/tablet makes me unable to sleep for like 1 or 2 hours after I turn it off. I'd rather read with the lights on with the Kindle since ads say it doesn't tire the eyes or removes your sleep
I ordered it, should arrive this Saturday
>>8264595
are you me
>>8266554
Yeah, but that's how most digital stuff works.
I can only read hard copies. Maybe it's autism.
Amazon prime day is today, sniggity snagged a brand new paperwhite for 90 bucks
>>8271002
got one like a week and a half ago refurb for that price.
debating sending it back so i can get one without fking ads for like 10 bucks more instead
or should i just 'jailbreak'?
>>8271027
I bought the one with ads. How gay are they? And is it possible to get rid of them via jailbreak?
>>8271027
Refurbs are on sale too bro. Just got a Voyage for $140 (with tax)
>>8268458
>tfw there will never be a new ipod classic
>>8271299
>wanting a literal brick in your pocket
>Want to buy Gumbrecht's Production of Presence
>R$65 for the ebook in english
>R$25 for the printed book probably translated from english
The amazon store has failed me for the first time.
Also, is the book any good (I'm buying it either way)?
>>8268458
Who the fucks even needs 160 gb music??
I have a 4 gb of music on my android and its like too mucho
>>8272004
I have 67gb of music and I'm somewhat tired of all of it, but still like to have all of it readily available (I still enjoy most of my music and could feel like listening to it at any given point). I could easily see myself wanting 160gb in a few more years of exploring new albums.
>>8272064
*PAARP*
>>8272064
But thats so much music. How do you even get the time to listen all that?
And you can listen the new songs on YouTube so you wouldnt download unnecesaraly anything.
Does buying book, removing drm, saving on pc and then refunding book work?
>>8272084
a lot of shit I like isn't on youtube or spotify, or maybe it's exclusively in one of the two and I'd have to keep switching. Then there are the issues of data spending, audio quality and poor cataloging on streaming services.
67gb is not much on /mu/, really.
>>8263617
kbo h20 here,
reading underwater master race
>>8272101
It's a pain I hear, just use libgen or google around for mobi's/epubs
>>8271244
hmmm ill think about it. it seems nice, and it would be money i'm probably gonna spend anyway to get rid of ad cancer
>>8271027
theyre not like...bad..its just that they're still noticeable and i still wish they werent there. like i noticed that one of the ads had something about telomeres in it, and i found myself thinking about telomeres on a run. ugh
the dumbest thing about them is that i can't even get ads for like...stuff on my wishlist or goodreads, its just all the crappy books or smithsonian stuff
>>8272004
eh, i worked up to around 50 or 60 gb when i had a decent collection. but of course a lot of it went unlistened to. then i had Spotify premium for a while so I got rid of it...going back to downloading to save $
>>8272362
>i'm probably gonna spend anyway to get rid of ad cancer
Well if you don't need wi-fi you can just do this
http://www.andysaiden.com/how-to-remove-ads-from-the-kindle-paperwhite/
>>8264233
Here.
>>8272395
There are 3 hours left for the refurbished Voyage deal.
https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Refurbished-Kindle-reader-Special/dp/B00JAKA678/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
>>8272402
yeah i know. am poor.
I bought a paperwhite for $40 off today.
Seems to me like you can't beat the utility of having all your books on a relatively small device, especially when you can get books dirt cheap for kindle.
I still like reading physical books when convenient though.
>>8264122
whos the cleric*
FIFY
What's the best place to acquire ebooks for a kindle for free?
>>8272789
Why would you ask a question that's been answered nearly 4 times in this same thread already
>>8272789
libgen.io buddy
