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Spikes32 posted:It sounds like a helpful tool, but wouldn't be something I used myself. I download new books as I need them and add them into Calibre then my kindle, delete them off my kindle when I'm done. It's worked pretty well so far. Oh yeah that's totally fair, I personally keep about 1200 books on my Kindle for no real reason so I definitely use Collections. I also have a custom naming scheme for Kindle importation, and I use a third party reader (KOreader) instead of the stock one. I used to root my phone. Now I root my Kindle. Is that growing up?
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Defeats the purpose a bit but try airplane mode if you have a ton on there already. Really helps with the battery life.
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inklesspen posted:Load books, yes. Set up collections, no. You can if you jailbreak the kindle. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=244202
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FreelanceSocialist posted:You can if you jailbreak the kindle. Which you can't do with the firmware revisions on "current kindles", as far as I'm able to determine.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:35
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I am super into Libby for reading library books on the Kindle lately. Exactly the same as reading normal Kindle books. But free. Only complaint is that the queue system is like the most naive thing possible. You get on the waitlist and when your turn comes up you get the book, even if you have a bunch of other books already checked out. I wish there was some way to just hold my place in the queue if I’m not ready for the next book. Also somehow I put a book on my waitlist that has an Unknown Wait which is concerning. There are no copies so why can I put a hold on it?
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Aug 28, 2019 23:58
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That's something you set up with your library. You can turn off automatic checkout for titles on hold. But you can't just dibs it indefinitely when there's a list, because it holds up everyone else behind you. Unknown wait may be because it hasn't been released yet. The system doesn't handle that ultra smoothly.
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smackfu posted:I am super into Libby for reading library books on the Kindle lately. Exactly the same as reading normal Kindle books. But free. I've paused my holds using the Android app.
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Aug 29, 2019 00:05
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Anne Whateley posted:That's something you set up with your library. You can turn off automatic checkout for titles on hold. But you can't just dibs it indefinitely when there's a list, because it holds up everyone else behind you. Oops didn’t realize that was a setting. Will turn that off and see how it works. Main issue is that sometimes 3-4 weeks turns into 3-4 days. Which is good in theory but not in reality since I do not have that many chances to read.
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Aug 29, 2019 00:17
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My library is apparently part of a group of libraries. I've seen the indefinite hold when the ebook is not actually owned by my library, but another library. On the entire list I would be third in line, but if someone from the library who actually owns the book places a hold they get to jump the queue.
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inklesspen posted:Which you can't do with the firmware revisions on "current kindles", as far as I'm able to determine. Not able to downgrade? I've been out of the Kindle loop for a bit, but I thought that used to be an option - rolling back to a previous firmware and then jailbreaking.
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Anyone having trouble with the send to kindle email option? Loaded up calibre, added some books I bought last night, and emailed em (like usual) to my free.kindle.com address and they worked fine. Added more today and went to mail them, and now I'm getting an error that they couldn't be deliver/added to the library. Anyone have any ideas?
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Aug 31, 2019 15:55
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Anyone having trouble with the send to kindle email option? Have they been converted to a Kindle friendly file format?
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Aug 31, 2019 16:17
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Calibre question: I downloaded the Gutenberg 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas and put it on my Kindle, and the chapters don't have breaks between them. The minutes to read chapter and "Go to chapter" functions work as they should, but I'd rather the chapters have a page break between. Is there a way to do this easily in Calibre? Picture if what I said didn't make sense: 
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Humerus posted:Calibre question: I downloaded the Gutenberg 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas and put it on my Kindle, and the chapters don't have breaks between them. The minutes to read chapter and "Go to chapter" functions work as they should, but I'd rather the chapters have a page break between. Is there a way to do this easily in Calibre? The Gutenberg editions of Verne are particularly bad and based on old translations that cut a lot of stuff. Try this version instead: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas/f-p-walter
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Aug 31, 2019 17:53
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:The Gutenberg editions of Verne are particularly bad and based on old translations that cut a lot of stuff. That is the translator for the Gutenberg version I downloaded: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2488
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Oh ok good! Maybe Gutenberg updated their versions since I checked last, it has been a while.
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Aug 31, 2019 18:07
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If I had to guess, make sure Calibre is converting files to AZW and not MOBI to send them to the Kindle.
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Nope, converting em to mobi. Haven't changed any settings in calibre since the last time I sent books over, it just started acting up today. Anyone else tried or succeeded in mailing a book to their kindle today?
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Aug 31, 2019 18:32
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Nope, converting em to mobi. No, you want to not convert to MOBI. MOBI bad. Convert them to AZW3 instead.
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Rand Brittain posted:No, you want to not convert to MOBI. Amazon doesn't allow sending AZW3 to Kindle via mail; it just emails you an error message. quote:The Kindle Personal Document Service can convert and deliver the following types of documents: Nullset fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Aug 31, 2019 |
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Aug 31, 2019 18:51
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Rand Brittain posted:No, you want to not convert to MOBI. Uh, what? I've been sending mobi to my kindle for years, it works flawlessly.
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Wibla posted:Uh, what? There are a fair number of EPUB features that MOBI doesn't support. It may not have been a noticeable problem for you yet, but I'd advise always converting to AZW3 if you have another format to start from — there's basically no reason not to.
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Rand Brittain posted:There are a fair number of EPUB features that MOBI doesn't support. It may not have been a noticeable problem for you yet, but I'd advise always converting to AZW3 if you have another format to start from — there's basically no reason not to. Yeah I can't say that has ever been an issue, are there any particular features I should be aware of?
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Rand Brittain posted:There are a fair number of EPUB features that MOBI doesn't support. It may not have been a noticeable problem for you yet, but I'd advise always converting to AZW3 if you have another format to start from — there's basically no reason not to. Nullset posted:Amazon doesn't allow sending AZW3 to Kindle via mail; it just emails you an error message.
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Yea, you can't send those over email. Anyway, guess it was a momentary glitch. It's working now and I haven't changed anything.
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Kobo got their new reader out for preorders in a few days. The Kobo Libra H2O. Similar form factor to the Forma but clocks in at 7" on the display rather than 8". Black and White colors. Power button on the back rather than dead center on the side of the device where your hand would be and the charging port is shifted toward the edge. Also of note, the LED arrangement is different and I'm wondering if it totally solves the light strip issue the Forma did. Edit: Realized there was a bezel on it and I looked further, Good e-Reader is reporting that it uses IR sensors rather for screen interaction. 8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Sep 9, 2019 |
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Is the Kindle Oasis gooder-enough than the Paperwhite to make it worth it? (Assume current gen and that I'm probably buying refurbs either way). It's mostly for textbooks and lovely genre fiction, I'm also looking forward to the possibility of reading said in teh hot tubbe at the gym?
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From my experience with PDFs (textbooks, academic articles), I'd recommend something other than a Kindle. The Kobo Aura One is waterproof, renders PDFs well, has a larger screen (which is way better for static page PDFs), and has an auto-adjusting front light w/ color temp adjustment. Having a larger and accessible power button on the back is also really convenient, in my opinion. I'm really happy with mine. I just sideload everything with Calibre. Also, I need a new gym. FreelanceSocialist fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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Schadenboner posted:Is the Kindle Oasis gooder-enough than the Paperwhite to make it worth it? For me, yes. I use the physical buttons and the left hand/right hand feature almost every day. The new warm temperature feature is nice but not absolutely needed.
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Silly Burrito posted:For me, yes. I use the physical buttons and the left hand/right hand feature almost every day. The new warm temperature feature is nice but not absolutely needed. I also say yes, but for different reasons: the buttons are absolutely fantastic, but if you held a gun to my head, I'd say the warm frontlight is the absolute top feature. I A/B tested my older Oasis against a Kobo Forma with the warm lighting and I could read much longer with less strain on the latter screen. Now I can do that on my new Oasis, I can tell the difference in my tired, old lovely eyes. But the buttons are close behind; swiping an e-ink screen is gross and requires way too much finger/hand movement when you're just in a groove and want to keep reading. With the Oasis buttons, I hold my thumb over the button as part of my grip and just twitch it down to change a page.
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smr posted:But the buttons are close behind; swiping an e-ink screen is gross and requires way too much finger/hand movement when you're just in a groove and want to keep reading. With the Oasis buttons, I hold my thumb over the button as part of my grip and just twitch it down to change a page. Surely y'all don't swipe instead of tapping the appropriate area to turn pages on your buttonless ereaders. Swiping is just a bad alternative for noobs
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I actually switched to swiping so I don't accidentally tap and change pages.
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Sometime in the past couple of weeks someone with a Kindle Keyboard posted about battery issues. A few people posted back regarding buying a new battery and installation. I've searched for pages and pages, but the original posts seemed to have magically disappeared. Anyways, one poster suggested leaving it charged for at least 48hrs and powering it off/on. I tried this, and if the past week is any indication, it worked! What kind of black magic is this?
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Zat posted:Surely y'all don't swipe instead of tapping the appropriate area to turn pages on your buttonless ereaders. Swiping is just a bad alternative for noobs Swiping or tapping, regardless, requires you to move your grip to extend a digit onto the screen that then must be removed after turning the page in order to actually read it. With buttons, I just... hold my e-reader however's comfy on the bezel, where a thumb naturally rests over the page turn button. The buttons are rigid enough that just bracing a thumb on them won't actuate it. When I do want to turn a page, I just twitch my thumb down a millimeter without moving my hand at all. It seems petty written out like that, but it's really a huge difference in actual use.
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It's not fully functional yet, but there's a new project for an eReader that's open down to the very hardware. It looks promising, and as someone who can't afford to import bq's open source eReader I'm excited. Check it out here.
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im on the net me boys posted:It's not fully functional yet, but there's a new project for an eReader that's open down to the very hardware. It looks promising, and as someone who can't afford to import bq's open source eReader I'm excited. Check it out here. Not sure what the purpose of this is. Is it to avoid copyright fuckery? I've got a Kindle Oasis and I just pirate every single author I want to read who's dead. No one deserves to live off their parents forever.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Not sure what the purpose of this is. Is it to avoid copyright fuckery? The point of the thing is that people want an eReader that's not trying to lock them in to a certain ecosystem and that will allow them to tinker around with it without having to crack it. It's got nothing to do with copyright.
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smr posted:Swiping or tapping, regardless, requires you to move your grip to extend a digit onto the screen that then must be removed after turning the page in order to actually read it. Absolutely, I don't disagree with this at all. I just consider tapping the touch screen a lot more effortless than swiping, and for me personally it's good enough that I don't really miss having physical buttons.
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Fly Ricky posted:Sometime in the past couple of weeks someone with a Kindle Keyboard posted about battery issues. A few people posted back regarding buying a new battery and installation. I've searched for pages and pages, but the original posts seemed to have magically disappeared. Very gently charging a battery that's discharged so far the safety circuit on it has gotten super cautious.
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im on the net me boys posted:The point of the thing is that people want an eReader that's not trying to lock them in to a certain ecosystem and that will allow them to tinker around with it without having to crack it. It's got nothing to do with copyright. The Kobo already fills that niche, though -- it reads open formats and is trivial to load custom firmware onto (and there's at least two custom firmware images for it). I'm glad this project exists, but I'm not sure how big the user base of "people who want a hackable e-reader but specifically don't want a Kobo" is.
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