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I just got a Kindle and I'm loving it. Can someone tell me exactly what Calibre lets me do and why I should use it? So far, I've gotten all my books in the Kindle store, even when I was just reading on my iPad.
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Nov 19, 2010 21:55
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Solvency posted:Calibre allows you to convert non amazon style files (epub or other comic files) to a mobi format usable on your kindle. This is particularly useful if you are getting books from some of the many free book sites out there (google books, gutenberg, ect.). Ah, good to know, I've only read Gutenberg stuff online so far. I might just give this a try, thanks! Wengy fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Nov 19, 2010 |
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Nov 19, 2010 22:12
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Ara posted:Yeah, I actually really like the Kindle's highlighting. If it's an Amazon-bought book, you can load up Kindle for PC and see and jump to all the bits you've highlighted on the Kindle. How do I get it to do this? The Kindle App on my Mac isn't showing the Notes & Highlights I've made on my Kindle. I've already turned on Annotations Backup in the Kindle menu.
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Nov 20, 2010 16:39
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Ara posted:It was totally automatic for me, just right-click the book and "My Notes and Annotations". Try deleting and re-downloading the book? Weird, now some of my notes are showing up in the Kindle apps on my iPhone and iPad, but only some. Maybe I should just leave the Kindle's Wifi on a bit longer, so it can sync everything?
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Nov 22, 2010 13:53
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Ara posted:I never turn mine off, and the only people who ever posted in the last thread with syncing problems of any kind were ones who turned their wireless off when not using it, so it's probably that. Got it; I'll turn it on and keep it on when I get home tonight 
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Nov 22, 2010 14:24
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So how normal is freezing on the Kindle? Mine just had a weird issue where text from the previous page was stil faintly visible after page turns, which made me freak out. Thankfully, a hard reset fixed it. Still, kind of unnerving. Does this happen often?
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Dec 1, 2010 00:30
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fishmech posted:That's not an issue or freezing. The only way to keep the faint remnant of previous text off the e-ink screen at all times is to do 2 full refreshes every page turn, and that of course would double page turn time. Huh? No, it was definitely an issue. The screen basically displayed two pages at once, making the book illegible. It had never done so before and a hard reset fixed it. I've seen some information on this kind of bug online and I was wondering how prevalent it is.
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Dec 1, 2010 01:32
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fishmech posted:Which is it - faintly visible or illegible? You said the first time that it was faintly visible, that's common and isn't a problem. After the page turn, the previous page sort of persisted on the new page, albeit faintly. As a result, the new page became illegible or at least very hard to read, since the previous page was still visible. A hard reset fixed this and now I'm wondering how common this issue is.
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Dec 1, 2010 13:45
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