Kindle-ed

**madmacs** · 29th August 12, 07:20 PM

I was a long time palm user (iiic then lifedrive) for ebooks before kindle came out... Havent really thought about getting a kindle because my HTC Evo allows me to do pretty much everything a kindle would I think... My cousin did ask a good question though... Would you rather drop that kindle down a flight of stairs or a paperback...

Tobus, have you tried autocad ws for drawings? I found it was a great idea with a terrible implementation....

**seanachie** · 29th August 12, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by Tobus

I do miss being able to flip back and skim pages in order to re-read an important part, though. That's not easily done on an e-reader unless you know exactly where you're going. So that's one of the down sides of it. But I've learned to use the functions for highlighting and marking sections of interest so I can easily find them later. It sure beats my old system of inserting scraps of paper between pages.

The book marks and clippings feature actually make this fairly easy. There is plenty of info online about using both features.

**CDNSushi** · 29th August 12, 09:48 PM

I have a Kobo that I won as a door prize last year. Really like it. The e-ink is easier to read than LCD a lot of the time... I also use Calibre to manage my library, and have been able to easily convert my Amazon (Kindle) books to be used with my Kobo.

It's really a nifty gadget to fly with... Even though the flight attendants still get ornery about it because it's an "electronic device" that must be turned off during take-off and landing... Which compels me to just sit there stoically, without even the benefit of listening to my music, with nothing to read but the seat-pocket guide on how to escape the aircraft when we crash, and all the expensive duty-free I can buy before we do.

**Tobus** · 30th August 12, 06:04 AM

Tobus, have you tried autocad ws for drawings? I found it was a great idea with a terrible implementation....

Haven't used it myself, but I know some who have. Their reaction is pretty much the same as yours.

The book marks and clippings feature actually make this fairly easy. There is plenty of info online about using both features.

Right, but still, in order to use those you have to mark them in advance. What I was talking about is that the Kindle is a poor platform for being able to flip back through the previous couple of chapters to skim for something you want to re-read. I often do this when I'm at an important part of a book and I want to refresh my memory on something that was stated earlier, so I'll flip back through the pages (when using a paper book) until I find it. But with a Kindle, unless you marked it the first time you read it, with the intention of coming back to it, there's no quick way to flip back and look for it.

In other words, the Kindle makes it hard to skip through the book and look for passages. The page-turning function is just too slow for that. You could jump to other locations using the location number, but that's sort of a shot-in-the-dark as well, if you don't know the location you're after.

It's really a nifty gadget to fly with... Even though the flight attendants still get ornery about it because it's an "electronic device" that must be turned off during take-off and landing...

I am not familiar with the Kobo, but I've never had any trouble with flight attendants over my Kindle, and I read it during takeoff and landing. Technically, the device does not use any power when you're reading (as long as the wireless is turned off). It only uses power to refresh the e-ink when you flip the page. And that's really no different than a digital watch refreshing the LCD as it rolls through the minutes and seconds.

On that subject, though, I heard a news report yesterday that the FAA is going to review their policies. We may not see any change in policy for at least 6 months to a year, but they will hopefully relax some of the restrictions and allow people to continue using everything but cell phones during takeoff and landing.

**McFarkus** · 30th August 12, 06:30 AM

Originally Posted by sydnie7

My mother used a Kindle at age 92, it was easier for her to hold (as Cynthia mentions) and reasonably intuitive. One thing I never figured out, may be an ID10T error, but we'd get her a sample from Amazon so she could decide if she wanted the book. At end of sample, she'd purchase book, but we couldn't find a way to jump to the end of the sample text within the full book. She'd just page through and read bits until she got to something fresh.

First figure out the location number at the end of the sample. Then find the Go To feature in the Kindle for the new book. Type in the location number, and presto you are at location where the sample ended. In the Kindle Touch on many books, you can swipe up or down to move to the beginning of the next chapter or beginning of the last chapter.

Originally Posted by Pleater

I am sure that there must be some way to create sub-folders, but I don't have time to find it out at the moment.

You can create folders. If you're on the page that lists your books, access Menu and Create New Collection. I've been doing this for a few years and have 4 pages of folders. I recently started having a special folder for books I haven't read yet - you can tag a book in multiple folders, so once I've read a book, I simply remove it from the New collection.

**Seawolf** · 30th August 12, 07:08 AM

I was gifted a Kindle Fire for my birthday this year and I am addicted!. I love to read and I have increased the frequency and the duration with the Kindle. I still will buy Trade Paperbacks of the books I have purchased on Kindle for my personal Library(second hand books) but have a hard time placing down the Kindle.

mar sin leat

Seawolf

**auld argonian** · 30th August 12, 09:33 AM

Oddly, I get flak about my kindle...bought the cheapest one possible and that on sale..."Oh...I'm a SERIOUS reader...I don't believe in those things...I only read books printed on paper." Aye, right. I personally like to have four or five books going at one time and this is the best way to do that. PLUS...lotta nice "specials of the day" on Amazon where you can pick up something interesting for a buck or two. The adjustment to reading on the kindle was very easy.

Best

AA

**DScottHunter** · 30th August 12, 07:49 PM

Just read in on line news that Amazon says the are all sold out of the Kindle Fire. The thought is that there may be a second edition in the works. You might find first edition still in stores, but if a new edition is coming out I'd like to see what they have in store.

**Pleater** · 31st August 12, 02:22 AM

When I look at the menu the 'create new collection' line is greyed and not active.

The manual refers to creating subsequent collections, after the first one - but doesn't give information on making the first one.

Perhaps it is something too obvious.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**cruiser348** · 1st September 12, 08:30 AM

I received a kindle for Christmas last year. I have used it quite a bit, though I'm not sure I am actually reading more than I normally would. I do believe that being able to download books directly from my library has led me to read genres and authors I might not have considered otherwise. My wife was also nice enough to give me an Amazon gift card for my birthday, and thanks to the "deal of the day" and the "monthly deal" sections of the Amazon site I have managed to buy a couple of dozen books for a price that would have probably gotten me fewer than half as many books even at used book store prices.