New to Kindle - Couple questions
Discussion
So my wife has been using Kindle's for years and reads a fair bit but I've never touched one before and have previously only used an old Galaxy Tab android tablet for reading which is fair bit bigger, and not the best for this purpose.
For our holiday earlier this month she got me to try her old one (Kindle 8th gen) whilst she has a Kindle Paperwhite 7th generation and I actually quite enjoyed it, bar the fact it has no backlight so reading in the evenings or darker rooms was difficult, so I'm thinking of getting one as well.
After a bit of reading up I believe there's "the Kindle" (small, basic, no backlight), the "Kindle Paperwhite" (with backlight) and the "Kindle Fire".
Apparently the Fire one is more like a tablet, slower, and has a different screen so that's not what I'm after and instead I'd like one of these Paperwhite ones so I can read in the dark.
We have Amazon Prime and I believe she has Kindle unlimited as well, but I've also got a fair amount of Dutch books in 'Epub' format on my computer that I'd like to be able to read on my new Kindle, preferably without having to do this 'jailbreak mod' I've seen on various websites, for which you need an older model I believe, as it's not possible on the latest software version or something.
So I just looked on Ebay and saw a "Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 10th Gen 6" 32GB" advertised, but then in specs it says "Operating System: Fire OS", so now I'm a bit confused and was hoping someone could answer a couple questions :
1) Is a Kindle Paperwhite with Fire OS different then a Kindle Fire ? Or should they all have Kindle OS ?
2) Looking at the newest model Paperwhite on Amazon it says it supports various formats (including PDF & EPUB) " through conversion", whatever that means. Does that mean I can just add my Dutch epub books to this Kindle and they appear in my library ?
3) Currently my wife has shared her library of 150+ books with me, which has loads that I won't read. Is there an option to just share 'some' of her books to my library, instead of all of them ?
Cheers folks.
For our holiday earlier this month she got me to try her old one (Kindle 8th gen) whilst she has a Kindle Paperwhite 7th generation and I actually quite enjoyed it, bar the fact it has no backlight so reading in the evenings or darker rooms was difficult, so I'm thinking of getting one as well.
After a bit of reading up I believe there's "the Kindle" (small, basic, no backlight), the "Kindle Paperwhite" (with backlight) and the "Kindle Fire".
Apparently the Fire one is more like a tablet, slower, and has a different screen so that's not what I'm after and instead I'd like one of these Paperwhite ones so I can read in the dark.
We have Amazon Prime and I believe she has Kindle unlimited as well, but I've also got a fair amount of Dutch books in 'Epub' format on my computer that I'd like to be able to read on my new Kindle, preferably without having to do this 'jailbreak mod' I've seen on various websites, for which you need an older model I believe, as it's not possible on the latest software version or something.
So I just looked on Ebay and saw a "Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 10th Gen 6" 32GB" advertised, but then in specs it says "Operating System: Fire OS", so now I'm a bit confused and was hoping someone could answer a couple questions :
1) Is a Kindle Paperwhite with Fire OS different then a Kindle Fire ? Or should they all have Kindle OS ?
2) Looking at the newest model Paperwhite on Amazon it says it supports various formats (including PDF & EPUB) " through conversion", whatever that means. Does that mean I can just add my Dutch epub books to this Kindle and they appear in my library ?
3) Currently my wife has shared her library of 150+ books with me, which has loads that I won't read. Is there an option to just share 'some' of her books to my library, instead of all of them ?
Cheers folks.
There are many online converters but epub should be possible to get onto a Kindle and needs no jailbreak. What I do is send those files on my phone or iPad to my Kindle App there which allows me to send it to my Paperwhite.
Also if you look in your Kindle account on Amazon, there is a mail-to email address for your device. Your can send the files to there......
It is really not hard, I have a variety of epub files on my Kindle and they are visible in the Documents section of the Kindle context in Amazon.
Also if you look in your Kindle account on Amazon, there is a mail-to email address for your device. Your can send the files to there......
It is really not hard, I have a variety of epub files on my Kindle and they are visible in the Documents section of the Kindle context in Amazon.
I had a Kindle Paperwhite for years and lived it. I got some vouchers for a birthday and upgraded to a coloursoft. I'm a little disappointed to be honest. I was expecting lots of vibrant colour photos, but they're not that good. The black and white pics are sharper, but I don't think it's worth the extra money to upgrade
I see the latest Kindles have ads.
I sideload all my books by connecting my old kindle to my computer and just dumping them in the dociments folder. Kindle seems to sort them out from there.
I always us my Kindle in Airplane mode so don't get any nags or adverts. Is that still the case with the latest versions?
I sideload all my books by connecting my old kindle to my computer and just dumping them in the dociments folder. Kindle seems to sort them out from there.
I always us my Kindle in Airplane mode so don't get any nags or adverts. Is that still the case with the latest versions?
andygo said:
I see the latest Kindles have ads.
I sideload all my books by connecting my old kindle to my computer and just dumping them in the dociments folder. Kindle seems to sort them out from there.
I always us my Kindle in Airplane mode so don't get any nags or adverts. Is that still the case with the latest versions?
When I got mine you could pay a bit more for the ad-free version, and it looks like that's still true. I sideload all my books by connecting my old kindle to my computer and just dumping them in the dociments folder. Kindle seems to sort them out from there.
I always us my Kindle in Airplane mode so don't get any nags or adverts. Is that still the case with the latest versions?
It's just the "screen saver" image when it's switched off rather than showing the book cover, so not really a big deal.
WrekinCrew said:
andygo said:
I see the latest Kindles have ads.
I sideload all my books by connecting my old kindle to my computer and just dumping them in the dociments folder. Kindle seems to sort them out from there.
I always us my Kindle in Airplane mode so don't get any nags or adverts. Is that still the case with the latest versions?
When I got mine you could pay a bit more for the ad-free version, and it looks like that's still true. I sideload all my books by connecting my old kindle to my computer and just dumping them in the dociments folder. Kindle seems to sort them out from there.
I always us my Kindle in Airplane mode so don't get any nags or adverts. Is that still the case with the latest versions?
It's just the "screen saver" image when it's switched off rather than showing the book cover, so not really a big deal.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/sendtokindle is the easiest way to do epub and the like. Calibre is a nice tool if you’ve got a load of book files on your computer though.
Basic Kindle is really good these days. Paperwhite for not a lot more gets you waterproofing and a slightly bigger/better screen. They do a trade-in scheme so you can get 20% off a new one plus whatever small amount they give you for the old.
Basic Kindle is really good these days. Paperwhite for not a lot more gets you waterproofing and a slightly bigger/better screen. They do a trade-in scheme so you can get 20% off a new one plus whatever small amount they give you for the old.
Thanks everyone, looks like the new paperwhite is the way forwards, as that can also take/convert my Epub books so does everything I want it to do.
sjg said:
They do a trade-in scheme so you can get 20% off a new one plus whatever small amount they give you for the old.
Yea I just saw that, they only offer £ 5, for the old one but the 20% off the new one is a good deal as that's £ 135, currently so once I finish my current book i shall trade it in and get the new one.Are there not better alternatives to a Kindle though which are cheaper and not part of the Amazon system?
I realise that Kindle is really user friendly if all you want to do is buy books from Amazon but from my experience, the ease of use draws the user in to only use DRM protected media.
I realise that Kindle is really user friendly if all you want to do is buy books from Amazon but from my experience, the ease of use draws the user in to only use DRM protected media.
Kobo Clara is similar in price to a Kindle Paperwhite (the latter is quite a bit less if you have a trade-in), also waterproof but has a worse screen.
Boox Go 7 is quite a bit more. Or there's all sorts of eink readers of varying quality from Chinese brands.
Most Kindles can be jailbroken ( https://kindlemodding.org/ ) and run KOReader (https://koreader.rocks/ ) if you want something to just drop files in whatever format onto it and read them.
Boox Go 7 is quite a bit more. Or there's all sorts of eink readers of varying quality from Chinese brands.
Most Kindles can be jailbroken ( https://kindlemodding.org/ ) and run KOReader (https://koreader.rocks/ ) if you want something to just drop files in whatever format onto it and read them.
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