Kindle / eReader Thread

Cromulent said:
Slightly off-topic. I have a bunch of DRM free ePub ebooks in Calibre and I'm assuming the easiest way to get them on the Kindle is to use the Send to Kindle web page. Would it be better to convert them to MOBI in Calibre or let Amazon handle it?
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Plug the Kindle into a computer using a USB cable and copy them over.
 
Cromulent said:
Slightly off-topic. I have a bunch of DRM free ePub ebooks in Calibre and I'm assuming the easiest way to get them on the Kindle is to use the Send to Kindle web page. Would it be better to convert them to MOBI in Calibre or let Amazon handle it?
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Don't convert them, I'd just do what you've suggested and use the send to kindle page. That way they end up in your account and if you use multiple devices, everything will sync.
 
Cromulent said:
Loving the Kindle so far. The dictionary feature is especially handy.
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Yeah the Kobo has that... When I come across some obscure word, tap it and it gives you the meaning. I swear some authors just use these words to pee people off :p
 
I was adamant I didn't need to upgrade from an OG Kindle with the keyboard, then eventually caved for a Paperwhite on a trade in offer they kept pestering me with. Thought I would miss the page buttons at first but soon got used to it. Backlight does make all the difference.
 
Does anyone have any experience with technical books on the Kindle? Does it display source code / mathematical equations properly? I don't want to buy one and find out it is bad as it costs like £30 to £40 for the eBook.
 
Cromulent said:
Does anyone have any experience with technical books on the Kindle? Does it display source code / mathematical equations properly? I don't want to buy one and find out it is bad as it costs like £30 to £40 for the eBook.
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I don't have much experience with technical books on Kindle. But I remember having a hard time reading / resizing equations and also normal images. It sometimes depends more on the book, I think.
So, what you might do is download a free sample. Or buy it, have a look and if you need to return just request a refund in good time and you will defo get it.
 
Epburpee said:
Or buy it, have a look and if you need to return just request a refund in good time and you will defo get it.
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That's a good idea, and if the technical book you want is on Amazon as well, you can do the same. I've bought Kindle books from Amazon and returned them because they're rubbish.
 
I was originally against Ebooks as I loved my big collection of novels, something I could actually turn a page on then my wife bought me a Kindle Paperwhite back in 2016 when I was due to go into hospital and I haven't looked back. That Paperwhite gave up the ghost in 2021 so I traded it in for the current model and have over 2000 novels on it now. I never buy any physical novels anymore and have actually sold most of what I did have and replaced them with the ebook version. The only physical books I buy now are reference books as there is no substitute for having the actual book in front of you. The one thing I despise with the Kindle is updates. I can be reading a book then it locks up and eventually the tree will appear on the page with the ever so slow update progress bar at the bottom. When the update is done instead of taking me back to where I was reading it dumps me back to the homepage and there is nothing I can change that make any difference to the way updates work. If I had a choice I would block them because none of them seem to make any difference to the way it works. They must have taken a leaf out of Microsofts book regarding forced updates. It works, leave the bloody thing alone!!
 
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Epburpee said:
I don't have much experience with technical books on Kindle. But I remember having a hard time reading / resizing equations and also normal images. It sometimes depends more on the book, I think.
So, what you might do is download a free sample. Or buy it, have a look and if you need to return just request a refund in good time and you will defo get it.
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That is a good plan. Thank you! I was worried Amazon would be funny about it.
 
Cromulent said:
Does anyone have any experience with technical books on the Kindle? Does it display source code / mathematical equations properly? I don't want to buy one and find out it is bad as it costs like £30 to £40 for the eBook.
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Yes - I have a pretty new Paperwhite, and I think an iPad is a better choice for this sort of material. It's not so much the resolution of the screen, or the rendering of the material, but the lack of contrast and grey shades which I find to be problematic. Even an iPad Mini is easier to read - plus any colour material obviously works better :)
 
arty said:
Yes - I have a pretty new Paperwhite, and I think an iPad is a better choice for this sort of material. It's not so much the resolution of the screen, or the rendering of the material, but the lack of contrast and grey shades which I find to be problematic. Even an iPad Mini is easier to read - plus any colour material obviously works better :)
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I have an old M1 iPad Pro which I don't use much. I guess I could check it out on that as well. Thanks!
 
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