He's in Germany. Amazon US won't help.
Trek Books for Kindle
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He's in Germany. Amazon US won't help.
Via my work I have an ipad, samsung galaxy tab (10.1 and original 6 inch) as well as my personal kindle 3. I have used all of them to read amazon books. The ipad and big samsung are simply too big and bulky for reading novels but essential for mags or pdfs. It took me quite awhile to be able tolerate backlighting but now I am okay with it so I usually read on either small galaxy or the kindle 3. Kindle 3 is lightest and thinest of them all.
One question I always wanted to ask you since you seem to post the same things all the time: Do you type those responses every single time or are you at least smart enough to have them in a file somewhere so you can just copy and paste?
I generally agree; ePaper is far better for reading.
But lately I tend to read on my NookColor (just another big ol' eMirror
) when I'm at home and can control the lighting situation - reading on that thing, or others eMirrors like the iPad, outside is just impossible though.
One question I always wanted to ask you since you seem to post the same things all the time: Do you type those responses every single time or are you at least smart enough to have them in a file somewhere so you can just copy and paste?
It's not my fault you don't like to hear that reading Trek on a Kindle is suboptimal compared to reading Trek on an ePub capable reader.
While it is true there are ebook versions in ePub format that does not mean they are not available on Kindle.....
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Uni...UO2M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316490733&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Fro...?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1316490860&sr=1-2
One question I always wanted to ask you since you seem to post the same things all the time: Do you type those responses every single time or are you at least smart enough to have them in a file somewhere so you can just copy and paste?
It's not my fault you don't like to hear that reading Trek on a Kindle is suboptimal compared to reading Trek on an ePub capable reader.
Especially when you are stealing them!
One question I always wanted to ask you since you seem to post the same things all the time: Do you type those responses every single time or are you at least smart enough to have them in a file somewhere so you can just copy and paste?
It's not my fault you don't like to hear that reading Trek on a Kindle is suboptimal compared to reading Trek on an ePub capable reader.
You're evasive answer tells me everything I wanted to know.
JWolf, there's nothing suboptimal about reading on a Kindle in Mobi/AZW format. Mobi/AZW can do everything ePub can do if the information is there to enable it. It goes back to GIGO, you get out what you put in.
One question I always wanted to ask you since you seem to post the same things all the time: Do you type those responses every single time or are you at least smart enough to have them in a file somewhere so you can just copy and paste?
It's not my fault you don't like to hear that reading Trek on a Kindle is suboptimal compared to reading Trek on an ePub capable reader.
I'm actually getting sick and tired of you dissing the Kindle at every opportunity and plugging the Sony, and I'm sure others are too. One would you had stock in the company. I had a Sony Reader, the PRS-505, and compared to even the Kindle 1, the Sony was subpar.
There may eventually be one format for eBooks, and while it may be ePub or AZW, it is just as likely to be something different. When someone comes out with the new format and its made an industry standard, like mp3 for music, ALL eReaders will have to have software upgrades to accommodate it.
At the moment, Amazon has a lock on the Kindle so people that have one can either get books from Amazon or break the law and illegally acquire them from elsewhere, which I don't do because the authors deserve compensation for their work. Yes, everyone other than Amazon is using ePub, for now, but telling Kindle owners that they are doing something suboptimal, to use your word, is insulting.
We have free will to make choices. I experimented with the Sony devices available last year, the Nook and the Kindle and my preference was for a Kindle because it did what I wanted it to do at the price which was most convenient for me. I don't want bells and whistles coming out the wazoo. I wanted a device that let me download a book without being tied to a wifi hotspot or my computer, that let me read a book for hours on end without hurting my eyes and for a price that I could afford.
I ended up getting a Kindle as a present for Christmas last year and I couldn't be happier with it, so I ask, politely, that you refrain from insulting my choice for eReader because your opinion differs.
Just a couple or words on the two above parts. First, I agree completely. Opinions are nice but when it becomes a constant attack it does become tedious. I think it is certainly a matter of personal preference as to which device to own.
Second, just to be clear, you do not have to buy all your Kindle books just from Amazon. Bookwise, Pragmatic programmer and most ebook sellers allow you to buy books that are compatible with the Kindle and you can upload them to the kindle. The ebook sellers want to sell to the Kindle crowd since it is the largest customer base. The thing to note about buyng from other than Amazon is you miss out on the sync feature among seperate devices but otherwise they are just fine.
Smitty, I should have clarified. I was specifically referring to mainstream publishing, not those books by small presses that stick stuff on Smashwords, or Bookwise, or Crazy 8, etc. I'm aware that there are several sites that allow you to buy books for the Kindle.
Yeah, this sums up my feelings and experience pretty well, although I went with the Nook over the Kindle. But the only reason I picked it over the Kindle was mainly for the in store stuff you can do with the Nook.JWolf, there's nothing suboptimal about reading on a Kindle in Mobi/AZW format. Mobi/AZW can do everything ePub can do if the information is there to enable it. It goes back to GIGO, you get out what you put in.One question I always wanted to ask you since you seem to post the same things all the time: Do you type those responses every single time or are you at least smart enough to have them in a file somewhere so you can just copy and paste?
It's not my fault you don't like to hear that reading Trek on a Kindle is suboptimal compared to reading Trek on an ePub capable reader.
I'm actually getting sick and tired of you dissing the Kindle at every opportunity and plugging the Sony, and I'm sure others are too. One would you had stock in the company. I had a Sony Reader, the PRS-505, and compared to even the Kindle 1, the Sony was subpar.
There may eventually be one format for eBooks, and while it may be ePub or AZW, it is just as likely to be something different. When someone comes out with the new format and its made an industry standard, like mp3 for music, ALL eReaders will have to have software upgrades to accommodate it.
At the moment, Amazon has a lock on the Kindle so people that have one can either get books from Amazon or break the law and illegally acquire them from elsewhere, which I don't do because the authors deserve compensation for their work. Yes, everyone other than Amazon is using ePub, for now, but telling Kindle owners that they are doing something suboptimal, to use your word, is insulting.
We have free will to make choices. I experimented with the Sony devices available last year, the Nook and the Kindle and my preference was for a Kindle because it did what I wanted it to do at the price which was most convenient for me. I don't want bells and whistles coming out the wazoo. I wanted a device that let me download a book without being tied to a wifi hotspot or my computer, that let me read a book for hours on end without hurting my eyes and for a price that I could afford.
I ended up getting a Kindle as a present for Christmas last year and I couldn't be happier with it, so I ask, politely, that you refrain from insulting my choice for eReader because your opinion differs.
I'm honestly rather baffled by your obsession with the Sony Readers JWolf, I looked at it when I was considering e-readers and nothing I saw really made it stand out from the Nook and Kindle.
I'm not sure how a Droid X phone compares to an iPhone, but I actually read a couple books through the Kindle app on my iPhone before I got my Kindle and it wasn't a terrible experience. In fact that's part of what motivated me to go ahead and get a Kindle, which I love. I far prefer reading on my Kindle to reading on my iPhone, in part because the screen is a better size and in part because I better tolerate the e-ink screen over longer periods of time.
That is actually not the case.
Actually, I think it's only a very limited beta test in the Seattle area for now. I've seen a few posts on the MobileRead Amazon forum concerning them from users that have tried them.
I'm really looking forward to the end of a successful beta and an official roll-out really soon though.
- Byron
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=140
BrotherBenny,
Trust me, I'm on your side as far as being sick and tired of reading JWolf's retreads and Kindle bashing but your statement about mobi/azw being able to everything ePub can do just isn't factual. Mobi is a very old standard in computer/ebook terms and is based on a much older html standard. There are just formatting tricks that mobi isn't capable of, period, not to mention embedded fonts, which mobi cannot do.
Now, many readers, including myself, aren't all that concerned about those features. Many couldn't care less period. Still, regardless if you care about these features or not, it's just not factual to go around saying things like "Mobi/AZW can do everything ePub can do if the information is there to enable it" because, put simply, it can't.
As for me, I love my Kindle 3. Would I love to see epub compatibility, embedded fonts and more features? Sure I would. Do I want them badly enough to buy something other than my K3? No way. I'll keep reading on my K3 until it dies or until Amazon comes along with a better eink-based reader for the same or better money.
Just trying to set the record straight.
- Byron
The Kindle page says 11,000 libraries - I'm assuming there are not 11,000 libraries in Seattle?
Edit: I've just checked, it's rolling out all over the US according to the folks at mobileread.
I sit corrected, I very happily so. I just checked and my local library also now shows Kindle Book as an option for pretty much every ebook they had before.
That must've been one really short-lived beta.
Woo hoo! Library books for my Kindle!
^From what I understood the AZW format that Amazon uses (which is based on MOBI but more advanced) should be able to do embedded fonts and other formatting things but they're switched off to make the files smaller to better fit on the Kindle.
Anyways, I'm going to check my local library to see if they have Kindle content.
Anyways, I'm going to check my local library to see if they have Kindle content.
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