I have had a kindle paperwhite for years. Love it.
Me too. I was always in the camp of wanting real books. But the kindle is so handy. Stores thousands of books. Also like the highlight feature, and built in Thesaurus.
I've had a Kindle for a while. I purchased it without thinking to much about content. I don't like being tied into Amazon products, I'm also going to ditch the Ring doorbell too.
Anyway, I want something similar to my Kindle Paperwhite, so a5 size(ish), lightweight and with a superlong battery. Please don't suggest muti-purpose tablets as already have a Samsung Tab.
I've had a Kobo for years, and I recommend it. You can take out ebooks from the library. Various models available.
I have had a kindle paperwhite for years. Love it.
Me too. I was always in the camp of wanting real books. But the kindle is so handy. Stores thousands of books. Also like the highlight feature, and built in Thesaurus.
Mine is sluggish when i'm settings or looking through the library, basically anything when i'm not looking at words on a page. Is that normal? I think i have the 11th verson.
I've used audiology on and off over the years but since Spotify started doing audio books (if you're on a family plan, the main account holder gets access!), I'm 'reading' (ok, listening) to a book over average every 4-5 days when I start.
Currently listening to Sir Chris Hoy's autobiography on the train.
I've used audiology on and off over the years but since Spotify started doing audio books (if you're on a family plan, the main account holder gets access!), I'm 'reading' (ok, listening) to a book over average every 4-5 days when I start.
Currently listening to Sir Chris Hoy's autobiography on the train.
I used to read two books a week quite regularly but now I just listen to them on Spotify. I have never owned a Kindle unlike my wife who has had a few over the years. Spotify is a great platform for lazy people like me, obviously it was the cheap music, (although not real high quality bitrate like Tidal but ok for the train), that got me first but their podcast section drew me to the spoken word and now their book section is something I'm on every day. I do sometimes reach their limit which can be annoying as I'm not paying extra, I wait until the following month and go elsewhere. There are a couple of draw backs for me with audio books, one is the character accents which I never imagined when reading and the other is concentrating on the stories or subjects, I find real books hold my mind better.
I've had a Kindle for a while. I purchased it without thinking to much about content. I don't like being tied into Amazon products, I'm also going to ditch the Ring doorbell too.
Anyway, I want something similar to my Kindle Paperwhite, so a5 size(ish), lightweight and with a superlong battery. Please don't suggest muti-purpose tablets as already have a Samsung Tab.
Keep the kindle and torrent your books.
ha! Nice idea. Is that straightforward? Or will I have to Jailbreak my Kindle?
Super easy - you can download epub files from loads of sites out there, Anna's Archive is a good one and then you can drop them to your Kindle via Amazon https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle
Is Anna's Archive illegal? I've been reading ebooks I downloaded from that site - can't buy foreign books here (too expensive even if we could) so Anna's Archive is my sole source of books. I was never a "reader" but I've read quite many books since I found that site earlier this year. I didn't mention the site in my post in the book recommendation thread a couple of months ago but I must admit I'd be devastated if sites like that got shut down one day😅
I've used audiology on and off over the years but since Spotify started doing audio books (if you're on a family plan, the main account holder gets access!), I'm 'reading' (ok, listening) to a book over average every 4-5 days when I start.
Currently listening to Sir Chris Hoy's autobiography on the train.
I used to read two books a week quite regularly but now I just listen to them on Spotify. I have never owned a Kindle unlike my wife who has had a few over the years. Spotify is a great platform for lazy people like me, obviously it was the cheap music, (although not real high quality bitrate like Tidal but ok for the train), that got me first but their podcast section drew me to the spoken word and now their book section is something I'm on every day. I do sometimes reach their limit which can be annoying as I'm not paying extra, I wait until the following month and go elsewhere. There are a couple of draw backs for me with audio books, one is the character accents which I never imagined when reading and the other is concentrating on the stories or subjects, I find real books hold my mind better.
I have to say I much prefer listening to an autobiography with the real voice of the author. That proper draws me in.
I'm up to chapter 5 of Sir Chris' book (about 40% in) and he has spoken every word so far. Fingers crossed it continues. A lot of books will have the authors voice for the first couple of chapters then they sign off and get someone else to read for them until the last chapter when they come back. I'm looking at you Stuart Broad CBE.
I walk an awful lot during a week and it makes a change listening to a book rather than listening to Talksport.
Next on the list - Jimmy Anderson and Hugo Lloris' books.
I would struggle to sit still and read a proper book now. Occasionally I do but it really is very occasional. Far too many distractions around the house to sit still. Didn't even manage to read a book on holiday a few weeks ago, resorted to walking and audiobooks again.
I've had a Kindle for a while. I purchased it without thinking to much about content. I don't like being tied into Amazon products, I'm also going to ditch the Ring doorbell too.
Anyway, I want something similar to my Kindle Paperwhite, so a5 size(ish), lightweight and with a superlong battery. Please don't suggest muti-purpose tablets as already have a Samsung Tab.
Keep the kindle and torrent your books.
ha! Nice idea. Is that straightforward? Or will I have to Jailbreak my Kindle?
Super easy - you can download epub files from loads of sites out there, Anna's Archive is a good one and then you can drop them to your Kindle via Amazon https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle
Is Anna's Archive illegal? I've been reading ebooks I downloaded from that site - can't buy foreign books here (too expensive even if we could) so Anna's Archive is my sole source of books. I was never a "reader" but I've read quite many books since I found that site earlier this year. I didn't mention the site in my post in the book recommendation thread a couple of months ago but I must admit I'd be devastated if sites like that got shut down one day😅
There’s a huge community on WeChat for sharing ebooks, loads of stuff you won’t find on Anna’s Archive. I’ll add you if you want.
I have had a kindle paperwhite for years. Love it.
Me too. I was always in the camp of wanting real books. But the kindle is so handy. Stores thousands of books. Also like the highlight feature, and built in Thesaurus.
Mine is sluggish when i'm settings or looking through the library, basically anything when i'm not looking at words on a page. Is that normal? I think i have the 11th verson.
Yeah mines a bit slow to load screen in library, can take a couple of seconds. Not sure if there's a software update. TBH it's no big deal for me.
I've had a Kindle for a while. I purchased it without thinking to much about content. I don't like being tied into Amazon products, I'm also going to ditch the Ring doorbell too.
Anyway, I want something similar to my Kindle Paperwhite, so a5 size(ish), lightweight and with a superlong battery. Please don't suggest muti-purpose tablets as already have a Samsung Tab.
Keep the kindle and torrent your books.
ha! Nice idea. Is that straightforward? Or will I have to Jailbreak my Kindle?
Super easy - you can download epub files from loads of sites out there, Anna's Archive is a good one and then you can drop them to your Kindle via Amazon https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle
Is Anna's Archive illegal? I've been reading ebooks I downloaded from that site - can't buy foreign books here (too expensive even if we could) so Anna's Archive is my sole source of books. I was never a "reader" but I've read quite many books since I found that site earlier this year. I didn't mention the site in my post in the book recommendation thread a couple of months ago but I must admit I'd be devastated if sites like that got shut down one day😅
There’s a huge community on WeChat for sharing ebooks, loads of stuff you won’t find on Anna’s Archive. I’ll add you if you want.
I’m on my second Kindle and its 7 years old. My main gripe is that if Iz’m reading a non-fiction book its likely to contain some graphs or maps. They are basically unreadable on mine. They are supposed to enlsrge but dont in any way that makes them readable.
I’m on my second Kindle and its 7 years old. My main gripe is that if Iz’m reading a non-fiction book its likely to contain some graphs or maps. They are basically unreadable on mine. They are supposed to enlsrge but dont in any way that makes them readable.
So do the new ones do it better?
My Kindle Paperwhite does but it’s in black and white and still poor quality
I’m on my second Kindle and its 7 years old. My main gripe is that if Iz’m reading a non-fiction book its likely to contain some graphs or maps. They are basically unreadable on mine. They are supposed to enlsrge but dont in any way that makes them readable.
So do the new ones do it better?
Speaking of maps, they are definitely the one and only downside of ebooks for me. I was reading "Red Platoon", a book about a US combat outpost in Afghanistan which was almost overrun by the Taliban. (There was a movie a few years ago about the battle named "The Outpost") The book has a map in the first page and it was inconvenient for me to turn to it while reading the book. In the end I gave up and only got a very vague idea of the various positions mentioned by the author, thus affecting my understanding of the whole battle. This has been the same case for me every time I read an ebook with maps....😅
I’m on my second Kindle and its 7 years old. My main gripe is that if Iz’m reading a non-fiction book its likely to contain some graphs or maps. They are basically unreadable on mine. They are supposed to enlsrge but dont in any way that makes them readable.
So do the new ones do it better?
Speaking of maps, they are definitely the one and only downside of ebooks for me. I was reading "Red Platoon", a book about a US combat outpost in Afghanistan which was almost overrun by the Taliban. (There was a movie a few years ago about the battle named "The Outpost") The book has a map in the first page and it was inconvenient for me to turn to it while reading the book. In the end I gave up and only got a very vague idea of the various positions mentioned by the author, thus affecting my understanding of the whole battle. This has been the same case for me every time I read an ebook with maps....😅
This is something I have noticed, as a shirt term fix I'd Google the book and the maps and have not been let down yet by google images
I’m on my second Kindle and its 7 years old. My main gripe is that if Iz’m reading a non-fiction book its likely to contain some graphs or maps. They are basically unreadable on mine. They are supposed to enlsrge but dont in any way that makes them readable.
So do the new ones do it better?
Speaking of maps, they are definitely the one and only downside of ebooks for me. I was reading "Red Platoon", a book about a US combat outpost in Afghanistan which was almost overrun by the Taliban. (There was a movie a few years ago about the battle named "The Outpost") The book has a map in the first page and it was inconvenient for me to turn to it while reading the book. In the end I gave up and only got a very vague idea of the various positions mentioned by the author, thus affecting my understanding of the whole battle. This has been the same case for me every time I read an ebook with maps....😅
This is something I have noticed, as a shirt term fix I'd Google the book and the maps and have not been let down yet by google images
Yeah that is probably OK if you read the book on your Kindle and search for the maps on your mobile phone. I read ebooks on my mobile phone so basically I have to either use another phone or a desktop computer to do that, which is as inconvenient as "flipping" back to the map page within the eBook😆 Anyway, this is the tiny gripe I have with ebooks. I think oveall it's much more convenient to read ebooks than physical copies.
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I've used audiology on and off over the years but since Spotify started doing audio books (if you're on a family plan, the main account holder gets access!), I'm 'reading' (ok, listening) to a book over average every 4-5 days when I start.
Currently listening to Sir Chris Hoy's autobiography on the train.
Spotify is a great platform for lazy people like me, obviously it was the cheap music, (although not real high quality bitrate like Tidal but ok for the train), that got me first but their podcast section drew me to the spoken word and now their book section is something I'm on every day. I do sometimes reach their limit which can be annoying as I'm not paying extra, I wait until the following month and go elsewhere. There are a couple of draw backs for me with audio books, one is the character accents which I never imagined when reading and the other is concentrating on the stories or subjects, I find real books hold my mind better.
I'm up to chapter 5 of Sir Chris' book (about 40% in) and he has spoken every word so far. Fingers crossed it continues. A lot of books will have the authors voice for the first couple of chapters then they sign off and get someone else to read for them until the last chapter when they come back. I'm looking at you Stuart Broad CBE.
I walk an awful lot during a week and it makes a change listening to a book rather than listening to Talksport.
Next on the list - Jimmy Anderson and Hugo Lloris' books.
I would struggle to sit still and read a proper book now. Occasionally I do but it really is very occasional. Far too many distractions around the house to sit still. Didn't even manage to read a book on holiday a few weeks ago, resorted to walking and audiobooks again.
So do the new ones do it better?