02-05-2010, 04:10 PM | #1 |
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To all you Kindle Owners....
I just bought a sony 900 yesterday and so far I love it. The prices in the Kindle store seem soooo much better though! I still have time to return if I choose so I just wanted some feedback from those of you with Kindles that have been using them for a while and shop the Amazon store as opposed to others.
Do you have the capability to shop other ebook stores? Can you view news feeds such as PC World, Mac World, etc. as I can on my Sony with Calibre? Im very new to the whole ebook device thing! I have researched and researched before making my decision. WAs going to purchase Dear John this morning to read and the difference in price was like $6!!!! $9.99 on Sony and everything else and about $4 on Amazon! Do you use your text-to-speech often? What other feature do you like on the Kindle ? Why did you go with Kindle and not another device despite the DRM issues ? Thanks! |
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02-05-2010, 04:46 PM | #3 | ||||
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You're going to have to deal with DRM issues regardless, at least if you want to shop at any of the big stores, and if they all institute new, uncrackable DRM tomorrow Amazon will likely continue to have a bigger selection than the Adobe stores or the upcoming Apple store. In the meantime, for the odd book I can't find at Amazon (or that I find elsewhere cheaper - if you're price-conscious, check out Inkmesh and Add-All) it's easy enough to disinfect, load into calibre, and convert. Ultimately my decision to buy a Kindle was driven by the feel of the device itself in my hands, honestly. I hate touch-screens, and I really like the big, conveniently-placed, previous/next page buttons on the Kindle, which are the "interface" I deal with 95% of the time, after all. The keyboard is nice when doing searches in the text or on the Web, and for doing annotations and making notes. |
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02-05-2010, 04:57 PM | #4 |
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You can buy ebooks for Kindle from stores with non-DRM Mobipocket format, like Multiformat books at Fictionwise, all the books at Baen Books (www.webscription.net), Smashwords, etc. I buy quite a few from Baen, and a few from Fictionwise.
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02-05-2010, 05:18 PM | #5 |
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What everyone else said. I know how to deal with DRM, so there is no format I can't convert (except LRX but that's been phased out anyway).
When I when I was looking to purchase my K1, I didn't know about other ebook readers but I am researcher when it comes to big purchases. I Googled myself silly (well not myself but the Kindle) and I learned about other ebook readers. At the time I decided to go with either the Kindle 1 or the Sony 505... Amazon's content and pricing won out and I have never regretted my purchase. I went on to buy 2 Kindle 2s and recently added a 505 to my collection. I really like the 505 but I still mostly read the Kindle 2... I just prefer it. |
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02-05-2010, 05:22 PM | #6 |
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I occaisionally read magazines on my Kindle, but imo greyscale detracts from the experience.
Do you use your text-to-speech often? I've probably used it 5-6 times while using Kindles. What other feature do you like on the Kindle ? Screen quality is great, I can read for hours. The UI is also pretty good, it doesn't crash, the battery life is great. Why did you go with Kindle and not another device despite the DRM issues ? Very simple - price of Kindle ebooks. You can strip the DRM on Kindle books (which imo is essential, so you have backups). They are great readers, but I'm moving on soon to an iPad simply because I am an avid comic reader. I have only briefly used the Sony e-readers, but if somone came to me asking about dedicated e-readers I would happily recommend Kindle. |
02-05-2010, 05:54 PM | #7 |
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Hi parias1126,
For nearly one year I went with Sony-devices. I started with PRS-505, which I still somehow like, then tried out the PRS-700 and the PRS-600 and was absolutely unhappy with the screen and note-taking-function. Since about one week I own a KindleDX international now and I really LOVE it. As said above: the touchscreens of the Sony PRS-600 and PRS-700 have never been the right thing for me, I didn't like the bad contrast due to the touchscreen, the fingerprints etc. Now the KindleDX is perfect for me: I love the big size, the wonderful screen (even better than the screen of the PRS-505), the note-taking-function, the very easy way to download books directly wirelessly, no matter where I am, the great function to receive newspapers and magazines wirelessly, the dictionary and I also love the text-to-speech-function. My English is far away from being perfect and it helps a lot to read an English ebook and listen to it at the same time. I would never change my KindleDX against one of the Sony readers again - at least not until they might come out with something for me even better, but I don't think they'll give-up their way to create touchscreen-readers, which simply isn't the best choice for me. DRM on the Sony-devices in my opinion is even worse than the AmazonDRM is. Many of my friends had to give up, trying to get their devices autorized with ADE etc., etc. So many reasons for me to decide for the KindleDX, although here in Europe shopping of books in German language so far would be better at the shops, offering EPUB-books, as most of the German publishers decided for this standard so far. Greetings from Germany, Momo |
02-05-2010, 11:32 PM | #8 |
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I haven't bought anything from the Kindle store yet except a dictionary. I buy from Fictionwise, Sony and KKobo then 'liberate.' When Kindle for Mac comes out and I can get these books de-drm'd, I may start buying Kindle books too.
I have a Sony 505 and what prompted me to upgrade was the desire for an on-board dictionary in a language other than English, and the text to speech feature. I have used both of these extensively since I got the Kindle and am very happy with my purchase. |
02-05-2010, 11:58 PM | #9 |
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I was not nearly as thoughtful as Daffy - a client told me the kindle was the greatest thing since sliced bread, and I googled it, found out Oprah thought that, too, and I bought it. The feature I like the best, and I like it a lot better in the newer kindle, is the dictionary. All those words I never bothered to learn the precise meaning of, because I could get close enough through context, were now just a click away.
I only buy about 1/3 of my books from Amazon - mostly the more expensive, current fiction. Everything else comes from other ebook sites, or the library. The Sony lets you read library books without any extra steps, and I would see that as its biggest advantage. |
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02-06-2010, 06:48 AM | #12 |
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The Millenium trilogy, now that's a good series. It's been an immensely success first the books and now the films. Glad to see some Swedish authors making it outside of Sweden.
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02-06-2010, 07:58 AM | #14 |
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Hey parias1126 - Welcome. I have a Sony 505, 900 and Kindle2 and have also had the Astak Pocket Pro. My favorite for just reading is the 505 - it has the best display, but I love the prices at Amazon -- which is why I bought the Kindle2. This was before Kindle4PC though. If you are simply looking for access to the Amazon store then K4PC may be the way to go if you are willing to get up to speed on drm-stripping and conversion (Calibre works great).
The thing I like most about the kindle is the navigation and I typically read news on it but read novels and non-fiction books on my Sony (900 mostly the last couple of weeks). I do not use Text to Speech -- if I were into that I've just buy audio books as that reading and voice is much more pleasing. I love my 900 btw, but the kindle2 is no slouch either and the as I said the display on the 505 is still the best I've seen for eInk. |
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