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Originally Posted by JeremyR
Surprisingly heavy after you read for a while. Seems like I must need to build up my wrist muscles or something, but after a few minutes I have to prop it up. Actually, seems to be top-heavy.
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Its a thin object and the way you're holding it means that its acting like a lever. I did the very unscientific test of balancing my Kindle on a pencil and its not noticeably top or bottom heavy.
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Originally Posted by JeremyR
How it goes to sleep seemingly moments after I set it down. If there is no burn in with e-ink, why not just keep it there?
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It goes to sleep to save battery not to save the screen. When it is asleep, the only way to wake it is the power buton on the bottom. If it left the last page visible whilst asleep then you'd get people complaining that their Kindle "died" because its not responding to any keys. It only monitors the power button as its less complicated and more power efficient to do so than to monitor every key.
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Originally Posted by JeremyR
And while it's something of a paradox, having the instructions on how to use the e-reader actually on the e-reader is kind of problematic. When you want to look something up and you're not familiar with using the e-reader, it's kind of frustrating having to use it to look it up.
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You can download the Kindle app for PC or Mac and read it there. I know it isn't quite the same as having the documentation in the box but it'll make it easier to read IMO.
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Originally Posted by JeremyR
Also, this isn't a Kindle problem, but more Amazon. I had "bought" a bunch of free ebooks from Amazon, classics. Only when they were delivered, they were formatted horribly, in some cases basically unreadable.
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Are they actually published by Amazon or a proper publisher? Anybody including me and you can create books to sell on the store so you have just ended up with some badly made ones.