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Originally Posted by cjottawa

I thought I didn't either. Then I bought a 3G Kindle and learned I could host my ebook library via DropBox. You might consider springing for this.

Good man. File formats are such a no-brainer so many people get held up on. eInk devices will hold a charge long enough to be a non-issue as well.

That's right formats is just the flavor of the day

• No built-in light: inexpensive (Amazon's cover: $35 - others $7.99+)
• With built-in light: Amazon's lighted cover: $60.
• Alternative: third party cover and a clip on light. (wait for a sale or it approaches the price of the lighted case)

I can only speak directly to the Kindle 3 by saying the collection system isn't overly advanced. It's designed for quickly "tagging" documents much like you add labels to Gmail inbox items.


Accessing the Table of Contents of a book is very easy on a Kindle and the "back" button works just like a web browser, making it a convenient "undo" when you end up in a spot you don't want to be.

If file format compatibility isn't intimidating to you, the Kindle font hacks won't likely be a problem either.

Amazon goes above and beyond. I have a thread on one issue I had, here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=102527

I can't say enough about how AWESOME Amazon's customer service is.


You sound tech savvy enough to manage whatever you get but I think you're going to miss out on some fun if you exclude the Kindle 3G+WiFi as an option.

I couldn't agree with you more. Your comments are spot on.

The only thing I would add is that with calibre and web service, I've found collections and disk space to be a non issue.

Calibre is great for tagging and sorting books and has a great mobile interface.

So if I ever need to find a book, I just point to my K2 to my calibre server and search away.
And since all my books are stored on my home PC I'll delete any books I don't need on my Kindle to keep the disk usage minimal.

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