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Originally Posted by SCION
Seems like I'm coming full circle, returning to Kindle. I had a Kindle 1 before jumping ship to Sony.
I bought the new NOOK, then sold it after getting the Kobo Touch. The Kobo's a nice device with excellent formatting options, but it has significant shortcomings including the Android app. The main issue is the bookstore is lacking in most of the non-fiction titles I seek. In fact, the only place I can get ALL the books I'm interested in, is Amazon. I know I can hunt and peck for titles at different places and sideload them, but I don't want to. I just want to browse the bookstore on my device, download a sample, and eventually click buy. So, I'm at the stage where I'm willing to get over the keyboard thing and lack of book covers on home screen and get the Kindle 3G with special offers for $139. I can live with the Kindle Android app, though I wish it were more visually appealing with more features, but at least it offers a Sepia background for reading. Would be nice to have access to a real dictionary too for a change (Oxford). Also, Whispersync is too important to keep ignoring.
I noticed there are no adjustments for margins. Are the margins generally very close to the sides? That's a positive to me; it's how I have the margin settings on my Kobo. One reason I got rid of the NOOK is because too much white space remained in the margins with the smallest setting (there are 3 choices). Are the font sizes good ones? In other words is there a big jump from one font size to another? I saw this mentioned with the current Sonys.
The new Sony is nice, but I know I'll never buy anything from their bookstore as they generally don't have what I want, including many fiction titles. So, I'm not even gonna bother going back to them at this time. Also, the Android app is sub-par.
I guess I'm just trying to talk myself into making the purchase.  |
Most Kindle books use Justification so yes they are close to the side, unless the creator of book chooses otherwise. I do run mine through Calibre to add a space after every paragraph and an indent of 1.3em of the first line of a paragraph. I use 5/5 as my margins in Calibre as well. I am picky that way.
I love my K3, the keyboard doesn't bother me but the weight does at times. I just use my 3Feet stand when I can't hold it any longer but it's a great eReader. Customer Support is top notch.
