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Originally Posted by Philfy
I really like the idea of the front lit Kindle paperwight but that doesn't read epubs - I do have calibre so could convert them but am worried about loss of formatting and ggetting them onto the device in the first place.
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I have an old Kindle 3 and all my books are pretty much in ePub format. I had the same doubts you have when I bought it. But I've been reading on this device for over 3 years and frankly, converting ePub to Mobi with Calibre is transparent and pretty much nothing is lost in linear fiction (I can't speak for more complex books). You plug the device in your computer, Calibre detects it, you choose the book(s) you want to send to your Kindle, then Calibre asks you if you want to convert them before sending them, you click yes and that's about it. A few seconds later (the more books the longer it takes, obviously) you got the books on your Kindle.
I keep all my books in ePub because it's an open format and most of the time I re-format them and play with the CSS a bit before uploading them on a device and I've never had any problems with Calibre conversion.
Good luck with the shopping!
(As I was saying in
another thread, I'm also really tempted by the new Kindle Paperwhite, seems very nice. I never saw the actual device but reading reviews around it seems you can't really go wrong with this choice.)