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Originally Posted by Lilly
1) Why the cover don't fit? It's not secure and the Kindle keeps slipping off when I'm holding it.  |
I found that the plastic tab wasn't glued very well and it slipped too deeply into the slot in the cover. So, I grabbed my hemostats, pulled out the tab to just the right depth and glued it in with Super Glue. I can now hold my cover by the spine and shake it up & down and the Kindle doesn't fall out. If I drop the whole thing, the tab will sometimes snatch the back cover off the Kindle.
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2) I'm so use to the Sony PRS505, I can't seem to find a comfortable hold for the Kindle. Am I suppose to read with the cover off?
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Different people hold the kindle differently. I read with the cover on. This is how I normally hold the device when reading:
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2) I keep accidently pressing the page turn button, does it get better?
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Yes. Now the only time the button gets pressed accidentally is when I'm handing it to someone else. I will try to set a bookmark before I hand it off and that way I never lose my place.
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3) I just attached the USB cable to get a few book samples but they did not show up until I turned the wireless thing on; am I doing something wrong?
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No, you did nothing wrong. Samples are only delivered via the Whispernet. That's the only thing you cannot get if you're outside of the USA or in an area not served by the Sprint network used by the Kindle.
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4) I have not yet purchased a book but do I need to turn on the wireless after I purchase a book for it to show up?
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No, you don't *have* to turn on the wireless after purchasing a book via the browser. You can download to your PC and then transfer to the Kindle via the USB cable. To download to your PC, click the link saying "Manage Your Kindle" in the Kindle store header. After signing in with your userID and password, you'll see the download links at the bottom of the page under a title saying "Your orders and individual charges".
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5) Is the book loaded on the harddrive? I guess what I'm asking is it possible to convert amazon's books and read them on my Sony now that I can buy books from them?
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I've not converted a book purchased from Amazon. Several people report that they have copied books from the Kindle to their hard drive, renamed it from .azw to .prc, and used the MobiDeDRM program to remove the DRM which allows them to read it on another MobiPocket device.
I'm not particularly interested in moving books from Kindle to Sony or Sony to Kindle. One reason why I bought the Sony was to avoid having to do the format shifting to read books that were only available in Sony format. (And particularly since the software to extract the book from a Sony file is less capable than that used to convert MobiPocket to another format.)
They are what they are and I'm enjoying each reader for its own capabilities.
By the way, my hubby surprised me last weekend by giving me the Sony cover with the light-wedge in it. Definitely a plus for reading in the car late at night. The normal book lights bother the driver and I'm not eager to climb into the back seat to keep from annoying him. I'll just load up the Sony reader and the Kindle and then move back and forth during our upcoming road trip.