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Originally Posted by Readirect

The screensaver thing is perhaps useful to some but if you have the thing in a case, a screensaver is rarely seen anyway.

I have a cover, and I see it. Though, I have a KT which doesn't auto-wake.

The Collections thing? Maybe but I never got it to work

Can't think why, it is quite easy. Care to elaborate?

No, the ONLY real reason to jailbreak that I've found is to neuter the gawd-awful Kindle software by installing another reader ... and it is a HUGE reason that everyone who (still) has a firmware which *can* be jailbroken *should* jailbreak. Jailbreak, put KoReader on the device, and a whole bunch of things get better.

Ability to use epub which is a *much* better format than mobi.

I quite agree... so use AZW3.

Night mode

2 column landscape mode

Whatever makes YOU happy.

Improve the contrast of the display (this makes a HUGE difference for me)

Can't say I've noticed a problem.

Gain control of EVERY aspect of the formatting for the book directly. Make the margins disappear for edge-to-edge reading or change them to any value you want. Change the right-edge to ragged or justified. Change the font size to anything you wish. Add fonts. Change the font weighting. Change paragraph spacing & line spacing & indents to anything you want. And more. No need to send the ebook to calibre to do these things, KoReader does them for you. You can even set up multiple profiles to change this formatting on the fly if more than 1 uses the Kindle and they have different tastes.

Most people simply don't care, or they would have bought a Kobo. Incidentally, that is what I suggest you do.

Vastly improve "collections", which are now simply folders on the device instead of the idiotic Amazon approach. Changing collections is simply a matter of dragging & dropping using the PC/Mac.

What an absolutely horrifying idea. That is why the Nook and a few small-name manufacturers have never made it big.
Neither Amazon nor Kobo are so unwise.

Also, how do you propose putting one book in two collections?
How do you propose removing a book from the most common collection of all -- the To Be Read collection? Since you can ONLY manage collections from the PC...

Much (much) better PDF reader. PDF reading on a 6" device is painful, no matter what software is used but KoReader makes this far less painful than does Amazon. Text reflow and far more control of the displayed text are the reasons.

Good point, although I don't read PDF since even KOReader cannot make it truly pleasant, hence it is not on MY list of used hacks.

Note that virtually no devices get this right in the builtin firmware. Amazon is hardly unusual in this regard.

No need to wait for your Kindle to "re-index" for hours/(sometimes) days.

I call FUD. There is no need or purpose to waiting, as books show up almost instantly.

There are two indexers.
One adds books to the Content Catalog, and is blazingly fast.
One builds search indexes, and can take hours. It is only needed for search-inside-the-book, and works in the background. You can also disable it, the only purpose for which is to save battery drain (indexing new books eats battery life faster).

Does KOReader do text search at all?

Also, for the most part it sounds like you want a Kobo, so you should be aware that your diatribe against indexing actually makes sense... if you were talking about Kobo.

In other words, jailbreaking gives Kindle users the same features that Kobo

-- excuse me while I laugh about collections and indexing --

and every other device not named Kindle or Nook has *always* had (plus a few more). That's a pretty big thing.

You forgot "bad". Also, the Nook has those collections you crave.

I've a KPW1 & a KV. I only use the KV when the KPW1 is recharging because the KV can't be jailbroken. The KV has better hardware, the KPW1 is a better reading environment because jailbreaking.

The crazy thing is, Amazon could *easily* add these features themselves; they aren't radically new or special to KoReader because ALL good ebook-reading software has them. Amazon does NOT have good software and that's why you should jailbreak.

That is why you should buy a Kobo. Amazon has never marketed the Kindle for typography freaks.
Nothing wrong with loving typography, I simply don't share your feelings, and wonder why you shoot yourself in the kneecaps by using a Kindle. It is masochistic, plain and simple.