[Gary_M_Mugford]

Hello,

I have a Paperwhite 3 that is serving me admirably. But nothing's perfect and I have two issues that are nits and nags, rather than showstopping problems.

[1] I have a financially-modest (yeah, your interpretation of CHEAP is correct) cover shell for the PW3. Does a great job and I've put some velcro on the back to attach it to my organizer when I go out and about. BUT, closing the shell doesn't always work in putting the Kindle into sleep mode without the backlighting. I reckon it works maybe half the time. I then open and close it until it demonstrates success by having the small sliver of light along the long edge wink out. But there are times I don't have time to play Peekaboo and I just close it and move on. To the detriment (I assume) of my battery life on that charge.

IS there something I can or should do about this, beyond the obvious purchase of a higher end shell or use the power button itself?

[2] The setting for progress that I prefer is Pages Left in Chapter. Or it might be minutes. The PW3 is in another room while I'm doing this posting on the spur of the moment whim. Whatever, the fact is that every third or fourth reading session requires me to goto the settings and renew my preference, since I don't want Time left in Book or nothing, which the erratic Kindle seems to pick randomly as my choice.

IS there anything I should look for in making my preferences actually stick?

Lastly, the fact is that I download all my books from Amazon to my computer and load them from there. I've been running in Airline mode since day one. I've been doing this ever since the 1984 issue. I get backup copies of the book PLUS, I can have versions if the book is something that gets updated (maybe 1 in a hundred books have that happen, in my experience with my purchases).

Thanks in advance for any help. GM