Thread: 1st time purchase, no clue what to look for.
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Old 11-29-2016, 03:24 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by w33 View Post
Decided to grab Paperwhite and see how I feel about that. If it's fine I'll just grab oasis or whatever the 'cool' model is when it breaks or if it lasts me long enough. I'll just have to be a bit careful in the bath tub. And if not my kind of thing I know what the other options are now.

Is there any piece of software other than Calibre that I'll need?
An excellent choice, especially if you got it at the recent discounted price. The high-res screen with front light is one of the best available, and it will let you see how you get on with an ereader.

I'd recommend adding in Apprentice Alf's calibre plugin from the tools archive. This will remove the DRM from Kindle ebooks as they are imported into calibre.

You might also want to install Kindle for PC (or Mac) from Amazon's website, as books imported from your Paperwhite will only have B&W covers. Downloading them through Kindle for PC and importing those versions into calibre will give colour covers in calibre.
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