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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
Disclaimer: I might be wrong about the Amazon stuff here. Get advice from folks that know them better than me.
If you bought your books through amazon, they will remain in your account, and you will be able to download them to your new Kindle, if you decide to get one.
If your books are sideloaded, then you can just drag them to a folder on your computer.
If you wish to back up your amazon books, you will have to install calibre and a de-drm plugin. It takes an element of technical know-how.
If you want to put amazon books on a non-amazon e-reader, you'll have to follow a similar process.
Regarding the page turn control, yeah, that's annoying. Seriously, you can't turn pages by tapping either side? Ick! Hopefully someone on here can provide you with a solution. I am able to set my ereader up to do that, but I use an Onyx reader.
I A Kobo can do it with Koreader, but it takes a little technical know-how. It depends on your level of understanding. I don't know exactly how ambidextrous Kobo controls are out of the box, but for sure they are better than what you describe with your Kindle.
Also, it depends on your budget. The new bigger Kobos and the Oasis are ambidextrous and have buttons.
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Yes, well I need to reformat this one to try & fix the existing issue, but I don't want some Amazon rep telling me what I can & can't put on my Kindle. SMH.
I could just copy the .mobi books over to the folder as well, I just wanted to make sure that was all going to work.
I'm not sure you understand what I mean by the page turning buttons. They aren't software, they are actual physical buttons, so I don't know how you could add them to an e-reader that wasn't already manufactured that way.
Oh I see, you are saying tapping. No, you don't tap the glass, they are buttons you just click on.
Trust me, if you knew about this feature, you would be upset that you have to use 2 hands to turn the page.
I hold the reader in either hand (I'm a righty, not a lefty, but sometimes I hold it in my left hand) & when I turn the page, I just use my thumb. The hand doesn't move at all.
It makes reading that much faster actually & like I said, ergonomic & user friendly.
Yeh, I have seen the prices & I can't budget out for $200-300.
I don't need bells & whistles or more then the screen size I have now which i think is 6", as that would be too big & heavy, I just need to read my books & be able to turn the bloody pages LOL Even though the lighting isn't great great, I don't notice any issues.
I wanted to add that I need the dictionary, but the admins here have it set that you can't edit your post after 5 mins.
And now that I know that Amazon stops you from uploading files/books that aren't .mobi onto the newer Kindles, that's going to be an issue.
I use Calibre, but only for converting files into .mobi or back into Word doc b/c now that I'm doing my activism work, I need to be able to search for keywords in a book & also copy text onto my Evernote so I can educate people & write articles.
Thanks for your help.