Thread: Kindle Paperwhites - Gen 7 vs new Gen 11?
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Old 08-19-2022, 01:50 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by zaqxsw View Post
I bought a Gen 5 PW in 2012, then a Gen 7 PW in 2017. I'm now looking at a Gen 11 PW in 2022 mainly due to battery life on the Gen 7. I can live with it, but it seems I'm on a 5-year upgrade cycle.

Obviously, I can see the technical spec. differences online. My question has to do with what I can't see in the way it handles personal documents and Calibre processed eBooks.

None of my Kindle Gen 7 PW content is stored in the cloud. My personal documents are emailed to my Kindel's email address and then sent to my Gen 7 PW. They are not kept in the cloud. My eBooks are all manually downloaded to my computer, processed by Calibre in a .azw3 format using a plugin, and then side loaded into my PW. They all come from public eBook libraries or websites.

1) It there anything new I need to be aware of with the Gen 11 in my continuing to handle content in this way?

2) Am I able to directly copy my Gen 7 PW Documents folder over to the Gen 11 PW Documents folder through my computer? I would also copy the Calibre created eBook covers folder that Calibre creates to ensure covers remain intact.

3) Do I keep all of my covers, bookmarks, and notes doing this? When I moved to the Gen 7 from the Gen 5, I did this. The only issue was I did lose bookmarks and notes from my eBooks, but not from my personal documents. The new Gen 7 didn't like my copying the eBook folders, and wanted to create its own, hence the loss of bookmarks and notes. No problems with the actual eBook files themselves.

I know these are complicated questions unless someone has already done this.

Thanks for any replies!
How the PW5 handles content is the same as the PW3 with the same firmware version. If you are not syncing, forget emailing eBooks. That's would be a waste of time. It's best (IMHO) to copy your eBooks over to your (in use) Kindle via USB with Calibre.

The thing is, you now have to send ePub to Amazon and sometimes this will fail. We don't know yet what's causing the intermittent fail. It will never fail to put KF8 eBooks from Calibre to your Kindle.

If the content in your PW3 documents DIRECTORY has no DRM, you can copy it to the computer and then over to the PW5. Yes you will lose bookmarks and highlights from your eBooks.

Yes, it's pretty easy to go from the PW3 to the PW5.
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