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Originally Posted by jackm8
Great screen, but you need to be a bit tech savvy to get the most out of it. As of now I've had only small problems with converting pdfs and comics into kfx format, but this may change, as Amazon appears to be cracking down on sideloaded content. So I really would recommend looking at other companies making 10'' readers, even though I still love mine.
Major problem is that it doesn't read sideloaded pdfs well, and it doesn't read comics formats at all, so you really need to convert those into their newest kfx format, and that's not as straightforward as it sounds. Their way is to send your files via their web app to your device. This has limit on file sizes, and may destroy quality in the process, that's why it's best to do that process locally, and this only works via command line tool that you can find on this forum.
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It is not that hard to convert a comic PDF to KFX comic format with Kindle Create, if you are willing to forgo panel view. Creating the panel views is not difficult either, but it takes time (panel auto-detect does not work very well except for traditional comic strip layout and some manga).
I am not seeing evidence Amazon is 'cracking down on side-loaded content'. I am guessing you are talking about circumstances where it 'gets removed'? But nobody has shared enough information to be able to reproduce this as far as I know. Imputing intent is premature until then, and with more information it might be something that could be avoided entirely. I've tried to reproduce but unsuccessfully.
You have a choice when it comes to Send To Kindle: create a fixed layout ePub (when I have created a comic KFX,
From KFX toolbar does a good job at creating ePub/PDF/CBZ), or send PDF to get converted to Print Replica format. The main issue with the latter is that Print Replica does not support facing pages (spreads), which are often found in comic books. Even with large displays, print replica will only display one page at a time.
You cannot get panel view (or 'advanced features' of print replica) with anything sent to Send To Kindle. Unfortunately it does not accept KPF.
The Scribe screen is fantastic for manga and B&W comics, and I have several I have done DIY. 8" screen is not big enough; 10" is just
adequate for 2 page spreads (manga work well as they generally have smaller page sizes to begin with than graphic novels).
I have a PocketBook InkPad Color 3 7.8" and while I think some improvements could be made for handing comics better, it's just not physically big enough. I may have to experiment with Kindle Comic Converter to see if its Panel View options would help.