MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - iPad owners, please answer this for me (saving clips)

worknman · 04-06-2010, 02:36 AM

I would very much like to buy an iPad as a replacement for my Kindle. (Guess I am one of those weird individuals who actually like reading on a backlit screen.) However, there's one thing I need to know, and I'm getting conflicting information about this on another site, so was hoping you guys could help me out:

On my Kindle, there is a feature where I can highlight text and copy 'clips' to a text file, which I can then transfer to my PC and copy it to my hard drive. Is it possible to do this on the iPad with the iBooks and the Kindle app? (In some books on the Kindle, there is a limit to how many clips you can make, but I have all my Kindle ebooks un-DRM'd, so that hasn't been a problem as of yet.) Not having this feature on the iPad would be a deal breaker for me, so I really need to know.

Also, did Amazon put the dictionary feature in the Kindle iPad app, or is it just a barebones kind of thing?

04-06-2010, 02:36 AM	#1
worknman Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle	iPad owners, please answer this for me (saving clips) I would very much like to buy an iPad as a replacement for my Kindle. (Guess I am one of those weird individuals who actually like reading on a backlit screen.) However, there's one thing I need to know, and I'm getting conflicting information about this on another site, so was hoping you guys could help me out: On my Kindle, there is a feature where I can highlight text and copy 'clips' to a text file, which I can then transfer to my PC and copy it to my hard drive. Is it possible to do this on the iPad with the iBooks and the Kindle app? (In some books on the Kindle, there is a limit to how many clips you can make, but I have all my Kindle ebooks un-DRM'd, so that hasn't been a problem as of yet.) Not having this feature on the iPad would be a deal breaker for me, so I really need to know. Also, did Amazon put the dictionary feature in the Kindle iPad app, or is it just a barebones kind of thing?