G'day world...

ofey · 10-25-2010, 09:12 PM

Salutation
G'day from Melbourne, Australia.

Intro
Just got my first eBook reader yesterday. A Graphite Kindle3G with the lighted case.

Background
I am a Mac user (2 MacBooks: 1 white&1 Black and a Hackintoshed Dell Mini 10V) who came over from Linux after growing tired of tweaking and after a childhood hating Windows.
My other mobile devices include an iPhone3G and an 4th Gen iPod Nano.

My purpose of getting the Kindle is essentially to read newspapers and check email / the weather on the go. Thanks to the free 3G wireless

I'm a research scientist and have to read copious amounts of PDF literature.

Outside of work, my favourite authors are Haruki Murakami and Bill Bryson.

Noob Questions

What I'm grappling with ATM:
1. Calibre!What a program!! Unfortunately, I'm lost with all these newspaper subscriptions. If I enter my kindle address with the @free.kindle.com
Would they still charge me for getting papers delivered? Why can't it simply download the paper on the computer sync using the cable? I really don't want to be charged anything by Amazon.

2. Is there anyway to sync my Endnote library to my Kindle? Would have been fabulous if Kindle sold itself as the "iPod" of Endnote. Yes my library is larger than the 3.3G Kindle gives me but surely we can choose what papers to put on... . Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree, should be talking to the Endnote guys.

3. Any jailbreaks I should know about?

4. Any chance anyone know where I can get Murakami or Bryson books cheap to put on my new Kindle?

5. What bookmarks for the browser I should know about?

GeoffC · 10-26-2010, 04:54 AM

Welcome to mobileread ....

Pop into the Kindle Forums and Calibre, and then browse the whole site !!!!

neilmarr · 10-26-2010, 05:56 AM

Good to have your company, Ofey. As Geoff says, try the dedicated forums here for a quick-fix. Best wishes. Neil

ofey · 10-26-2010, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Recently, we've noticed that some new members are using their introductory post to raise problems they are having with their Readers, or conversion problems, or ask for other advice.

We suggest that you make a separate post to the relevant forum or subforum if you have such a problem. This is because members are usually quite quick at responding to calls for help, but are more likely to notice them if they are in the relevant forum.

Oooops sorry.

Just that there's so much information to sieve through... .
Really hasn't someone just garnered all the information into a single thread?

Like an ultimate thread for Kindle or Sony or Nook.
Would bring the noobs up to speed so much faster... .

montsnmags · 10-26-2010, 09:07 AM

At the very top you will see a link to the MR wiki. You may find answers in there. If not, search the specific sub-forum dedicated the the subject, or ask your question in it (note, at the top of some of the sub-forums you will find "stickies" - threads stuck up the top, often answering often-asked questions). You will usually get a response fairly quickly.

Cheers,
Marc

desertgrandma · 10-26-2010, 11:02 AM

Welcome to MobileRead, ofey

Maggie May · 10-26-2010, 04:33 PM

Hi ofey and welcome to MobileRead.

Mag.

Sandra Edwards · 10-26-2010, 05:56 PM

Welcome to MR! Congrats on the new K3 :-)

Sandy

Valmore Daniels · 10-26-2010, 06:02 PM

welcome

MickeyC · 10-26-2010, 06:32 PM

G'Day ofey and welcome to MobileRead

CaraM · 10-26-2010, 10:13 PM

Hello and welcome. I have a white K3 and love it. I've visited your city of Melbourne where I have relatives. It's a great city.

ImogenRose · 10-28-2010, 09:09 AM

Hi and welcome to MR!

Imogen

10-25-2010, 09:12 PM	#1
ofey Kindle3 Noob Posts: 12 Karma: 28 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle 3	G'day world... Salutation G'day from Melbourne, Australia. Intro Just got my first eBook reader yesterday. A Graphite Kindle3G with the lighted case. Background I am a Mac user (2 MacBooks: 1 white&1 Black and a Hackintoshed Dell Mini 10V) who came over from Linux after growing tired of tweaking and after a childhood hating Windows. My other mobile devices include an iPhone3G and an 4th Gen iPod Nano. My purpose of getting the Kindle is essentially to read newspapers and check email / the weather on the go. Thanks to the free 3G wireless I'm a research scientist and have to read copious amounts of PDF literature. Outside of work, my favourite authors are Haruki Murakami and Bill Bryson. Noob Questions What I'm grappling with ATM: 1. Calibre!What a program!! Unfortunately, I'm lost with all these newspaper subscriptions. If I enter my kindle address with the @free.kindle.com Would they still charge me for getting papers delivered? Why can't it simply download the paper on the computer sync using the cable? I really don't want to be charged anything by Amazon. 2. Is there anyway to sync my Endnote library to my Kindle? Would have been fabulous if Kindle sold itself as the "iPod" of Endnote. Yes my library is larger than the 3.3G Kindle gives me but surely we can choose what papers to put on... . Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree, should be talking to the Endnote guys. 3. Any jailbreaks I should know about? 4. Any chance anyone know where I can get Murakami or Bryson books cheap to put on my new Kindle? 5. What bookmarks for the browser I should know about?

10-26-2010, 06:02 PM	#9
Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	welcome welcome

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