My Daughter Stole My Kindle

leebase · 09-29-2021, 04:16 PM

Ok...so I gave it to her. She doesn't like reading books on a phone. She like "real books". But I have so much content already purchased. And she loses books. So I had her try out my Kindle Paperwhite...which she liked.

So, since I still like reading on my iPad mini better...away my Kindle paper white flew.

But there's a NEW Kindle Paperwhite. Pre-Ordered. Nice how life can work that way. Still don't need to read in the sun, but the one thing I do like - and my wife likes - is how light the kindle devices are compared to a tablet. And unlike me, my wife doesn't have an iPad mini. She does read quite a bit on her phone.

Reading in the sun is the sole and only part of the reading experience I found superior about the Kindle over an iPad. I found the "no distractions" and "nice and light" to be -- nice to have.

And yet -- it's ANOTHER device. It doesn't do away with my phone or my iPad. So now I'm carting three devices around the house. So even when I had one...I only used it some of the time. And I don't think the screen is more comfortable to read on. It's not as sharp, or as bright, or as contrasty or as able to have color - it's much slower (but not too slow) to change pages.

YMMV

Karellen · 09-29-2021, 05:21 PM

I don't mind reading on my ipad when lying in bed. I don't mind reading on my iphone when sitting on the train.

But my Kindle recently died (see another thread), and I realise that I can't sit with my ipad in the garden on a sunny day and read, nor around the pool, I can't sit in our sun room, even on a cloudy day. The tablet screens are too reflective making it uncomfortable to read, and in some cases impossible to see the text.

My quite sizeable paper library is now just a show piece as my aging eyes make it uncomfortable to read certain paperbacks with their "micro" fonts

I do believe dedicated ereaders have earned a place in our homes

John F · 09-29-2021, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by leebase

... And she loses books. So I had her try out my Kindle Paperwhite...which she liked.

Better get one of those tracker Tags and stick it on the paperwhite.

haertig · 09-29-2021, 09:03 PM

I have not found a use case for reading on my tablet. It's either the Paperwhite (preferred) or my smartphone with Moon+ reader (when caught somewhere with unexpected idle time). I do have Moon+ installed on my tablet as well, but just haven't found anything it excels at. The Kindle is the better reading experience, the smartphone is the better portability experience (always have it on me).

My smartphone and tablet automatically sync reading position via my self-hosted Nextcloud server, but the Paperwhite won't participate in that. So that kind of sucks, but there's no way around it that I know of. It would be nice if the Paperwhite would at least let me scroll directly to, for example, 27.3% complete in the ebook (I can remember that number from my last Moon+ session), but as best I can tell, you can't do that fine tuned of scrolling on a Paperwhite. Maybe that capability is in there somewhere, but I haven't found it. So while the Paperwhite is my favorite reading experience, it is the one "I won't cooperate" device of the bunch, so that knocks it down a mark or two.

theducks · 09-30-2021, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by haertig

I have not found a use case for reading on my tablet. It's either the Paperwhite (preferred) or my smartphone with Moon+ reader (when caught somewhere with unexpected idle time). I do have Moon+ installed on my tablet as well, but just haven't found anything it excels at. The Kindle is the better reading experience, the smartphone is the better portability experience (always have it on me).

My Tablet use case (EPUB) is when the body of the work needs color (usually instructional or user manuals) and is not in PDF. Charts and Drawings is the other case: Scroll and Zoom

leebase · 09-30-2021, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by haertig

My smartphone and tablet automatically sync reading position via my self-hosted Nextcloud server, but the Paperwhite won't participate in that.

That does suck. I like to by the ebook and audio book and have them sync so I can go back and forth. But that limits me to using the Kindle app or the Kindle for reading. I much prefer fbreader which syncs all my devices EXCEPT audible books and reading on the actual kindle.

crich70 · 09-30-2021, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by leebase

Ok...so I gave it to her. She doesn't like reading books on a phone. She like "real books". But I have so much content already purchased. And she loses books. So I had her try out my Kindle Paperwhite...which she liked.

So, since I still like reading on my iPad mini better...away my Kindle paper white flew.

But there's a NEW Kindle Paperwhite. Pre-Ordered. Nice how life can work that way. Still don't need to read in the sun, but the one thing I do like - and my wife likes - is how light the kindle devices are compared to a tablet. And unlike me, my wife doesn't have an iPad mini. She does read quite a bit on her phone.

Reading in the sun is the sole and only part of the reading experience I found superior about the Kindle over an iPad. I found the "no distractions" and "nice and light" to be -- nice to have.

And yet -- it's ANOTHER device. It doesn't do away with my phone or my iPad. So now I'm carting three devices around the house. So even when I had one...I only used it some of the time. And I don't think the screen is more comfortable to read on. It's not as sharp, or as bright, or as contrasty or as able to have color - it's much slower (but not too slow) to change pages.

YMMV

Maybe she will catch the reading bug now that she has the Kindle.

leebase · 09-30-2021, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

Maybe she will catch the reading bug now that she has the Kindle.

One can hope. I like that I could go to my amazon account, add a new Collection and put books in it just for her. And then she can sync and see anything I've put there just for her.

And my Kindle app on iPhone and iPad see the new collection.

<sigh>but the kindle app on the Mac does not

09-29-2021, 04:16 PM	#1
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,960 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	My Daughter Stole My Kindle Ok...so I gave it to her. She doesn't like reading books on a phone. She like "real books". But I have so much content already purchased. And she loses books. So I had her try out my Kindle Paperwhite...which she liked. So, since I still like reading on my iPad mini better...away my Kindle paper white flew. But there's a NEW Kindle Paperwhite. Pre-Ordered. Nice how life can work that way. Still don't need to read in the sun, but the one thing I do like - and my wife likes - is how light the kindle devices are compared to a tablet. And unlike me, my wife doesn't have an iPad mini. She does read quite a bit on her phone. Reading in the sun is the sole and only part of the reading experience I found superior about the Kindle over an iPad. I found the "no distractions" and "nice and light" to be -- nice to have. And yet -- it's ANOTHER device. It doesn't do away with my phone or my iPad. So now I'm carting three devices around the house. So even when I had one...I only used it some of the time. And I don't think the screen is more comfortable to read on. It's not as sharp, or as bright, or as contrasty or as able to have color - it's much slower (but not too slow) to change pages. YMMV

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Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,611 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	I don't mind reading on my ipad when lying in bed. I don't mind reading on my iphone when sitting on the train. But my Kindle recently died (see another thread), and I realise that I can't sit with my ipad in the garden on a sunny day and read, nor around the pool, I can't sit in our sun room, even on a cloudy day. The tablet screens are too reflective making it uncomfortable to read, and in some cases impossible to see the text. My quite sizeable paper library is now just a show piece as my aging eyes make it uncomfortable to read certain paperbacks with their "micro" fonts I do believe dedicated ereaders have earned a place in our homes

09-29-2021, 09:03 PM	#4
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,897 Karma: 31522252 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	I have not found a use case for reading on my tablet. It's either the Paperwhite (preferred) or my smartphone with Moon+ reader (when caught somewhere with unexpected idle time). I do have Moon+ installed on my tablet as well, but just haven't found anything it excels at. The Kindle is the better reading experience, the smartphone is the better portability experience (always have it on me). My smartphone and tablet automatically sync reading position via my self-hosted Nextcloud server, but the Paperwhite won't participate in that. So that kind of sucks, but there's no way around it that I know of. It would be nice if the Paperwhite would at least let me scroll directly to, for example, 27.3% complete in the ebook (I can remember that number from my last Moon+ session), but as best I can tell, you can't do that fine tuned of scrolling on a Paperwhite. Maybe that capability is in there somewhere, but I haven't found it. So while the Paperwhite is my favorite reading experience, it is the one "I won't cooperate" device of the bunch, so that knocks it down a mark or two.

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