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manou · 02-27-2011, 09:09 PM

The hard covers are stiffened with plastic sheets and padded with felt. You can bend them within reason, but sturdy they are.

Heather56 · 02-27-2011, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by manou

The hard covers are stiffened with plastic sheets and padded with felt. You can bend them within reason, but sturdy they are.

Yeah I just bought the newspaper one I love it, thanks!

manou · 02-27-2011, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Heather56

Yeah I just bought the newspaper one I love it, thanks!

Thank you very much

Heather56 · 02-28-2011, 12:17 AM

If anyone else knows of some similar to the kate spade style without hooks I'd be interested in seeing those as well.

txoof · 02-28-2011, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Heather56

A lot of people were having problems with the hooks in the kate spade ones damaging their kindle, so I opted not to get one.

In what way were the hooks allegedly damaging the kindle? I just made my own cover that has hooks and would rather not break it right off the bat. Perhaps I can mitigate the problem in my design.

manou · 02-28-2011, 01:12 AM

It has been reported that the Amazon covers without light cause frequent restarts of the Kindle and drain the battery. The same has been reported about the Kate Spade covers. Amazon has stopped selling the covers since.
My Stepdaughter had the same problem, she reported it to Amazon CS - she got a refund plus US$20.- which she used to purchase the Amazon cover with light.

wyndslash · 02-28-2011, 04:40 AM

@manou: ooh your kindle sleeves are really cool

manou · 02-28-2011, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

@manou: ooh your kindle sleeves are really cool

txoof · 02-28-2011, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by manou

It has been reported that the Amazon covers without light cause frequent restarts of the Kindle and drain the battery. The same has been reported about the Kate Spade covers. Amazon has stopped selling the covers since.
My Stepdaughter had the same problem, she reported it to Amazon CS - she got a refund plus US$20.- which she used to purchase the Amazon cover with light.

Ahh yes, from what I can tell from the interwebs and the amazon pages, the K3 covers without lights had a chintzy powder coat on the clips that wore off and eventually created a short across the power ports. This drained the battery and caused all sorts of problems.
The lighted cover do not appear to have this problem as the clips drain through the light as they should.

Yolina · 02-28-2011, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl

It seems many of Oberon's designs have a female or medieval setting, though.

The name of the company is a dead giveaway as to the style of designs though

Oberon, King of the Fairies in medieval literature, not to mention in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream...

Heather56 · 02-28-2011, 04:29 PM

Dixies Window has a great selection of covers and she will customize them for you.

Kinetikat · 03-01-2011, 05:44 PM

I agree, while I love the Oberon deep-engraved leather style and lush images, has it never occurred to anyone there that some people might want to listen to audio on their Kindle? Would it be so hard to punch some little holes in the appropriate place on the back cover?!

kranu · 03-02-2011, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Kinetikat

I agree, while I love the Oberon deep-engraved leather style and lush images, has it never occurred to anyone there that some people might want to listen to audio on their Kindle? Would it be so hard to punch some little holes in the appropriate place on the back cover?!

The speakers sound fine even when the speakers are covered for TTS, albeit a little quieter. All you have to do is turn up the volume, or plug in headphones.

mysteryoustrvlr · 03-03-2011, 11:23 PM

Hi All,

Just became a new Kindle 3 owner and am miffed at the lack of decent covers out there for this wonderful device.

I was hoping to find a pattern so I can customize one for myself. Does anyone know if a pattern exists for a zippered case pattern? The kind that is similar to zippered book covers they made for paperback books back in the day. You could zip open the cover and read your book with the cover still on and when you were done, bookmarked it and zipped it back up. It protected your book when the case was closed.

Hoping to make one like this for my Kindle and wondering if there was a pattern out there anyone can point me to?

Thank you!
Ivy

kindlekitten · 03-04-2011, 12:48 AM

welcome to the forums Ivy!

if a pattern exists I am willing to bet that one of our intrepid members will discover it!

03-03-2011, 11:23 PM	#329
mysteryoustrvlr Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Kindle Zippered Case Pattern (?) Hi All, Just became a new Kindle 3 owner and am miffed at the lack of decent covers out there for this wonderful device. I was hoping to find a pattern so I can customize one for myself. Does anyone know if a pattern exists for a zippered case pattern? The kind that is similar to zippered book covers they made for paperback books back in the day. You could zip open the cover and read your book with the cover still on and when you were done, bookmarked it and zipped it back up. It protected your book when the case was closed. Hoping to make one like this for my Kindle and wondering if there was a pattern out there anyone can point me to? Thank you! Ivy

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02-27-2011, 09:09 PM	#316
manou Grand Seamstress Posts: 64 Karma: 1001374 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hong Kong Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, iPhone, iPad	The hard covers are stiffened with plastic sheets and padded with felt. You can bend them within reason, but sturdy they are.

02-28-2011, 12:17 AM	#319
Heather56 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3 3G + Wi-Fi	If anyone else knows of some similar to the kate spade style without hooks I'd be interested in seeing those as well.

02-28-2011, 01:12 AM	#321
manou Grand Seamstress Posts: 64 Karma: 1001374 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hong Kong Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, iPhone, iPad	It has been reported that the Amazon covers without light cause frequent restarts of the Kindle and drain the battery. The same has been reported about the Kate Spade covers. Amazon has stopped selling the covers since. My Stepdaughter had the same problem, she reported it to Amazon CS - she got a refund plus US$20.- which she used to purchase the Amazon cover with light.

02-28-2011, 04:40 AM	#322
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	@manou: ooh your kindle sleeves are really cool

02-28-2011, 04:29 PM	#326
Heather56 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3 3G + Wi-Fi	Dixies Window has a great selection of covers and she will customize them for you.

03-01-2011, 05:44 PM	#327
Kinetikat Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Northumberland, UK Device: Kindle 3 UK	I agree, while I love the Oberon deep-engraved leather style and lush images, has it never occurred to anyone there that some people might want to listen to audio on their Kindle? Would it be so hard to punch some little holes in the appropriate place on the back cover?!

03-04-2011, 12:48 AM	#330
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	welcome to the forums Ivy! if a pattern exists I am willing to bet that one of our intrepid members will discover it!