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Old 09-12-2013, 01:16 PM   #451
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I told my husband I want one of the new Kindle Paperwhites for Christmas this year and he keeps saying he doesn't want to get anything to "enable" my "addiction" any more...
I'm buying mine with my own money I made using Swagbucks. So mine doesn't have a say in this but mine would say the same thing. Usually I go to my mommy who will send me the money for my bday or xmas then hubby gets miffed because he feels she is trying to out do him so he pitches in more money. This year that gift I will use this method on will be a laptop. I'll buy my own Kindles.
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Old 09-12-2013, 04:31 PM   #452
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I told my husband I want one of the new Kindle Paperwhites for Christmas this year and he keeps saying he doesn't want to get anything to "enable" my "addiction" any more...
I'm getting such a sense of deja vu about Paperwhites. I could have sworn they have been available for ages - obviously they haven't and I'm confusing them with something else - but this is spooky.
To ask an obvious question - what is the advantage of a PW over the previous Kindles?
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Old 09-12-2013, 04:35 PM   #454
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I'm getting such a sense of deja vu about Paperwhites. I could have sworn they have been available for ages - obviously they haven't and I'm confusing them with something else - but this is spooky.
To ask an obvious question - what is the advantage of a PW over the previous Kindles?
The Paperwhite came out last year. There is a new improved Paperwhite version being released at the end of the month. I own the original Paperwhite but will be adding the new one to my collection.

The Paperwhite is frontlit. Which means you can read in all lighting conditions! It's perfect for night time reading or whenever. It has a higher resolution than previous Kindles. The screen on the Paperwhite is breath taking compare to previous Kindles. Once you use a PW it's hard to read on the other Kindles. The newest PW coming out will not be Pearl but a new screen called Carta with even better contrasts on blacks and whites! I am super excited!

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I'm buying mine with my own money I made using Swagbucks. So mine doesn't have a say in this but mine would say the same thing. Usually I go to my mommy who will send me the money for my bday or xmas then hubby gets miffed because he feels she is trying to out do him so he pitches in more money. This year that gift I will use this method on will be a laptop. I'll buy my own Kindles.
You go girl!!!!
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Old 09-12-2013, 05:14 PM   #456
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I can't not even began to say how good it feels to have my own money! No begging or special favors needed! Hubby sure pouts more though.
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Pre-order yourself a Kindle Paperwhite. You will love it! (Says the lady with 5 Kindles and plans to add 2 more to the family this year.)
She won't be able to read her Kobo books on the Kindle though, will she? Or have they finally given up and agreed to support ePub with the PaperWhite?
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She won't be able to read her Kobo books on the Kindle though, will she? Or have they finally given up and agreed to support ePub with the PaperWhite?
No, the PW doesn't support ePub. A person would have to convert them to KF8/AZW3 or Mobi.
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No, the PW doesn't support ePub. A person would have to convert them to KF8/AZW3 or Mobi.
*thoughtfully eyes massive ePub collection that's been building for years*

Yeah.... no. Not happening.
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*thoughtfully eyes massive ePub collection that's been building for years*

Yeah.... no. Not happening.
lol. Yeah, this is my problem... though probably not so massive. But I just hate to give Kobo more of my money... I hadn't had this reader a full year and it did not get abused. I need to research really, but after having the Glo it's gotta have a built-in light!
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I believe that calibre has a mass (or bulk) conversion option. I'm not saying you could do 1000s at a time (or maybe you can, I'm no expert), but I'm sure it can be done more efficiently than one at a time.

There should be no reason to limit yourself to particular retailers because of the format available. calibre and alf allow you to conver epubs to KF8/mobi or KF8/mobi to epub. Or to pdf or html or whatever format your heart desires.
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The newest PW coming out will not be Pearl but a new screen called Carta with even better contrasts on blacks and whites! I am super excited!
Blossom, if I recall, you like to read your books with a space between paragraphs, don't you? I do, but my Paperwhite will not display them like that, even after I have formatted them with Calibre. Are you able to get the text to appear the way you want on your PW? I was so annoyed with this, I quit using it. (Now I have koreader and can read epubs, and that way it does display the text with spacing as I have formatted it.) I am very interested in how your text is displayed on your PW.
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I believe that calibre has a mass (or bulk) conversion option. I'm not saying you could do 1000s at a time (or maybe you can, I'm no expert), but I'm sure it can be done more efficiently than one at a time.

There should be no reason to limit yourself to particular retailers because of the format available. calibre and alf allow you to conver epubs to KF8/mobi or KF8/mobi to epub. Or to pdf or html or whatever format your heart desires.
You don't even have to do that. Plug your kindle in, run Calibre, send book to Kindle, Calibre will automatically convert it and send the correct format to the device.
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