I've never owned a Kindle. What about you? - Page 3

GreenMonkey · 11-04-2013, 09:40 PM

I got the Nook first (I liked the dual e-ink/LCD screen setup and the DRM scheme better). Then I got a ST upgrade and then a ST with glow (presents from the wife). Had a Nook Color running CM7 back when everyone else's tablets cost like $400...everyone would ask if it was an iPad.

Kids both had Nook Colors for about a year with CM7/CM10 also. Have a Nook HD+ right now and I don't even really know why, I use my Nexus 7 most of the time...I just like to play with it and its dual-boot setup.

Still prefer epub. I like to fix typos and such so Sigil is handy for editing epubs.

My wife has had a few Kindles though and I buy a Kindle book once in a while (then strip the DRM and put in my Calibre and on my Nook) .

pidgeon92 · 11-04-2013, 09:48 PM

I have never not owned a Kindle (since 2008, anyhow). A better question might be, what have I not owned?

meeera · 11-04-2013, 10:16 PM

I've never owned a Kindle. I had a Palm and a Newton back in the day, and now I'm on my second Kobo. I chose Kobo over Kindle mostly because I'm a fontmonster, with a few other bits and pieces of reasons thrown in.

TheMatrix · 11-05-2013, 01:07 AM

Have never owned a Kindle I guess for the same reason as others that I just don't like being locked into buying books only from one place and in one format. I buy a lot of things from Amazon, but a Kindle is not one of them. I have had a Nook first gen and now use a Kobo Mini.

Yapyap · 11-05-2013, 01:35 AM

I got a Sony 505 first but after I'd bought about six ebooks from UK ebook shops, they stopped selling to anyone not in the UK.

So there I was, with my lovely new reader and not a single book to buy for it - at the time, no other epub shop (outside Baen, I guess, but I wasn't and still am not interested in their books) would sell anything to me. I wasn't that keen on only pirating books (although for a while it was pretty much the only option there was, outside reading fanfic on my shiny new Sony).

Amazon was just in the process of opening up their ebook sales globally though, and the Kindle 3 had just come out, they were willing to sell it to me.

So a Kindle 3 it was. It wasn't long after that first Books On Board and later Kobo become available to me, and by then I'd discovered how to cleanse books from DRM, and how to use Calibre, so formats are of no concern to me any more.

I'm not tied to the Kindle - although I have a 1st generation Paperwhite now as I was tempted by the frontlight and there were no other reasonable options at the time - but as long as they make readers of comparable or better quality and features than everyone else (that is available to me), I can't see why I should not stay with a Kindle. I buy maybe half my books on Amazon these days - well, more again now that BooksOnBoard is no more - and keep everything I buy cleaned from DRM and backed up, and conversion, if needed, would take only moments.

And Kindle offers something to me that I don't think others do - the Send to Kindle PC application which means I don't need to fumble around with the cable daily or weekly to sideload books, and I can choose to keep them on the Amazon cloud. It's a small convenience, and using a cable to sideload wouldn't exactly kill me (I've done so before after all), but it's a convenience I like and I'm glad Amazon lets me send, wirelessly, hundreds of books bought elsewhere to my Kindle and keep them on the Amazon cloud without any issues.

cromag · 11-05-2013, 01:38 AM

Never owned a Kindle. I wasn't specifically researching, but I had been keeping up with developments in the field, and we got Dad a Kindle for Christmas a few years ago.

Still, I wasn't moved to buy an ereader until I stumbled on the Jetbook. It's still doing everything I need -- except PDFs and comics. I've got tablets for them.

Sweetpea · 11-05-2013, 01:56 AM

I never had a kindle, I hated how the first two implementations of the keyboard version looked. My husband on the other hand had the third incarnation of the keyboard version and the first of the touch (his current).

dreams · 11-05-2013, 03:46 AM

I started with a Sony 505 that was gifted to me by my son in 2008. He had thought of a Kindle, but was next to someone, on a flight, that convinced him to get me the Sony instead. I loved it and used it well for over 4 years.

I picked up a Black Friday 2011 special of a KK3 then I was again gifted a KFire by my son in 2011. I happily started downloading amazon freebies (and continue to do so). I switched back and forth using the Sony and the Kindles, but purchased only DRM free books.

I still love the build and feel of the 505, but it has lost out to my KFire as I can read my DRM'd epubs on the KFire. Now, my favorite reader is the KFire and I use the KK3 in bright sunlight.

Freeshadow · 11-05-2013, 03:50 AM

I wanted a reader. The kindles are IMHO not. They are just portable amazon shops.

Solicitous · 11-05-2013, 04:52 AM

Have three, 2 x keyboard and a K4NT. Bought the K3 as an upgrade to my Astak pocket pro, then the wife wanted a K3. Last year there was a run out from Woolworths (here in Australia) of the Kindle NT, so bought that for $69.95 with the Amazon case.

I also have a Kobo Mini ($49 hell yeah!!). My thinking is the devices are not that expensive, and the money I saved by shopping between Amazon and Kobo (plus with the discounts) I am in the long run financially better off.

I like the stability of the Kindle and Amazon's CS, but I like some of the reading customisation of the Kobo (and the good work done by those who contribute to the Calibre plugin).

shalym · 11-05-2013, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freeshadow

I wanted a reader. The kindles are IMHO not. They are just portable amazon shops.

Can I ask why you think that? Is it because some models have ads on them?

Shari

DrNefario · 11-05-2013, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoolReader

Ditto.. I love Kindle and the Store.. I have Kobo as well.. but Kindle the BEST.. "If you don't have one, that's why you need one"

I have a kobo too, and the only reason I am here on MR is because it didn't work properly. The wifi never worked for me. (I should try it again now I have a new router.) It was searching for tech support that led me here.

I'd have been perfectly happy using my kindle and not knowing about this place if I hadn't wanted a horse in both races and decided to get the kobo touch for epubs.

jersysman · 11-05-2013, 09:07 AM

I remember when I first came onto this site, I must have stumbled into an anti-Amazon thread and was "convinced" to get a Nook Color. Since I really had no idea what I was getting into, I thought I was being a rebel and brought it. I moved to a Sony T1 because it was lighter than the Nook Color. I finally ventured over to Kindle and bought a PW 1 and have also bought the PW 2. I love the readers and also how easy it is to purchase ebooks and deal with Amazon CS. To have full disclosure, I also have purchased a Kobo Mini and Aura HD. They are very good devices, but the Amazon experience is better than the Kobo experience in my opinion.

FacebookVirus · 11-05-2013, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jersysman

I remember when I first came onto this site, I must have stumbled into an anti-Amazon thread and was "convinced" to get a Nook Color. Since I really had no idea what I was getting into, I thought I was being a rebel and brought it. I moved to a Sony T1 because it was lighter than the Nook Color. I finally ventured over to Kindle and bought a PW 1 and have also bought the PW 2. I love the readers and also how easy it is to purchase ebooks and deal with Amazon CS. To have full disclosure, I also have purchased a Kobo Mini and Aura HD. They are very good devices, but the Amazon experience is better than the Kobo experience in my opinion.

Never used Kobos, and remained with Sony since '08. Once I gave up the comfort of being a rebel, I learned to appreciate Kindles for what they are. Calibre helps greatly, but I could probably let go of it, too.

bookaho!ic · 11-05-2013, 10:31 AM

I have never owned a kindle purely because in the UK you cannot borrow library books onto a kindle and you can with a kobo...

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11-04-2013, 09:40 PM	#31
GreenMonkey DRM hater Posts: 945 Karma: 2066176 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Michigan Device: Nook ST glow, Kindle Voyage	I got the Nook first (I liked the dual e-ink/LCD screen setup and the DRM scheme better). Then I got a ST upgrade and then a ST with glow (presents from the wife). Had a Nook Color running CM7 back when everyone else's tablets cost like $400...everyone would ask if it was an iPad. Kids both had Nook Colors for about a year with CM7/CM10 also. Have a Nook HD+ right now and I don't even really know why, I use my Nexus 7 most of the time...I just like to play with it and its dual-boot setup. Still prefer epub. I like to fix typos and such so Sigil is handy for editing epubs. My wife has had a few Kindles though and I buy a Kindle book once in a while (then strip the DRM and put in my Calibre and on my Nook) .

11-04-2013, 09:48 PM	#32
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	I have never not owned a Kindle (since 2008, anyhow). A better question might be, what have I not owned?

11-04-2013, 10:16 PM	#33
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,816 Karma: 68407974 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	I've never owned a Kindle. I had a Palm and a Newton back in the day, and now I'm on my second Kobo. I chose Kobo over Kindle mostly because I'm a fontmonster, with a few other bits and pieces of reasons thrown in.

11-05-2013, 01:07 AM	#34
TheMatrix Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 2502 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Los Angeles Device: Kobo Mini, Ipad 2	Have never owned a Kindle I guess for the same reason as others that I just don't like being locked into buying books only from one place and in one format. I buy a lot of things from Amazon, but a Kindle is not one of them. I have had a Nook first gen and now use a Kobo Mini.

11-05-2013, 01:35 AM	#35
Yapyap Guru Posts: 861 Karma: 3543721 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	I got a Sony 505 first but after I'd bought about six ebooks from UK ebook shops, they stopped selling to anyone not in the UK. So there I was, with my lovely new reader and not a single book to buy for it - at the time, no other epub shop (outside Baen, I guess, but I wasn't and still am not interested in their books) would sell anything to me. I wasn't that keen on only pirating books (although for a while it was pretty much the only option there was, outside reading fanfic on my shiny new Sony). Amazon was just in the process of opening up their ebook sales globally though, and the Kindle 3 had just come out, they were willing to sell it to me. So a Kindle 3 it was. It wasn't long after that first Books On Board and later Kobo become available to me, and by then I'd discovered how to cleanse books from DRM, and how to use Calibre, so formats are of no concern to me any more. I'm not tied to the Kindle - although I have a 1st generation Paperwhite now as I was tempted by the frontlight and there were no other reasonable options at the time - but as long as they make readers of comparable or better quality and features than everyone else (that is available to me), I can't see why I should not stay with a Kindle. I buy maybe half my books on Amazon these days - well, more again now that BooksOnBoard is no more - and keep everything I buy cleaned from DRM and backed up, and conversion, if needed, would take only moments. And Kindle offers something to me that I don't think others do - the Send to Kindle PC application which means I don't need to fumble around with the cable daily or weekly to sideload books, and I can choose to keep them on the Amazon cloud. It's a small convenience, and using a cable to sideload wouldn't exactly kill me (I've done so before after all), but it's a convenience I like and I'm glad Amazon lets me send, wirelessly, hundreds of books bought elsewhere to my Kindle and keep them on the Amazon cloud without any issues.

11-05-2013, 01:38 AM	#36
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,301 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Never owned a Kindle. I wasn't specifically researching, but I had been keeping up with developments in the field, and we got Dad a Kindle for Christmas a few years ago. Still, I wasn't moved to buy an ereader until I stumbled on the Jetbook. It's still doing everything I need -- except PDFs and comics. I've got tablets for them.

11-05-2013, 01:56 AM	#37
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I never had a kindle, I hated how the first two implementations of the keyboard version looked. My husband on the other hand had the third incarnation of the keyboard version and the first of the touch (his current).

11-05-2013, 03:46 AM	#38
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	I started with a Sony 505 that was gifted to me by my son in 2008. He had thought of a Kindle, but was next to someone, on a flight, that convinced him to get me the Sony instead. I loved it and used it well for over 4 years. I picked up a Black Friday 2011 special of a KK3 then I was again gifted a KFire by my son in 2011. I happily started downloading amazon freebies (and continue to do so). I switched back and forth using the Sony and the Kindles, but purchased only DRM free books. I still love the build and feel of the 505, but it has lost out to my KFire as I can read my DRM'd epubs on the KFire. Now, my favorite reader is the KFire and I use the KK3 in bright sunlight.

11-05-2013, 03:50 AM	#39
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	I wanted a reader. The kindles are IMHO not. They are just portable amazon shops.

11-05-2013, 04:52 AM	#40
Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	Have three, 2 x keyboard and a K4NT. Bought the K3 as an upgrade to my Astak pocket pro, then the wife wanted a K3. Last year there was a run out from Woolworths (here in Australia) of the Kindle NT, so bought that for $69.95 with the Amazon case. I also have a Kobo Mini ($49 hell yeah!!). My thinking is the devices are not that expensive, and the money I saved by shopping between Amazon and Kobo (plus with the discounts) I am in the long run financially better off. I like the stability of the Kindle and Amazon's CS, but I like some of the reading customisation of the Kobo (and the good work done by those who contribute to the Calibre plugin).

11-05-2013, 09:07 AM	#43
jersysman Wizard Posts: 1,747 Karma: 3761220 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW, PW2, Nook HD+, Kobo Mini, Aura HD	I remember when I first came onto this site, I must have stumbled into an anti-Amazon thread and was "convinced" to get a Nook Color. Since I really had no idea what I was getting into, I thought I was being a rebel and brought it. I moved to a Sony T1 because it was lighter than the Nook Color. I finally ventured over to Kindle and bought a PW 1 and have also bought the PW 2. I love the readers and also how easy it is to purchase ebooks and deal with Amazon CS. To have full disclosure, I also have purchased a Kobo Mini and Aura HD. They are very good devices, but the Amazon experience is better than the Kobo experience in my opinion.

11-05-2013, 10:31 AM	#45
bookaho!ic Evangelist Posts: 466 Karma: 5575734 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: UK Device: kobo Aura H20 2nd Ed	I have never owned a kindle purely because in the UK you cannot borrow library books onto a kindle and you can with a kobo...