My new PaperWhite due this afternoon

[pdurrant]

I have changed the title of this thread, as I kept seeing it and getting excited that Amazon were releasing a new model of the PaperWhite Kindle...

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I have changed the title of this thread, as I kept seeing it and getting excited that Amazon were releasing a new model of the PaperWhite Kindle...

[patrickt]

I have an original Paperwhite, a Voyage, and I recently got a Paperwhite 2. I'm giving my Paperwhite original to a friend. I started my Kindle adventure with a DX, which was a big mistake. I'd never seen a Kindle and in Oaxaca I didn't think I would. My eyesight isn't great so I paid a lot and got a DX. I didn't like it. It was too big to carry around conveniently. The DX was 3g-only and I didn't like that either. The cell tower was down far more often than my WiFi.

As luck would have it, a week after I got my DX I saw a tourist with an ereader. I didn't run and tackle her but I did find out it was a Kindle and she let me look at it. I could read it, even with my eyes.

So, I ordered a Kindle Keyboard. I enjoyed it. I skipped the Touch and later got the Kindle Basic. I liked that Kindle, too.

Then came the Paperwhite. That was awesome. I got rid of my headlamps that I had used for reading in dim restaurants and coffee shops. "Let there be light." I really enjoyed the Kindle.

I looked at reviews and videos comparing the Paperwhite with the Paperwhite 2 and waited.

Then the Voyage came out. We still can't order a Voyage delivered in Mexico but I ordered one when they opened the pre-order period and had it sent to my sister. She brought it to me in February.

I liked the Voyage a lot. I did not like the Origami case. The Voyage was brighter, the text was crisp. I didn't care for the haptic "buttons". I liked the Voyage but for me it wasn't worth the cost.

Then I decided to give my Paperwhite to a friend and I ordered a Paperwhite 2. I think it's great. In brightness, it's brighter than the Paperwhite but less bright than the Voyage. Other than that, it is fantastic and is, for me, the best buy of the Kindle lineup.

I understand there are people who want a new Kindle Keyboard. I understand that. I'd love to have a brand new 1956 Chevrolet. But, it isn't going to happen, is it?

[cvkemp]

I loved my Kindle Kbrd. But to be honest I love the PW2 even better. I guess I am just a touch screen type of guy.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by cvkemp

I loved my Kindle Kbrd. But to be honest I love the PW2 even better. I guess I am just a touch screen type of guy.

We should always remember our first love, mine was Sally Madison and her birthday was May 1st, but life does move on.

Since I live in Oaxaca, Mexico, and prefer reading in English I spent years reading what I could find. Starting with my first Kindle I could read almost anything I wanted.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by cvkemp

I loved my Kindle Kbrd. But to be honest I love the PW2 even better. I guess I am just a touch screen type of guy.

I've had a Cybook Gen3, at the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008. It used a five-point controller to navigate the cursor. However...

- Worst: the stuff I wanted to read was not available in EPUB
- Calibre was just in its infancy. It wasn't even called Calibre yet.
- In the end, I didn't like the five-point controller.

I sold the device after a few months.

Then there was the e-book boom of 2010, and in 2011, the KTouch was released. Sugar on the cake was that Calibre was now a powerful and mature e-book manager/convertor (and it has gotten better since, even including an e-book editor).

I never looked back to normal books, except if the normal book is:

A. A reference work / study material (flipping pages is still faster than swiping)
B. A very high-end hardcover edition with lots of illustrations, especially if color
C. I want or need to read something that is not available as an ebook.

A. would be any illustrated textbook.
B. would be the illustrated hardcover version of Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. I just *WANT* those. There are a few other books I also want in paper, because of the illustrations.
C. would be History of Middle Earth, Part 3 to 12.

Everything else, which would be basically anything I'd previously read in paperback, goes onto the Kindle. Even if I love a book, I won't get it in paper if all I'm getting is a book with text in it (not even if it's a very well made book). The paper book has to have some sort of huge advantage, such as illustrations, or not be available as an e-book, or be more convenient in paper.

[cvkemp]

OK I have a confession to make. I have had my PW2 for about a month now and I have gotten to the point that I will only read on it. I have completely gotten away from reading on my Nexus

[pdurrant]

It's surprising how much nicer it is, reading on E-Ink, isn't it?

[cvkemp]

So much easier on the old eyes.