Paper White 2 Refurbished...price? - Page 5

Barbara1955 · 12-16-2015, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

It was about $16 in shipping which is a great deal with the exchange rate. Cheaper than a PW3 for me. I paid $84.48 and I ordered it yesterday and today it shipped!

I will always be found of Kindles but that's it for me. I am giving all but my K3 away. I gave my K4s to my niece and her little boy. I'm still working on who gets the PW1. I love my K3. It's flawless screen is what I fell in love with many years ago. I've been reading on it again lately but it is not lit so no in the dark reading. I am keeping my Kindle Fires 2013 & 2014 as I feel they are the last of quality tablets Amazon will put out.

This mean you only have Kobo e-ink ereaders?

Blossom · 12-16-2015, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Poodlemom1

I ordered mine on Thanksgiving morning and received it on Tuesday.

I love being able to adjust the weight of the font. There are also more size choices. I do think page turns are slower but I am getting used to it. I am still getting used to adjusting the light by sliding up and down on the left side. If I ever see the H2O on sale, I might pick it up also.

Let's hope mine is as fast.

The case will be here tomorrow. I ordered it from Amazon. Font sizes was the biggest problems I had with the Paperwhite 1. It's either too small or too big. Also looks very washed out in bright lights which is why I went back to the K3.

Blossom · 12-16-2015, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

This mean you only have Kobo e-ink ereaders?

I'll have the HD Glo and my Kindle Keyboard. All others are gone well the PW1 will be. I need to find someone to take it. I don't have readers in my family with the exception of my niece who I gave the K4s to.

JSWolf · 12-17-2015, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

Must have been a drastic price drop!

I always have the luck of ordering things 2 days later the price dropped BUT I Never made a big deal about it.

It's wasn't drastic. But it was a price drop. I need the money more than Amazon does.

JSWolf · 12-17-2015, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

It was about $16 in shipping which is a great deal with the exchange rate. Cheaper than a PW3 for me. I paid $84.48 and I ordered it yesterday and today it shipped!

I ordered my H2O last year the night before Thanksgiving. I received it on the following Sunday.

JSWolf · 12-17-2015, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Poodlemom1

I love being able to adjust the weight of the font. There are also more size choices. I do think page turns are slower but I am getting used to it. I am still getting used to adjusting the light by sliding up and down on the left side. If I ever see the H2O on sale, I might pick it up also.

I too find being able to adjust the weight of the fonts a very nice feature.

As for page turns, 3.19.xxxx has good page turn speed. It's faster then the time it will take you to get your eyes to the top of the screen to start reading the next page.

Blossom · 12-17-2015, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I ordered my H2O last year the night before Thanksgiving. I received it on the following Sunday.

It will be here Tuesday according to tracking! I got some converting to do. Not alot I started years ago doing conversations in epub and mobi but most of the books I bought this year are Kindle and I have been slack in organization of my library.

JSWolf · 12-17-2015, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

It will be here Tuesday according to tracking! I got some converting to do. Not alot I started years ago doing conversations in epub and mobi but most of the books I bought this year are Kindle and I have been slack in organization of my library.

The best way to convert KF8 eBooks is to use the KindleUnpack plugin. You shift the KF8 to ePub. Then you load the ePub into Calibre's editor. You validate the ePub and fix anything that's been found until it verifies. Then you have an ePub that's as close to the KF8 as you can get.

barryem · 12-17-2015, 03:31 PM

Or you can keep it simple and simply tell Calibre to convert the Amazon book to epub. It rarely takes more than about 30 seconds for an average size book. I do it all the time and it's trivial and fast and has never failed yet. I have no doubt the result contains unoptimized portions that purists and any watching angels will frown on but the books always work fine for readers like me.

Most of the books I've read this year were purchased at Amazon, downloaded to my PC, quickly converted in calibre. Then, when I read I download it to my Kindle and put the epub on my phone in Moon+. I also keep the Amazon version in my phone's Kindle to make syncing easier.

The only time I've ever had to spend more time converting is when the TOC is inadequate. A few books have TOC entries for sections of the book but not for chapters and I use Calibre to add a full TOC to the epub, convert that to mobi and email it through Amazon to my Kindle and read that instead of the original Amazon version. I like a full table of contents.

I've sometimes wondered if that'll get me in trouble with Amazon but of course they know I bought the book from them so I guess they don't care. At one point I did call their support and ask about this and the guy I talked with said he can't tell me that it's okay to do that but he's never heard anyone discuss that as a problem either. He didn't tell me he does it but he knew exactly what and how I was doing it and he gave me the feeling he did the same thing.

Barry

Blossom · 12-17-2015, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The best way to convert KF8 eBooks is to use the KindleUnpack plugin. You shift the KF8 to ePub. Then you load the ePub into Calibre's editor. You validate the ePub and fix anything that's been found until it verifies. Then you have an ePub that's as close to the KF8 as you can get.

Thanks all book I brought this year are mobi they are older books but I'll keep this in mind.

JSWolf · 12-17-2015, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Thanks all book I brought this year are mobi they are older books but I'll keep this in mind.

You can convert Mobi to ePub, but if you need to edit any of the code, it can be a right mess. Old Mobi is not nice under the hood. New Mobi is better, but still not all that nice.

Barbara1955 · 12-17-2015, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's wasn't drastic. But it was a price drop. I need the money more than Amazon does.

Living on SSD I can understand that. BUT I also do my homework and put my money into things that will Last Years! So Price is not my main Factor. CS dependability in the product are. And yes I do tend to wear blinders on when things work. I tend to get Overly Enthusiastic, I don't own Stock in any company. & when some one has problems with a company I deal with I want to know WHY. I do look into other like products to see IF they are better so not to get stuck in a rut.

Take me trying to decide between the PW3 & the Kobo glow hd. While both seem to have the same reviews. I Not been able to find a thing out about Kobo CS good or bad. 1 bad is IF I buy the Kobo esp at this great price & savings esp with the exchange rate dollar wise & it is defective me mailing it back going to cost $25 at todays currency exchange. Which right there means it costs more than the PW3. In All my exchanges with Amazon Shipping has cost me ZERO.

Poodlemom1 · 12-17-2015, 07:14 PM

It updated last night, and there was an improvement I the page turns.

Barbara1955 · 12-17-2015, 07:19 PM

Update Kobo Glow HD price went up & they removed it from my cart

booklover6 · 12-17-2015, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

Update Kobo Glow HD price went up & they removed it from my cart

I think you would be happier with a kindle, anyway.

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12-17-2015, 03:31 PM	#69
barryem Wizard Posts: 2,459 Karma: 68781975 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Arkansas Device: Paperwhite 4	Or you can keep it simple and simply tell Calibre to convert the Amazon book to epub. It rarely takes more than about 30 seconds for an average size book. I do it all the time and it's trivial and fast and has never failed yet. I have no doubt the result contains unoptimized portions that purists and any watching angels will frown on but the books always work fine for readers like me. Most of the books I've read this year were purchased at Amazon, downloaded to my PC, quickly converted in calibre. Then, when I read I download it to my Kindle and put the epub on my phone in Moon+. I also keep the Amazon version in my phone's Kindle to make syncing easier. The only time I've ever had to spend more time converting is when the TOC is inadequate. A few books have TOC entries for sections of the book but not for chapters and I use Calibre to add a full TOC to the epub, convert that to mobi and email it through Amazon to my Kindle and read that instead of the original Amazon version. I like a full table of contents. I've sometimes wondered if that'll get me in trouble with Amazon but of course they know I bought the book from them so I guess they don't care. At one point I did call their support and ask about this and the guy I talked with said he can't tell me that it's okay to do that but he's never heard anyone discuss that as a problem either. He didn't tell me he does it but he knew exactly what and how I was doing it and he gave me the feeling he did the same thing. Barry

12-17-2015, 07:14 PM	#73
Poodlemom1 Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 1028568 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: OK Device: Voyage, Oasis, Glow HD, Fire HD6, iPad Air 2, Mini 2	It updated last night, and there was an improvement I the page turns.

12-17-2015, 07:19 PM	#74
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Update Kobo Glow HD price went up & they removed it from my cart