Kindle the best???

[theducks]

Originally Posted by DNSB

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In contrast, what protection does an ebook stored in Amazon's cloud drive have? Do you know where it is stored? Who has access to that data? How is it protected from unauthorized access? Plus a miserly 5GB of storage?

You can store as much as you want at Amazon (or others). It is just not for miserly users, who want it for free .

When the 'cloud' first popped on scene, I wondered: "Why is it NOT a copyright violation to store Books, Music or Videos that you do not own the copyright, out there, where you also do not have 100% CONTROL of the access".

That NAS sitting on my desk, is in my house, on my private (or isolated) network and is more secure than when stored at some server farm, someplace, run (operator) by who knows, on a shared network. and might not be backed up or the RAID well maintained (been in many a server farm with RAID fault LEDs showing and the tech is waiting for a work ticket from above)

BTW a private (purpose built) NAS also has the ability to switch to lower power mode when idle, because, with limited users, it will have idle
periods.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The correct answer to the original question is...

no.

The CORRECT Answer to the original question is, "It depends on how you define best".

I'm a big fan of KU, and the tons of additional free stuff I can read. My Voyage is convenient to use, but all of the infrastructure advantages can be extended to my Pixel Smartphone and my Samsung Tablet. I don't care about all the tech stuff, I want to just read when I feel like reading with whatever I have to read with.

For me, Kindle is best.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The correct answer to the original question is...

no.

Well, we have the short answer and the correct answer, but the newly revised answer is, of course.......


YES. [The OP's thread title.]

But then, all I know is what my Drill Sergeant told me long, long, ago, about opinions.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Well, we have the short answer and the correct answer, but the newly revised answer is, of course.......


YES. [The OP's thread title.]

But then, all I know is what my Drill Sergeant told me long, long, ago, about opinions.

It's not an opinion. It's fact. I don't know which Reader is the best. But I do know Kindle is not it.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's not an opinion. It's fact. I don't know which Reader is the best. But I do know Kindle is not it.

Ahhh, you want facts! Now I understand.

Well, my Drill Sergent had one for that, too. We were standing in the mess hall at the end of a hard day of basic training, waiting for our food, and my Drill Sergent walked up to me and said, "Broyles, do you know everything you eat turns to S**T ?" And he was right!

Now that's one hard fact, sort of like the Kindle being the correct answer and not that other one called....oh, darn....what's the name of that other reader?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's not an opinion. It's fact. I don't know which Reader is the best. But I do know Kindle is not it.

Sorry, Jon, but that is your opinion and repeating it multiple times does not make it a fact. If you've read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, you may recognize this conversation between Manny and Mike;

"Use it once, you're a wit. Use twice, you're a half wit."
"Geometrical progression?"
"Or worse."

For me, I don't think that Kindle is the best suited to my needs. A couple of things like not being able to borrow library books and the lack of decent font controls are pretty much facts and hard to argue with. Most of the other factors in my decision are not as easy to quantify. Do I really need series and subtitles? Do I need to not have the covers for my sideloaded books to disappear? Do I want a relatively open system? Do I want to have better typography without having to convert my ebooks to KFX format? For me, the answers to all of those are yes. Other people have different needs. For them Kindle, Pocketbook, Tolino, Boox, etc. may be a better fit. Isn't it nice that we aren't all forced to read using the ereader equivalent of a Mitsubishi Mirage.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

do you know everything you eat turns to S**T ?" And he was right!

Hmmm, I've eaten ice quite often, fairly sure it didn't.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's not an opinion. It's fact. I don't know which Reader is the best. But I do know Kindle is not it.

Fact, no. It is nothing more than your opinion and not even a humble one at that. To some, or possibly many, it is the best to them.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's not an opinion. It's fact. I don't know which Reader is the best. But I do know Kindle is not it.

Oh no! - it is among the best for Amazon books.
But it is the worst for epub.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Ahhh, you want facts! Now I understand.

Well, my Drill Sergent had one for that, too. We were standing in the mess hall at the end of a hard day of basic training, waiting for our food, and my Drill Sergent walked up to me and said, "Broyles, do you know everything you eat turns to S**T ?" And he was right!

Now that's one hard fact, sort of like the Kindle being the correct answer and not that other one called....oh, darn....what's the name of that other reader?

There are others that are better then Kindle. Such as Kobo, Pocketbook, Likebook, Onyx to name some of them.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

Oh no! - it is among the best for Amazon books.
But it is the worst for epub.

It's also the worst for Overdrive outside the US.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

There are others that are better then Kindle. Such as Kobo, Pocketbook, Likebook, Onyx to name some of them.

Smile when you say that, pardner!

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Well, we have the short answer and the correct answer, but the newly revised answer is, of course.......


YES. [The OP's thread title.]

But then, all I know is what my Drill Sergeant told me long, long, ago, about opinions.

If everyone would just recognize my brilliance, all would be fine. I once wrote, "I'm no genius, but I play one on the internet!" After thinking about it, I'm certain I was far too modest.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Smile when you say that, pardner!

And with glee too.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's also the worst for Overdrive outside the US.

But I'm not outside the US. And to be honest, I don't use Overdrive. Personal perspective is a powerful thing.