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eschwartz · 02-02-2014, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It's enough for well over 1000 typical ebooks. Do you REALLY need to carry more than 1000 books around with you?

To quote myself on a different thread,

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

And since the 3.5GB in the Kindle Touch can hold about 3,000 average-sized books, you don't need expandable memory. If you read 100 books A DAY you will still have one month of reading on your Kindle. At a more reasonable but still exorbitant 3 books a day, you will have nearly 3 YEARS worth. I'm sure somewhere along the way you can get to a computer and swap them for new ones.
(Same logic applies to every other eReader, including the Kindle Paperwhite which has (shudder) a measly 1.5 GB and about a year's worth of books.)

cybmole · 02-02-2014, 12:06 PM

@eschwartz:
they won't listen, Ive given up queriing the need ( & the honesty) of owning billions of books , the crazyness of needing a million of them sideloaded all at once, & the insistence of doing all this on the only popular e-reader that has no SD card support.

& still, Amazon plans to convert these folks to happy cloud storage users

then there was the guy who has 8 books that he reckons take up 1.5Gb between them so how dare I suggest that 1.25Gb was plenty of storage...

takes all sorts

I wonder if there's a paper book equivalent type of person..
" Yes I know we can't really afford an 18 wheeler truck , hon, but I can't bear to leave the house without taking ALL my books "

eschwartz · 02-02-2014, 12:16 PM

Yes, but I feel I said it particularly well.

I suppose I just like to hear myself talk.

mva1985 · 02-02-2014, 01:34 PM

I remember when I was a kid going on vacation I'd take more books then I could ever read... maybe that's where my problem stems from.

I also remember as a kid rarely going anywhere without a paperback in my back pocket in case I had time to read.

latepaul · 02-02-2014, 01:59 PM

I can sympathise even though I probably only have a couple of hundred books on my Kindle. I remember when my music collection first outgrew the size of my then mp3 player. It was a sad day, I couldn't just sync my entire library and decide on-the-go what I wanted to listen to.

When I was a student back in the pre-digital era I had a walkman and used to spend ages choosing which tapes to take with me. A ten minute round trip to the corner shop would be preceeded by 20 minutes spent choosing the 3 90min tapes to take.

Geralt · 02-02-2014, 02:01 PM

I can store the exact same amount on my kindle keyboard and my paperwhite 2013.
I have Japanese paperwhite, they have 4GB just like kindle keyboard. So OP just buy japanese model.

HarryT · 02-02-2014, 02:22 PM

Can you explain how to buy a Japanese Kindle, please?

Geralt · 02-02-2014, 03:06 PM

Sure. Find a forwarding service and buy from amazon.co.jp

mva1985 · 02-02-2014, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Geralt

Sure. Find a forwarding service and buy from amazon.co.jp

I may look into doing that

Katsunami · 02-02-2014, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It's enough for well over 1000 typical ebooks. Do you REALLY need to carry more than 1000 books around with you?

No-one NEEDS to carry 1000 books around, but some people WANT to, just because they can (or could, if the storage was big enough).

Sometimes, I do find it to be funny if people complain about not being able to take their entire library of 4732 books with them. Did you take 4732 paper books along on your commute? No? Then why do you want that many ebooks?

The only reason is: "Because it can be done."

mva1985 · 02-02-2014, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Katsunami

No-one NEEDS to carry 1000 books around, but some people WANT to, just because they can (or could, if the storage was big enough).

Sometimes, I do find it to be funny if people complain about not being able to take their entire library of 4732 with them. Did you take 4732 paper books along on your commute? No? Then why do you want that many ebooks?

The only reason is: "Because it can be done."

exactly... I don't need to... I just want to!!!

mva1985 · 02-02-2014, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by latepaul

I can sympathise even though I probably only have a couple of hundred books on my Kindle. I remember when my music collection first outgrew the size of my then mp3 player. It was a sad day, I couldn't just sync my entire library and decide on-the-go what I wanted to listen to.

When I was a student back in the pre-digital era I had a walkman and used to spend ages choosing which tapes to take with me. A ten minute round trip to the corner shop would be preceeded by 20 minutes spent choosing the 3 90min tapes to take.

this makes me laugh but it's soooo true!

Katsunami · 02-03-2014, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Can you explain how to buy a Japanese Kindle, please?

There is a store in Germany that imports them. I don't have the link anymore however... maybe I can find it again.

cybmole · 02-03-2014, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Katsunami

There is a store in Germany that imports them. I don't have the link anymore however... maybe I can find it again.

proably cheaper ( if you can bear to split your books across 2 devices) to buy 2 normal sized Kindles , each with proper customner service ,after sale support etc.

Oh noo - ALL the books have to be on the SAME device or "I only have ONE pocket"

reminds me of that old "why take 2 bottles into the shower" advert

Geralt · 02-04-2014, 03:40 AM

Here you go OP
http://www.tensojapan.com/index_eg.asp

They work with Rakuten too.
Estimation at the bottom of the page says that for a 206g Paperwhite, forwarding fee to USA (I'm guessing you're American) would be 1290 yen, which is around 13$.
If you're not from USA, there is a list of countries they forward to.

Paperwhite 2013 is 100$ on amazon.co.jp, so your total would be 113$. Still cheaper then buying it from amazon.com where it's 139$ without special offers. Japanese paperwhites dont have adds either.

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02-02-2014, 12:06 PM	#32
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	@eschwartz: they won't listen, Ive given up queriing the need ( & the honesty) of owning billions of books , the crazyness of needing a million of them sideloaded all at once, & the insistence of doing all this on the only popular e-reader that has no SD card support. & still, Amazon plans to convert these folks to happy cloud storage users then there was the guy who has 8 books that he reckons take up 1.5Gb between them so how dare I suggest that 1.25Gb was plenty of storage... takes all sorts I wonder if there's a paper book equivalent type of person.. " Yes I know we can't really afford an 18 wheeler truck , hon, but I can't bear to leave the house without taking ALL my books "

02-02-2014, 12:16 PM	#33
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Yes, but I feel I said it particularly well. I suppose I just like to hear myself talk.

02-02-2014, 01:34 PM	#34
mva1985 Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Simple Touch Glowlight, Nook HD	I remember when I was a kid going on vacation I'd take more books then I could ever read... maybe that's where my problem stems from. I also remember as a kid rarely going anywhere without a paperback in my back pocket in case I had time to read.

02-02-2014, 01:59 PM	#35
latepaul Wizard Posts: 1,270 Karma: 10468300 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: a variety (mostly kindles and kobos)	I can sympathise even though I probably only have a couple of hundred books on my Kindle. I remember when my music collection first outgrew the size of my then mp3 player. It was a sad day, I couldn't just sync my entire library and decide on-the-go what I wanted to listen to. When I was a student back in the pre-digital era I had a walkman and used to spend ages choosing which tapes to take with me. A ten minute round trip to the corner shop would be preceeded by 20 minutes spent choosing the 3 90min tapes to take.

02-02-2014, 02:01 PM	#36
Geralt Witcher Posts: 933 Karma: 7321117 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swamp. Slaying Drowners. Device: Kindle PW2	I can store the exact same amount on my kindle keyboard and my paperwhite 2013. I have Japanese paperwhite, they have 4GB just like kindle keyboard. So OP just buy japanese model.

02-02-2014, 02:22 PM	#37
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Can you explain how to buy a Japanese Kindle, please?

02-02-2014, 03:06 PM	#38
Geralt Witcher Posts: 933 Karma: 7321117 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swamp. Slaying Drowners. Device: Kindle PW2	Sure. Find a forwarding service and buy from amazon.co.jp

02-04-2014, 03:40 AM	#45
Geralt Witcher Posts: 933 Karma: 7321117 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swamp. Slaying Drowners. Device: Kindle PW2	Here you go OP http://www.tensojapan.com/index_eg.asp They work with Rakuten too. Estimation at the bottom of the page says that for a 206g Paperwhite, forwarding fee to USA (I'm guessing you're American) would be 1290 yen, which is around 13$. If you're not from USA, there is a list of countries they forward to. Paperwhite 2013 is 100$ on amazon.co.jp, so your total would be 113$. Still cheaper then buying it from amazon.com where it's 139$ without special offers. Japanese paperwhites dont have adds either.

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