09-06-2012, 06:54 PM | #286 |
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My Paperwhite will arrive October 3! (unless I change it to next day delivery)
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09-06-2012, 06:58 PM | #287 | |
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09-06-2012, 07:01 PM | #288 |
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09-06-2012, 07:08 PM | #289 |
Books are brain food.
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The Paperwhite looks so nice, and I love the magnetic Auto Wake/Sleep cover! My Kindle Keyboard 3G will have to do for a while longer, though...unless my resolve weakens.
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09-06-2012, 07:17 PM | #290 |
Is that a sandwich?
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I'm not seeing better contrast and higher definition in the photos.
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09-06-2012, 07:24 PM | #291 |
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Whatever font is use in those photos (with the Kindle PW) is much nicer then the original Kindle font.
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09-06-2012, 07:29 PM | #292 |
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09-06-2012, 07:47 PM | #293 |
Books are brain food.
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Yes, the Paperwhite font choices are nice:
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09-06-2012, 07:49 PM | #294 |
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i would have been tempted if they hadn't reduced the storage
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09-06-2012, 08:10 PM | #295 |
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Aye. I've been giving thought to compromising my ideals and just jumping in bed with Amazon. There is no doubt that the Paperwhite is a sexy, sexy beast.
However, without physical page turn buttons and so little storage, I can't justify the walled garden approach to book formats. It's a shame, because I do love the Amazon customer 'experience'. |
09-06-2012, 08:54 PM | #296 | |
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09-06-2012, 09:15 PM | #297 |
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... and I just wrote to Amazon because they didn't care to make the Paperwhite available in Europe (N.B: the new Kindle "basic", and the new Kindle Fire models, are aggressively advertised here right now). WTF.
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09-06-2012, 09:25 PM | #298 | |
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But I don't like proprietary formats. If I could purchase epub from Amazon I would buy everything through them. |
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09-06-2012, 10:17 PM | #299 |
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Its really easy to convert Amazon's books to epub with calibre and some plugins.
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09-06-2012, 11:49 PM | #300 |
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I have a feeling that if/when my K3 dies I'll be buying some other brand of ereader. The page turn buttons are the biggest issue to me. Give me a touch screen if you must, but give me physical buttons too.
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