Need a New Reader, suggestions?

[abbynormal52]

Hi All, I am tired of fighting with my Kindle Fire 7" because it is so slow. My only worry in buying another type is all the books I've purchased from Amazon.

But if there's a way to keep the books I would consider another brand, or a much better Kindle if anyone can recommend one for me?

I get most of my books through the Overdrive site but do buy quite a bit these days. Any feedback very welcome and thank you in advance!

[Sirtel]

The 6.8'' Paperwhite would be the best if you mainly buy from Amazon. It's black and white eink. If you want color, consider getting a tablet.

[abbynormal52]

thank you Sirtel, I don't want color, or need it I should say but I've heard good things about paperwhites. Do you have one and would you say it's a lot faster than a Kindle Fire 7? I definitely want faster and I do have great internet/wifi here

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by abbynormal52

thank you Sirtel, I don't want color, or need it I should say but I've heard good things about paperwhites. Do you have one and would you say it's a lot faster than a Kindle Fire 7? I definitely want faster and I do have great internet/wifi here

I don't have a Paperwhite, but I did have an Oasis (which was previous generation) and it sure was fast. I'd guess the Paperwhite, which is a newer Kindle, wouldn't be any slower.

[abbynormal52]

Ok, I'll go take a look at the Paperwhites and let you know what I decide thanks so much!!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by abbynormal52

Hi All, I am tired of fighting with my Kindle Fire 7" because it is so slow. My only worry in buying another type is all the books I've purchased from Amazon.

But if there's a way to keep the books I would consider another brand, or a much better Kindle if anyone can recommend one for me?

I get most of my books through the Overdrive site but do buy quite a bit these days. Any feedback very welcome and thank you in advance!

Please don't call it a Kindle Fire. It's not named Kindle because that just causes confusion between the tablets and the Readers.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

The 6.8'' Paperwhite would be the best if you mainly buy from Amazon. It's black and white eink. If you want color, consider getting a tablet.

I agree that the PW5 would be a good choice.

[abbynormal52]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Please don't call it a Kindle Fire. It's not named Kindle because that just causes confusion between the tablets and the Readers.

What?? I don't understand what you are saying at all? I bought a Kindle Fire 7" that's what it is called?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by abbynormal52

What?? I don't understand what you are saying at all? I bought a Kindle Fire 7" that's what it is called?

A Fire tablet. They were called Kindles at first, but as they're not eink, that was changed, to not confuse them with eink Kindles.

[abbynormal52]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

A Fire tablet. They were called Kindles at first, but as they're not eink, that was changed, to not confuse them with eink Kindles.

Oh geez, that figures, more reason to get the heck away from Amazon.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by abbynormal52

What?? I don't understand what you are saying at all? I bought a Kindle Fire 7" that's what it is called?

Even when they were called Kindle Fire (they are not now), they were not at all like a Kindle. The Fire has an LCD screen and has an Amazon version of Android, Android has bits of Linux but the GUI and application space is very different, you can add apps to a Fire, even potentially Android Playstore apps. A real Kindle has an eink screen and runs a version of Linux. You can't easily add any apps unless it's jailbroken and they are Linux programs especially adapted for the Kindle. You can't run Amazon or Playstore apps even on a jailbroken Kindle.

Microsoft did similar stupidity in the past with "Windows" applied to maybe up to five incompatible OS at the same time, some of which used incompatible CPUs and application compatibility was zero on some of them. They still misleadingly market x64 and ARM versions of Windows. The ARM based Windows will run very few ordinary Windows programs and uses an emulator to do it. It used to run none of them.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by abbynormal52

Oh geez, that figures, more reason to get the heck away from Amazon.

Do you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription? If not, then you can go for a Kobo Libra 2 as you can use Calibre with the DeDRM plugin to remove the DRM from your Kindle eBooks, convert to ePub, and buy ePub from Kobo, eBooks,com, or Google Play Books. Plus, you can still borrow eBooks from Overdrive just in ePub.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription? If not, then you can go for a Kobo Libra 2 as you can use Calibre with the DeDRM plugin to remove the DRM from your Kindle eBooks, convert to ePub, and buy ePub from Kobo, eBooks,com, or Google Play Books. Plus, you can still borrow eBooks from Overdrive just in ePub.

Removing the DRM from Kindle books without an eink Kindle is pretty difficult now. There were several posters here who didn't manage to get the Android workaround to work.

[ZodWallop]

Understand that the latest Kindle is fast for an e-ink device. It will not be blazing fast like your phone.

I have no clue how slow your tablet is. But unless you have a bunch of extraneous crap on it, it still may be faster than the fastest Kindle. It might be worth your time to go to a local Best Buy where you can play with one of the black and white Kindles in person.

If you mostly read books, there's more to consider than just speed. The e-ink screen looks more like paper to me than an LCD does. And the battery will last for weeks instead of days.

I do think you would like the current Paperwhite. But check one out in person if you can.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by abbynormal52

What?? I don't understand what you are saying at all? I bought a Kindle Fire 7" that's what it is called?

It was in Sept. 2014 when Amazon dropped the Kindle Fire name for Fire. From what I vaguely remember, there were quite a few complaints about people buying the wrong item due to the Kindle in both names.