Samples - New-Improved! w Software update (Voyage, at least)

badgoodDeb · 11-20-2014, 01:46 PM

With the software update that my Voyage just did, my Samples have undergone a wondrous improvement!!!!
-- send myself a sample
-- read the sample
-- buy the book from within the sample, at the end of sample
-- (pause for a bit)
-- sample has deleted itself!!! Yay!!!
-- newly downloaded book has remembered where I left off reading!!!! Triple yay!! Will wonders never cease!!

This is the behavior we've hoped for all along!

eschwartz · 11-20-2014, 01:54 PM

Didn't that happen with the PW1??

badgoodDeb · 11-20-2014, 02:04 PM

Um, I dunno. I'm new to the touch kindle world. I just came from a K4. But I'm pretty sure my Voyage didn't do it until this software update, so I thought it was a new cool thing. Maybe I'm just out of touch. Have you all been seeing this marvelous action all along?

Josieb1 · 11-20-2014, 02:14 PM

It's a recent thing, samples are now stored in the cloud. I have the same samples on my iPad as I have on the Voyage.

Oops sorry, yes the functionality you are seeing has been around for a while now, but the cloud bit is new, sorry.

sian · 11-21-2014, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

With the software update that my Voyage just did, my Samples have undergone a wondrous improvement!!!!
-- send myself a sample
-- read the sample
-- buy the book from within the sample, at the end of sample
-- (pause for a bit)
-- sample has deleted itself!!! Yay!!!
-- newly downloaded book has remembered where I left off reading!!!! Triple yay!! Will wonders never cease!!

This is the behavior we've hoped for all along!

can it make me a coffee

sian · 11-21-2014, 10:46 PM

will my voyage ( coming sooner than i thought) need the coffee erm i mean latest up date to do the delete sample etc thing?

sian · 11-21-2014, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

With the software update that my Voyage just did, my Samples have undergone a wondrous improvement!!!!
-- send myself a sample
-- read the sample
-- buy the book from within the sample, at the end of sample
-- (pause for a bit)
-- sample has deleted itself!!! Yay!!!
-- newly downloaded book has remembered where I left off reading!!!! Triple yay!! Will wonders never cease!!

This is the behavior we've hoped for all along!

cant wait

Barbara1955 · 11-22-2014, 12:05 AM

I done that with the K3...

krazy4katz · 11-22-2014, 01:55 PM

Sounds great! I haven't gotten the update yet. I don't feel like side loading it, so I guess I will just have to wait until Amazon finds me… me… me...

Robmonster · 11-24-2014, 05:36 AM

The act of a Sample remembering your position when you buy the full book is something that was introduced in an older update, my PW1 certainly foes this.

The new improvement with Samples is that they are now treating like a regular book in terms of syncing, so you can add them to a collection and have whispersync sync your progress and collection membership to other devices. Previously a sample was only on the one device.

SCION · 11-24-2014, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robmonster

...Previously a sample was only on the one device.

Yes, and I was always annoyed by this. I tend to keep my samples in a "Samples" collection if I plan on buying it in the future.

JSWolf · 11-24-2014, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sian

can it make me a coffee

I hope not. Coffee is just icky.

Maybe if it made hot chocolate using real chocolate (not a powdered mix) and chocolate milk (not water).

badgoodDeb · 11-24-2014, 05:03 PM

Hot chocolate made with TWO packets of the powdered mix aint all that bad. However, I've never tried the Real Thing, so I've no means of comparison. It's probably safest to keep it that way, or I'd never stop drinking it, I'm sure.

JSWolf · 11-24-2014, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Hot chocolate made with TWO packets of the powdered mix aint all that bad. However, I've never tried the Real Thing, so I've no means of comparison. It's probably safest to keep it that way, or I'd never stop drinking it, I'm sure.

But can you imagine what real hot chocolate would taste like?

Take your favorite chocolate, melt it, warm up chocolate milk, combine the two, mix well and enjoy!

11-20-2014, 01:46 PM	#1
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Samples - New-Improved! w Software update (Voyage, at least) With the software update that my Voyage just did, my Samples have undergone a wondrous improvement!!!! -- send myself a sample -- read the sample -- buy the book from within the sample, at the end of sample -- (pause for a bit) -- sample has deleted itself!!! Yay!!! -- newly downloaded book has remembered where I left off reading!!!! Triple yay!! Will wonders never cease!! This is the behavior we've hoped for all along!

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11-20-2014, 01:54 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Didn't that happen with the PW1??

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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Um, I dunno. I'm new to the touch kindle world. I just came from a K4. But I'm pretty sure my Voyage didn't do it until this software update, so I thought it was a new cool thing. Maybe I'm just out of touch. Have you all been seeing this marvelous action all along?

11-20-2014, 02:14 PM	#4
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,009 Karma: 18018738 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Libra2, Clara 2e, Kindle PW SE & Kindle 2022	It's a recent thing, samples are now stored in the cloud. I have the same samples on my iPad as I have on the Voyage. Oops sorry, yes the functionality you are seeing has been around for a while now, but the cloud bit is new, sorry.

11-21-2014, 10:46 PM	#6
sian Addict Posts: 245 Karma: 55958 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: kindle oasis ( 2018) kindle Fire hd 10 ( 2017)	will my voyage ( coming sooner than i thought) need the coffee erm i mean latest up date to do the delete sample etc thing?

11-22-2014, 12:05 AM	#8
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	I done that with the K3...

11-22-2014, 01:55 PM	#9
krazy4katz Addict Posts: 367 Karma: 1552656 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: [Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (KK)], Kindle Voyage, iPad Pro	Sounds great! I haven't gotten the update yet. I don't feel like side loading it, so I guess I will just have to wait until Amazon finds me… me… me...

11-24-2014, 05:36 AM	#10
Robmonster Wizard! Posts: 250 Karma: 548228 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: UK Device: Paperwhite, Voyage + Oasis2	The act of a Sample remembering your position when you buy the full book is something that was introduced in an older update, my PW1 certainly foes this. The new improvement with Samples is that they are now treating like a regular book in terms of syncing, so you can add them to a collection and have whispersync sync your progress and collection membership to other devices. Previously a sample was only on the one device.

11-24-2014, 05:03 PM	#13
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Hot chocolate made with TWO packets of the powdered mix aint all that bad. However, I've never tried the Real Thing, so I've no means of comparison. It's probably safest to keep it that way, or I'd never stop drinking it, I'm sure.