12-11-2013, 08:00 PM | #1 |
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PW2 collections issue / Kobo Aura?
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I own a Kindle Touch and always loved it. Now I wanted to upgrade to a device with light. I got a bit insecure, reading about issues with the new firmware 5.4.2 for PW2 and problems with collections. I have a few purchased amazon books, and more sideloaded (via the kindle email-adress). I did store them in collections, but wouldn't have a problem rearranging them into collections of neccessary. I didn't fully understand these issues with the new firmware: does the pw2 case problems with sideloaded books? Or are they not stored in the cloud and synced anymore? On another hand: I was considering the Kobo Aura, since I imagine that I can use dropbox to keep the books and highlights in sync, and read across multiple devices using dropbox. Is that correct, or do I imagine it too easy? |
12-12-2013, 05:30 AM | #2 |
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Sideloaded books have never been stored in the Cloud. That's what "sideloaded" means.
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I have a Kobo Aura, I load my books via Calibre into Collections (Calibre has a plug in that's works great for this). I also load the odd book via Dropbox using the browser and that also works fine. The screen on the Paperwhite is slightly better that the Aura's but I do love my Aura. |
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That's what I do. I never load my Paperwhite via Calibre or by drag and drop, I always email my books to Amazon, it's easier that way. |
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We need to come up with a word for 'I bought it from somewhere else and emailed it to Amazon' |
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I think the term is personal documents.
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Hey guys, thanks a lot for your answers!
Yes, sorry for the terminology confusion. I did mean Personal Documents, sent via the amazon email address. The only important thing for me is that the all the highlights that I put get synced all across my devices, and that I can export them (f.ex. to Evernote via clippings manager). Thanks for letting me know that the PW2 is still doing that. i had been afraid for a moment. How is it with the Aura and syncing of highlights and annotations via dropbox? Does it work well, or is it complicated? |
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Well, if you download a book from a web site to your kindle it behaves exactly the same as if it were transferred over the USB cable. I would consider those 'side loaded' as well.
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I can't help with highlighting I'm afraid, I only download a book from Dropbox to the Aura.
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ok thanks all for your help!
In the meantime, I got the Kindle for Android app running on my mac with the emulator "Genymotion". Thus, I have personal documents and whispersync on my mac. |
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