Simple Kindle Voyage sideloading question

ZodWallop · 07-09-2015, 08:59 PM

I may be getting a Kindle Voyage soon. One question I haven't been able to find a definitive answer to: How much space is available for sideloading?

I know the Voyage has 4GB of internal storage and the O/S takes up about a gig. Is all the rest of that space available to use as I please? I just want to make sure Amazon hasn't pulled any Nook Glowlight shenanigans.

AnemicOak · 07-09-2015, 09:26 PM

Yes, I don't know the exact size off hand, but Kindle storage is not partitioned like Nook storage is you have the full amount of space available for sideloading.

eschwartz · 07-10-2015, 12:55 AM

Added: I think the usable space is closer to 3.5 GB.

HarryT · 07-10-2015, 02:02 AM

There's about 3 1/4 GB of available user storage. Same as the PW.

ZodWallop · 07-10-2015, 09:51 AM

Groovy. Thanks for the responses.

I used to agitate heavily for micro SD card slots until I realized that in all my years with my Nook, I've only filled about 1.5 GB of space. So the amount offered more than works unless they pulled a B&N-style fast one.

HarryT · 07-10-2015, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Groovy. Thanks for the responses.

I used to agitate heavily for micro SD card slots until I realized that in all my years with my Nook, I've only filled about 1.5 GB of space. So the amount offered more than works unless they pulled a B&N-style fast one.

I have about 1900 books on my Voyage, and it's almost full. A fair number of those, though, are multi-book omnibus editions.

ZodWallop · 07-10-2015, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I have about 1900 books on my Voyage, and it's almost full. A fair number of those, though, are multi-book omnibus editions.

Yeah, I have far more e-books in Calibre than I have on my device.

Really, I'd prefer to still have a micro SD card slot. But of the e-readers I was scoping out, only the Aura had one. And the Glo-HD and Voyage hi-res screens were more tempting once I saw that I could get by on a 'meager' 3 GB. The Voyage's flush, hi-res screen and page turn buttons are what made me pick that as a winner.

HarryT · 07-10-2015, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Yeah, I have far more e-books in Calibre than I have on my device.

Me too, and once you get to that point, it gets a bit irrelevant how much storage the device has, to my mind. As long as you can store enough books on it to give you a good choice of reading (and 1000+ books should be enough), that's fine for me.

eschwartz · 07-10-2015, 12:54 PM

... an opinion which I feel I summed up very well a couple years ago:

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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.)

(I bookmarked that post so I can requote it.

)

...

Obviously, I make an exception for the singular case of manga. Image-heavy media quickly takes up a lot of space.

ZodWallop · 07-10-2015, 02:25 PM

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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.

But what happens when I'm stranded on a desert isle? Sure, the professor can probably make me a coconut powered charger, but I'll rue the day I bought an e-reader with no SD card

On a slightly more serious note: one plus to micro SD is that (in theory) you could eject the card from an old reader, plug it in to a new one and all your books are there.

(I say all this, though in general, I agree with your sentiment.)

ZodWallop · 07-10-2015, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

Obviously, I make an exception for the singular case of manga. Image-heavy media quickly takes up a lot of space.

I prefer a tablet for comics. Not just for the color (I know manga are generally black and white) but for the screen size (and I understand manga tankobon are closer in size to an e-reader).

howyoudoin · 07-10-2015, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

But what happens when I'm stranded on a desert isle?

If you have the memory of a goldfish like I do, you'll be glad of having to re-read all those books anyway. I've re-read fiction a couple years later with no clue how it ended the first time. Who says having a poor memory doesn't have it's advantages?

eschwartz · 07-10-2015, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

But what happens when I'm stranded on a desert isle? Sure, the professor can probably make me a coconut powered charger, but I'll rue the day I bought an e-reader with no SD card

On a slightly more serious note: one plus to micro SD is that (in theory) you could eject the card from an old reader, plug it in to a new one and all your books are there.

(I say all this, though in general, I agree with your sentiment.)

How often do you change ereaders, anyway???

And the professor will be more than happy to make you a wood-burning computer to transfer your books with. Problem solved.

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I prefer a tablet for comics. Not just for the color (I know manga are generally black and white) but for the screen size (and I understand manga tankobon are closer in size to an e-reader).

I don't even read them to begin with.

But assuming someone reads them, and wants to read them on an E-Ink device, I certainly wouldn't recommend an ereader that can only store a handful of their manga.

It's all about needs, real vs. perceived.

eschwartz · 07-10-2015, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by howyoudoin

If you have the memory of a goldfish like I do, you'll be glad of having to re-read all those books anyway. I've re-read fiction a couple years later with no clue how it ended the first time. Who says having a poor memory doesn't have it's advantages?

Actually, I reread my books anyway.

And come to think of it, who says even an SD card will increase the storage capacity enough for the full span of your island stay???

It would just give you longer before you had to recycle your reading anyway.

Readirect · 07-28-2015, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

How often do you change ereaders, anyway???

And the professor will be more than happy to make you a wood-burning computer to transfer your books with. Problem solved.

I don't even read them to begin with.

But assuming someone reads them, and wants to read them on an E-Ink device, I certainly wouldn't recommend an ereader that can only store a handful of their manga.

It's all about needs, real vs. perceived.

Having enjoyed the benefits of an sdcard reader before and not having one now, I can tell you it is annoying.

Almost as annoying as those who post snark-infested comments about which they -- evidently -- know nothing about.

I don't belittle your choice, Pal. Kindly get your mouth off mine.

07-09-2015, 08:59 PM	#1
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,474 Karma: 111164374 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3	Simple Kindle Voyage sideloading question I may be getting a Kindle Voyage soon. One question I haven't been able to find a definitive answer to: How much space is available for sideloading? I know the Voyage has 4GB of internal storage and the O/S takes up about a gig. Is all the rest of that space available to use as I please? I just want to make sure Amazon hasn't pulled any Nook Glowlight shenanigans.

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Yes, I don't know the exact size off hand, but Kindle storage is not partitioned like Nook storage is you have the full amount of space available for sideloading.

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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)	Added: I think the usable space is closer to 3.5 GB.

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07-10-2015, 09:51 AM	#5
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,474 Karma: 111164374 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3	Groovy. Thanks for the responses. I used to agitate heavily for micro SD card slots until I realized that in all my years with my Nook, I've only filled about 1.5 GB of space. So the amount offered more than works unless they pulled a B&N-style fast one.

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