Amazon Kindle - ebooks & readers v "traditional"
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Also, my Kindle has already locked up on me once downloading a book, it just froze. Then the book downloaded 20 minutes later. That was annoying.
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Don't expect wonders out of Nook, either. Apparently on Christmas B&N's servers got hit so hard with download requests that it took up to 24 hours for books to download.
That being said, if you opt to not keep the Nook, let me know.
That being said, if you opt to not keep the Nook, let me know.
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Sorry though, if I sell it I will be doing so on ebay. Its sells for easily for over $300 right now. But the girl got it for me, she wouldn't like it if I sold it.
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How do page numbers work on Nook?
I have looked at PDFs on the Kindle and they have page numbers. And I hate how that is. It just cuts a page at whatever it can display, so usually a page is more than one screen. That annoys me.
Is it like that or do they just generate a number of pages based on how many screens it'll be?
The percentage bar seems good enough for me. Page count tends to matter to me if only for how far along I'm in anyway. Don't have to worry about losing my spot any more. l just have to get used to the location numbers, which is happening quicker than I thought.
Really liking my Kindle. E-readers are just fantastic. The comfort level alone is worth the price. And there is something very compelling about the look of e-ink. I like being able to access the internet for more content, too. Got the feedbooks and mobileread documents so I can access all their eBoooks. They really do smoke Gutenberg. It's also cool that their books have links to the authors other works as well as recommendations. Manybooks.net is another great site.
I have looked at PDFs on the Kindle and they have page numbers. And I hate how that is. It just cuts a page at whatever it can display, so usually a page is more than one screen. That annoys me.
Is it like that or do they just generate a number of pages based on how many screens it'll be?
The percentage bar seems good enough for me. Page count tends to matter to me if only for how far along I'm in anyway. Don't have to worry about losing my spot any more. l just have to get used to the location numbers, which is happening quicker than I thought.
Really liking my Kindle. E-readers are just fantastic. The comfort level alone is worth the price. And there is something very compelling about the look of e-ink. I like being able to access the internet for more content, too. Got the feedbooks and mobileread documents so I can access all their eBoooks. They really do smoke Gutenberg. It's also cool that their books have links to the authors other works as well as recommendations. Manybooks.net is another great site.
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And there is something very compelling about the look of e-ink
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I have a Kindle and this also annoys me. Are there any kind of mods you can download to the Kindle to turn locations into page numbers?
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What exactly is the issue with the page numbers? I didn't realize there was any kind of issues with it.
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How are page numbers any different than location numbers? They both serve the same purpose - to let you know how far in the book you are. However, page numbers would change and have to be recalculated every time the font size changed whereas location numbers are absolute.
How would you propose someone 'mod' the kindle to provide page numbers? If the purpose is to be able to reference a paper copy (for a class for instance), whose edition should be the reference?
Michael
How would you propose someone 'mod' the kindle to provide page numbers? If the purpose is to be able to reference a paper copy (for a class for instance), whose edition should be the reference?
Michael
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I got a Kindle as well for Christmas. I knew it was coming, so I've been stockpiling books to download from Amazon. I got Amazon GCs from my aunts, and I've burned through them all already downloading 16 books. My husband and I are going to his parents' cabin for 5 days over New Years, and I can't wait to have all that time to dig into those. I also got the Amazon cover, a Decalgirl skin (this one: http://www.decalgirl.com/item.view/33585 ), and two clip on lights, so I'm set. I love it so far. MUCH happier with it after I added that skin. After hearing about all the problems with the Nook, I'm so glad I chose the Kindle.
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Like I said before, PDFs on Kindle do go by page numbers, but because of how they are formated pages usually take more than one screen to view. I can see someone preferring that method, but if it strictly is down to progress I have no problem with the location/percentage display the Kindle has. It's just different, not better or worse.
The other solution would be a variable page count, which seems worse, but I guess someone would like it.
There should be an option I guess.
The other solution would be a variable page count, which seems worse, but I guess someone would like it.
There should be an option I guess.