11-20-2007, 12:53 AM | #1 |
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newbie question: clipping off the device?
I have been tempted by the Sony reader many times, but the content selection is not good. Kindle sounds great, because of the selection and ease of management of content. Having not used an ebook before, I have a question --
Can I clip text from a page and make that available elsewhere? For example, with a paper magazine/newspaper, I often clip out stuff and scan it for reference. Same for books. Can I do this easily with the Kindle? I presume I can clip on the device. But I like to have the clippings available off-reader in case I do not have the reader with me, or if I run out of storage on device (although for text that may never happen). |
11-20-2007, 02:19 AM | #2 |
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I'm not certain of the details, but the Kindle has some kind of clipping system that includes up to whole pages of books. The clippings are kept in a file on the reader that is independent of the books (I think) so you can delete the book from the reader and keep the clippings. Also the clippings are backed up onto Amazon's servers by default so you won't lose it if you lose the device.
I don't know if you could get the clipping file off the device in a readable form. Z. |
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11-20-2007, 11:35 AM | #4 |
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Interesting. This sounds like it will work.
Now then it begs the question about piracy -- does this make it (relatively) easier to copy and send a page or pages of a book to someone else? On a positive note, if I can pull my clipping file(s) down from amazon directly elsewhere, it becomes the ultimate clipboard service. |
11-20-2007, 11:40 AM | #5 | |
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I presume the clipping system will limit you to a small number of pages from a single book. Z. |
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