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10-14-2013, 10:30 PM | #48 |
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My nice new DXG and amazon black leather cover arrived via courier yesterday. Only took 4 days which is pretty fast to Australia.
I really like the newer cover. It's a bit lighter than my older dxg cover. Instead of magnets it uses an elastic strap like my k3 keyboard. It came with the latest firmware and already registered to my account so this could not be easier. Everything including the free 3g access (not restricted like the newer Kindles btw) work great. Now I can leave one on my lounge room and another in my study. I feel sooo spoilt, lol! These large e-book readers are probably not for everyone but I love them. Everyone should give them a go imho. Cheers, TomC |
10-15-2013, 03:11 PM | #49 | |
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My pictures and a more comprehensive review through here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...66#post2655882 I look forward to finding some uses for yet another Kindle! |
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10-15-2013, 06:39 PM | #50 | |
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As far as reading lights go, this is the best one I have ever used on my DXG; http://www.dicksmith.com.au/ereaders...ght-dsau-s4182 The wide coverage and, most importantly, the rotary on/off dimmer switch gives you good, even light coverage. Also, the 3xaaa batteries seem to last forever. I read in the dark ~0.5-1 hr just about every evening and after ~2 months my batteries are still ok. Other, single or double led booklights I have used in the past seemed to go through batteries quite quickly. I'm not sure why this 6-light one is so much better but it might have something to do with the dimmer switch allowing you to use less total battery power. Sorry for the ozzie link but this is where I got mine. You may be able to locally source one at a Radio Shack/Tandy shop. Maybe Ebay also but I have not seen any listed that unclude the dimmer variable switch (most only have on/off and maybe 2x power settings). Cheers, Tom Last edited by ThomasC; 10-15-2013 at 07:01 PM. Reason: added booklight info |
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10-19-2013, 03:33 PM | #51 | |
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People can read, legally, any MOBI format type of books on their Kindles. There is not legal requirement or legal clause that blocks that. What may not be legal, at least in USA, is removing DRM from books, as that's part of the contract you have when you download or buy from Amazon. But that also varies from country to country and it is not illegal in certain European countries, I believe. Also, there is no "insistence" of Amazon on not using industry standard format. Amazon is just a normal company, like any other, who make profit from selling goods, ebooks on this case. But people can still buy a Kindle and upload DRM free books and read those using a Kindle. I do not see the point though, as Amazon is still the biggest store with the best prices, in most cases. I actually own and bought (legally) lot of IT related books that have no DRM protection on it and I use my Kindle as ereader device. Last but not least, I would argue, at least un United States, that such claim of "non industry" standard is correct. Amazon is probably the major ebook seller here and I do not know of any other online retailer or company that can sell more ebooks than Amazon and they use ePub as default format. B&N tried, and their ebook business is pretty much dead at this point or with not a very promising future. |
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The Kindle DX-g is now back to the regular price of $239.
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10-22-2013, 08:10 PM | #54 | |
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2) However since I have seen no evidence that my statement is incorrect, this makes the MOBI format used by Amazon that no other major licence seller uses, Kobo, Sony, Google, etc., this makes the format proprietary and a non-industry standard. Having multiple sellers using similar formats is called competition. It allows the user to choose which reader best suits her or him and then which store she or he wishes to purchase a e-book licence. All I am saying is that people should be aware that buying a Kindle virtually locks you into Amazon. And that purchasing from Amazon, for the vast majority of purchases, means you are required to purchase a Kindle if you wish to use an e-reader. (Of course some people can reader for hours on a back-lit screen, many can not.) All of this is fine, but users should be aware of the options. Since they generally don't, it is no surprise the majority of the book licences sold are from Amazon. But if we are going to talk about dying industries, the entire e-ink industry appears to be in trouble which is too bad given that tablets just suck as e-readers. In which case this entire discussion is pretty much moot. Sigh... |
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10-23-2013, 07:33 AM | #57 |
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Also license-free books from Project Gutenberg can be downloaded in .mobi:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ I have read several free classics on my Kindle, without converting them into anything. Kindle supports DRMed Kindle books and non-DRMed .mobi and PDF books. All these one can read in compliance Amazon's TOS and of course legally. And even format-conversion isn't breaking anyone's TOS usually in itself. Now, breaking Amazon's TOS or that of some other book-seller is required to read DRMed non-Kindle books on Kindle, that is of course true. Depending on the country this may or may not break laws. Personally I haven't tried and the legality of this varies by region. |
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That's almost certainly true, as you say, but it's a completely different thing to saying that it's illegal to read non-Kindle books on a Kindle, as the earlier poster claimed.
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10-23-2013, 07:43 AM | #59 | |
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SoCalReader of course has a more general point, in general use cases Kindle readers are tied to Amazon's ecosystems, but worded it way too strictly both from a legal and a book-acquisition point of view: - Breaking Kindle's TOS or even DRM is not necessarily illegal in your location. It is in some locations. - While most e-book content is DRM protected, and there you are (under TOS) stuck with what Amazon offers, there is non-DRM PDF and .mobi content available that you can read as is on Kindle. Plus some e.g. ePub (and other type of document) content that you can legally convert to PDF or .mobi. Kindle even has an email document to device service. So it certainly isn't true that "legally, if you purchase a Kindle, you can only read Kindle books on it", but of course as a broader point it is true with Kindle you are mostly (but not entirely by a long shot) tied to its ecosystem unless you break the TOS and perhaps break the law in your locale. |
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If you're comfortable using tools like Calibre (and it's not at all difficult to use), owning a Kindle doesn't tie you to Amazon's infrastructure at all. Of course, most people don't give a damn about that - they buy a Kindle, buy their books from the Kindle Store, and are perfectly happy doing so. Last edited by HarryT; 10-23-2013 at 08:07 AM. |
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