Said I would give my thoughts on having gone Kindle.
Lightweight and will slip into most jacket pockets.
Not run it down but seems to take an hour or so to charge. This lasts they say for 3 months.
When it opens up ( a little press button on the bottom) for the first time this takes you through all the setting up including WIFI connection and an account at Amazon Kindle where there are about a billion books.
Simple controls which come up by pressing at the top of the screen
Shopping search in books buy and download. Downloads completed in secs.
Font choose the type, choose the size, choose line spacing and margins
Sliding scale for the screen brightness. Mine is a Kindle white.
Go to brings up list chapters tap chapter required.
Many other other little clever items
When reading highlight a word and the meaning appears.
A character in a story highlighted gives an explanation of him or her.
Turn a page tap the screen. To go back a page tap left hand margin.
Reading. Turn on and current page is there.
Size of page depends on text size and line spacing but most pages smaller than an average book.
Strange to begin with but found it has great advantages. Go for an appointment, wait in a queue and out comes kindle. Read in the car waiting.
On average my books are big size and reading when I go to bed at night is a nightmare kindle is perfect as it is so light and only one page width.
Not all books that I like to read are on kindle but the list is growing.
Once you have bought a book it is there for ever stored in your kindle
You can also read in the dark.
Finish a book then just rustle up the shop and a new book is bought and in kindle in a couple of minutes.
Down side. if you like holding a book to read then Kindle is not for you.
You are not aware of where you are in the book ie half way thro two thirds but you can look at the chapter list with two poke on the screen.
Illustration are not so good as they are only as large as the screen. not found if you can magnify yet.
That is it really I shall be kindling form now on except for some books like Maquis George Millar.
Forgot. To bring up text options place finger and thumb on the screen and slide apart.
QED.
Laurie
Lightweight and will slip into most jacket pockets.
Not run it down but seems to take an hour or so to charge. This lasts they say for 3 months.
When it opens up ( a little press button on the bottom) for the first time this takes you through all the setting up including WIFI connection and an account at Amazon Kindle where there are about a billion books.
Simple controls which come up by pressing at the top of the screen
Shopping search in books buy and download. Downloads completed in secs.
Font choose the type, choose the size, choose line spacing and margins
Sliding scale for the screen brightness. Mine is a Kindle white.
Go to brings up list chapters tap chapter required.
Many other other little clever items
When reading highlight a word and the meaning appears.
A character in a story highlighted gives an explanation of him or her.
Turn a page tap the screen. To go back a page tap left hand margin.
Reading. Turn on and current page is there.
Size of page depends on text size and line spacing but most pages smaller than an average book.
Strange to begin with but found it has great advantages. Go for an appointment, wait in a queue and out comes kindle. Read in the car waiting.
On average my books are big size and reading when I go to bed at night is a nightmare kindle is perfect as it is so light and only one page width.
Not all books that I like to read are on kindle but the list is growing.
Once you have bought a book it is there for ever stored in your kindle
You can also read in the dark.
Finish a book then just rustle up the shop and a new book is bought and in kindle in a couple of minutes.
Down side. if you like holding a book to read then Kindle is not for you.
You are not aware of where you are in the book ie half way thro two thirds but you can look at the chapter list with two poke on the screen.
Illustration are not so good as they are only as large as the screen. not found if you can magnify yet.
That is it really I shall be kindling form now on except for some books like Maquis George Millar.
Forgot. To bring up text options place finger and thumb on the screen and slide apart.
QED.
Laurie
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