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i'm thinking of getting a kindle. is converting epubs into whatever it reads problematic? i heard sometimes it converted ri or ni into m etc. but i'm not sure if it's true. i don't want to buy it and then be left only with licensed books.

>> No.7027849

Stealing is ignoble you plebian poorfag. Buy real books.

>> No.7027859

>>7027849
fuck off retard

>>7027839
Use Calibre, they'll convert fine

>> No.7027861

>>7027849
i'm already buying real books but they are also illegally printed. original books are fucking expensive compared to hdi in my country.

>> No.7027863

>>7027859
>Use Calibre, they'll convert fine
alright, i hope you are right. thank you.

>> No.7027968

>>7027839
>Have an old Kindle Keyboard
>Decide to get the new Kindle PW
>First one got dead pixels, send it back
>Second one got dead pixels too, send it back
>Third one has fucked up colors on the display, send it back
>Call Support: Dont bother with a fourth one...just give me the money back

I never had problems with Amazon, and my old Kindle still works fine, but got damn they fucked up the new PW.

>> No.7028938

>>7027839
>i heard sometimes it converted ri or ni into m etc
Nah, that's an OCR error of the original and it's not caused by EPUB->MOBI conversion.

You can convert them just fine with Calibre. Or you could even do it online by googling epub2mobi. It does pretty transparent conversions from my short experience with it (I use Calibre).

>> No.7028951

I have a kobo; I just transferred my epubs across and I haven't had a problem. Battery lasts for about 2 weeks using it a couple of hours a day. Never had any eyestrain, never had to convert files.

>> No.7028969

>>7028938
>Or you could even do it online by googling epub2mobi
That's what I use, never had a problem with it.

>> No.7028987

>>7028969
How would you know if you had a problem though? Mostly, how would you know if a scene or section breaks were kept in the conversion?

>> No.7029033

It's not a problem and when I pirate books most of them are already in .mobi format. It's a little bit overpriced but a nice device overall. It doesnt have to be a Kindle, but make sure you are getting an e-reader with a backlight, it might get really uncomfortable to read it even on Paperwhite if you are in a shadow or in a room without lots of light. They are slightly harder to read than regular books because of that. You will be fine if you have bright light when you read, though

>> No.7029037

Do the new ones strain the eyes? I really liked the screen on the old ones since they were always so easy to use.

>> No.7029047

>>7029037
They new ones have plastic screen, the old ones were glass ones IIRC

>> No.7029054

>>7029037
why would they if they're all e-ink? the backlight is very very subtle.

I own a Paperwhite and it's never strained my eyes, except on the occasions I'll read in bed in a completely dark room for 4 hours straight until morning.

At any rate, I've read that all the Voyage has is physical or pseudo physical buttons and a higher DPI. Don't think it should have any effect on your eyes.

>> No.7029513

Soooo which is the best e-reader? Money is not an issue.

>> No.7029723

>>7029513
kindle voyage i suppose

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7029984

>>7029723
^
Dude's right but I really doubt that the pros of the voyage are worth the extra cash, even if money is not an issue.
I'd go with the newest Paperwhite.
Download and open up Calibre if you haven't yet. It's friendly enough (with a Windows2000 feel to me) that there's no way in which you'd ever encounter any trouble converting .epub to .mobi.

>> No.7030003

>>7029984
The touchscreen of the Paperwhite has annoyed me so much now that I'm considering a Voyage

>wipe off a hair
>OH YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR FONT SIZE?
>sleepily go forward a page
>OH YOU WANT TO GO BACK?

I'm exaggerating but it's annoying. I'd say about 5-10% of my touchscreen interactions do something unintended, most of the time going back. Plus I could hold the old 3G and flip a page, both with one hand, that doesn't work with the Paperwhite but should work with the Voyage..

>> No.7030007

>>7030003
Is there any good recent ereader without touchscreen?

I hate putting touchscreens on everything. Hopefully the fad dies out soon. Literally useless in everything except phones or pads

>> No.7030010

>>7027839
>problematic

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7030169

>>7027839
>shelling out jewgold for a tablet
>shelling out that jewgold for a monochrome tablet
Delete yourself irl pls

>> No.7030192

>>7030169
>paying for books
You're worse. At least the money is going to the people that made the thing when you buy an ereader. When you buy a book the author's long dead more often than not. Your shekels go straight to the Jews without any of the work.

>> No.7030239

Jailbreak your kindle and put an epub reader on it. Takes about 10 minutes and isn't difficult.

Once you've jailbrocken you can also install an alternate OS. Duokan works pretty well and reads epubs by default. I've done it on my old kindle v3. Its a little trickier than jailbreaking, but not by a large amount.

>> No.7030243

>>7027849
Autism

>> No.7030248

>>7030007

nook is decent. I got a kobo because I wanted the foreign language dictionary capability without rooting (which I did but just too many fucking screens and other unpolished bug issues not to mention fucking the battery life) and I miss the touch buttons though it took like a day to get used to.

Really though nook isn't as fancy as the new kindles and kobos but to me it seems like all the technology you could ever need to make a great e-reader was available like 5 years ago, everything past that is just trying to get you to buy new, more expensive shit. Also nooks are cheap as fuck.

>> No.7030251

>>7030192
Yeah but how can you show people how intellectually superior you are with patrician tier novels on a bookshelf in your living room when all you have are ebooks?

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7030439

>>7030003
True enough, but then again you've got to consider that the Voyage has a touchscreen nonetheless.

You're not entirely saved from that issue unless your e-reader functions exclusively with physical buttons, but as we all know, that's only available on the older generations.
I don't personally dislike touchscreens as much as you guys seem to.
Hell, I'm all in for it.

I don't have any problem with my Kobo's touchscreen and even then, if a false move happens and an unintended actions occurs, you can just as easily click back to the centre of the device to bring it back as it were.

I usually read on the e-reader with my thumbs more or less around the edge of the device though, far enough from the screen, so that may be helpful to know.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh

>> No.7030578

>>7030239
Is that really necessary though?

And will that get rid of Amazon's shitty screensavers?

>> No.7031646

>>7027839
ITT: Pleb discussing pleb devices for their pleb needs of pleb literature.

>> No.7031659

>>7030578
I would say no, it takes like two minutes to convert epubs into mobi files.

>> No.7031685

>>7031659
So which Kindle then?

>> No.7031814

>>7031646
Muh plebs

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7032044

>>7031646
>>7031814

>> No.7032093

>>7031646
>>7031814
>>7032044
spotted the plebs.