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Monuments by Peter Cossins has been my night book on my Kindle for month or two. I keep falling asleep while reading details about old bike races so it helps a lot with occasional imsomnia.
Question!
The highlight feature or whatever it's called, can it be used to make notes against character names to say who they are... So later in the book I can search the name to remind me who the character is?
Huge books like Peter F Hamilton's leave me struggling to ferment who the characters are, as there a are so many!
Cheers guys.
I’ve still got my 1st gen kindle.
I’ll replace it when kindles can fold, like some smartphones.
Most books have X-Ray. Highlight a name or thing to do with the story and there's a pop up at the bottom of the screen. It does dictionary definitions, Wikipedia entries or X Ray which is like wikipedia for that book.
I didn’t know that, I’ll give it a try.
Actually it's a swipe up in the bottom half of the screen. It allows you to flick through the book to a different location then return to where you were, which is handy if you've forgotten something; but there's also a bar showing where you are in the book.
Thanks molgrips, haven't even tried xray yet and it sound just the ticket from what you say.
It comes up by default. I think it might be compiled by AI but it seems to work. Sadly doesn't link up with previous books in a series!
Long term Kindle user here currently using a first generation Voyage whose battery life is now probably a quarter of what it was when new.
If buying a new Kindle I would go for the new Paperwhite on the basis that it is waterproof and has USB-C charging.
The former would be great - the only time I read paper books nowadays is in the bath as cannot take the Voyage in there. It can take me three months to finish a "bath book"!
"One of the reasons I bought a then-partner a Kindle was she was in the habit of taking hardbacks to bed, falling asleep mid-read and braining me with them."
That happened to my butty, but she used a solid glass bedside lamp.
This thread certainly ‘re-kindled’ my interest in e-book readers.
What I’ve learned:
So, Kobo, and it’s app allow you to borrow virtual books from your library.
If you’re going for a kindle paperwhite, the ‘kids’ version offers identical hardware, but with the bonus of a free folio cover, a year’s subscription to some kids books and an extended warranty.
Afaik, it allows you to switch between adult and kids profiles.
I hear that the UI isn’t as smooth as the latest version on the regular paperwhite.
If you’re subscribed to Amazon prime, the ‘Star Wars’ graphic novels are well worth a gander on an iPad, etc. Fantastic illustrators at work.
Hello again all.
Really loving the Kindle.
However... Is it possible to turn off 1 click ordering?
I managed to order a sequence of books for £40 last night by getting tired and tapping the wrong box on screen.lol
All sorted out via web chat this morning but I can't seem to find a way to turn off one click ordering on kindle?
A quick Google seems to indicate you can't, which is very Amazon I suppose...
try doing it on the website on a computer?
Yeah, it's off on there but doesn't seem to turn it off on kindle purchases?
Specsavers? 😉
Apparently you can turn it off for Amazon shopping in a browser, but not on Kindle.
Cheeky sod. Lol
Yeah, looks like for kindle purchases I need to be vey careful at night.😁
I can’t seem to find a way to turn off one click ordering on kindle?
Can you turn off internet connection until you need it? Sync/download etc
I selected this "turn off one click ordering on kindle" in your post and did Search Google for... and it said [i]Your Account > Your Payments > Settings > Your Purchase Preferences page. On this page, click the “Disable 1-Click Everywhere” link located in the box near the upper-right corner of the page[/i].
So you can do it on a pooter
Just a PSA and apologies if done but Amazon doing a kindle with back light and sdverts for £49.99.👍
I've been won over with my kindle, they are bloody great.