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Amazon:: I don't understand the "kindle" format (solved!)

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Monkeh:

--- Quote from: Connecteur on August 11, 2020, 03:53:25 pm ---If you like being jerked around by virtual monopolies, Kindle is for you.
I prefer open sources.

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And your open-source e-ink reader and DRM-free respository of hundreds of thousands of titles is where?

For that matter, where are your open source books? Original sources, layouts, font specs, cover graphics?

0db:

--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on August 11, 2020, 03:35:15 pm ---The issue with Kindle is you don't really own anything.  It's all cloud based. 

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Files (ebook and pdf) are on the cloud but there is a copy of these files on the flash memory of my Kindle PaperWhite, and if I connect my Kindle to a computer via USB, I can copy them like if was a common pendrive.

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: 0db on August 11, 2020, 04:51:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on August 11, 2020, 03:35:15 pm ---The issue with Kindle is you don't really own anything.  It's all cloud based. 

--- End quote ---

Files (ebook and pdf) are on the cloud but there is a copy of these files on the flash memory of my Kindle PaperWhite, and if I connect my Kindle to a computer via USB, I can copy them like if was a common pendrive.

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They are, of course, encrypted.. Which I'm sure has been broken a few times now.

eti:
Anyone complaining that an e-ink Kindle has "poor refresh rate" etc, is basically missing the point - a paperback also has "poor refresh rate" - wanna know why? It doesn't need one. It's like complaining "This twig is a terrible bicycle" - yeah... it's a twig, it's all you need to light a fire, not wheels and a chain.

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: eti on August 11, 2020, 11:46:53 pm ---Anyone complaining that an e-ink Kindle has "poor refresh rate" etc, is basically missing the point - a paperback also has "poor refresh rate" - wanna know why? It doesn't need one. It's like complaining "This twig is a terrible bicycle" - yeah... it's a twig, it's all you need to light a fire, not wheels and a chain.

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Did it sound like I was complaning?

They have a very slow refresh - if you want to flick between pages in a reference book, that's a big problem. Hence the unsupported format for such titles.

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