New kindle query

nearlyrich

downhillfast wrote: »

For anyone that's interested...

Anyone that has LOADS of books on their Kindle has probably spent AGES sorting them into 'Collections'. Here's a little application I found a while ago that does it in seconds...

http://www.colegate.net/KindleCollectionManager/default.aspx


HTH :beer:

My thanks button is missing but that looks like a useful site so thanks for sharing;)


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mttylad

Stefano, just to back up what I have said - she is now out providing tech support to her mum, installing stuff on her laptop, copying books to her kindle and showing her how to use all the lovely new software she has put on the laptop.

I'm sat watching TV and browsing the web.

Not so long ago my wife was a technophobe, now she is a geek.
Not so long ago she nagged at me about the time I spend on my pc, now she joins me and loves it.

It has cost me though, new kindle, new laptop, new this & that bought while on Ebay.
Be prepared to accept what you have just done.

mrshappy

OP, just to add-my dad asked me to set up the Kindle he has bought my mum for her Christmas, I had to set up an amazon account in her name while my dad had to access her emails to delete the welcome email and the thanks for your purchase emails they sent every time I downloaded a book! I wouls second the previous poster who suggested letting her do it herself as I spent an evening faffing about doing it while on the phone to dad. I hate picking books for other people anyway!

Badger_Lady

I've done it for my Mum. I'm worried that otherwise she'd open it go 'oh, lovely' but then never get around to actually what it is or how it works.

I know my parents' passwords, so I've just registered it and popped some books in there whilst deleting their emails, heheh, sneaky

I also wanted to present it in its Klevercase - she'll understand when she unwraps something that looks like a book and is inscribed with a message from my sister and I

Since I don't live with her, she'll have to sort out her own books in future - I can show her on the day and then leave her to it. I've prompted the other family members to buy her Amazon vouchers for Christmas this year so that she'll have something to get started with.

stefano

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Of course the PDFs will only display on the small black and white screen so it depends on what you need them for.

I work for a hotel and we get lots of files, function sheets, reports training plans, and I really think that printing lots of pages for the purpose of reading them during a meeting is a great waste of paper, ink and electricity. Why not load them onto a kindle and read them off it. I may not be able to take notes or highlight anything, but I may be able to do my bit to save the planet.

cherydee

My daughter has just bought her husband a kindle, and someone has told me that it is not backlit. He likes to read in bed, so does that mean he will have to have a bedside light on.

Badger_Lady

cherydee wrote: »

He likes to read in bed, so does that mean he will have to have a bedside light on.

Yes he will - either that or a clip-on light (you can get them on Amazon and eBay).

AirCooledHeaven

stefano wrote: »

Just bought a new kindle as a xmas present for my wife. How do I load some free books onto it? How does it charge?

If you register it to her account then she'll receive a 'welcome' email and the surprise will be gone... If this matters then wait until the day, you can deregister it from yourself, and register it to her in just a couple of minutes

rmg1

Just a thought, Waterstones are doing there own version of (what appears to be) a Kindle.
All the reviews seem good and it's a good price. Has anyone got/used one and what are they like?

penrhyn

rmg1 wrote: »

Just a thought, Waterstones are doing there own version of (what appears to be) a Kindle.
All the reviews seem good and it's a good price. Has anyone got/used one and what are they like?

Whats the USP of the Waterstones device?