"one guy on ebay" is hardly the same as john lewis customer service and two year guarantee.

I'm glad Amazon doesn't know about those charges, I've converted hundreds of PDFs, RTFs and epub files this way. :wink:


http://www.mobileread.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-110693.html


https://jwmanus.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/calibre-and-kindle-not-a-good-match/


It's a well know issue that's been ongoing for the last 5 years. Somehow amazon's conversion never failed me. Can't imagine how importing books to some software and copying them afterwards is easier than sending one email and getting perfectly working mobi delivered straight to your kindle. :wink:

Yeah, the price difference of the voyage is baffling. Even with the paperwhite at £110 - although it's a more reasonable price difference then. If it were higher res, higher performance (not sure if it is or not), and perhaps water proof it'd be a more reasonable premium to pay.

They should probably do a slightly larger screened device, with a very high res, and waterproof. I suppose that's what kobo offer, but it's quite bulky/heavy I believe. Would make a more compelling alternative choice device.

is this the best kindle for reading, I already have a tablet so I just want something for reading.

Thanks

£59.99 here - http://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/amazon-kindle-paperwhite-6-inch-4gb-wifi-tablet-2015-version-300ppi-with-ad-black-friday-offer.html

I contacted Amazon via chat and they removed them

Looks like you can pay Amazon £10 to remove ads. Meaning the £80 one is better if you want ad free too
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200671290

Can you pay to remove ads? If so, eglobal deal seems good. As for the £80 deals, I'd rather pay £95 and not have ads. In the end, I won't notice the £15, but will notice the ads on an ongoing basis.

Ok good to know, thanks.

I'm pretty sure they used to charge for this. It's also quite possible I mis-read something.
I can see there are comments on the Amazon wesbite about charging for Whispernet - so maybe it's that - or they have relaxed some charges now. A quick Google shows people commenting about Amazon's charges in the past.

I can understand issues with PDFs. PDFs are nasty to convert at the best of times. I have to extract data from them sometimes (reports not documents) so I'm not surprised Calibre struggles. Calibre has been fine for me when converting proper documents (i.e. not PDFs), or for things like correcting the justification on poorly formatted e-books.

Oh yes they do. I bought mine in the US, brought it home, registered on Amazon, works and downloads fine.

It's free and also as the advantage of storing the books in the cloud and all the advantages this entails, such as reading books on your other devices and making it far easier when upgrading your kindle.

I'm glad Amazon doesn't know about those charges, I've converted hundreds of PDFs, RTFs and epub files this way. :wink:


http://www.mobileread.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-110693.html


https://jwmanus.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/calibre-and-kindle-not-a-good-match/


It's a well know issue that's been ongoing for the last 5 years. Somehow amazon's conversion never failed me. Can't imagine how importing books to some software and copying them afterwards is easier than sending one email and getting perfectly working mobi delivered straight to your kindle. :wink:

i have got one kindle paperwhite,then i have more reading time.

I think there is a charge for that.

So I have a choice of using Calibre (which is fine by the way) for free or pay Amazon for each conversion.

It's a toughie :-)

assuming this is the one with special offers as its the same price as amazon - anyone able to confirm? the description mentions nothing :disappointed:

Calibre is fine.

Picked mine up yesterday. Contacted Amazon chat and they took the offers off.

While the offers on the screensaver aren't that bad, it's the need to swipe the screen to go to the homepage that is annoying. That, and the small panel at the bottom of the home page.

Once the offers are off, a single press of the power button toggles screensaver on and off.

One guy has been selling hundreds of them for £79 on ebay for months now. Cold.

:stuck_out_tongue:

i want to buy one kindle for reading

Also been using Calibre for years without any issues.

Also JL has the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 S Pen, Snapdragon 400, Android, 9.7 16GB WIFI for £209 instead of £239

Got a £10 voucher which is years old for John Lewis, so will grab this :-)

What if his name is John Lewis?

oh, and good offer, the extra year warranty over amazon's

never had any problem with Calibre so far,converted between mobi epub and kindle formats all the time for my kindle and sony readers.

Calibre is terrible, adds random blank lines, double spacing, breaks lines for no good reason. Better email it to your kindle @ address with the word "convert" as subject, works 100%.

thank you

Yeah they do, no warranty though

what type of files can be read on it?thx

was going to have one off these but read you keep getting Ads popping up is that right

Typical.....She's wants the Kobo Aura H2o...and nobody is dropping that in price :disappointed:

Does this have the special offers on it?

Ordered thanks - anyone seen the global electrical offer?

Ordered for Christmas present. Good to have 2 year warranty

Amazon's warranty applies.

I'm pretty sure they do.

and on amazon and on tesco direct

can u get the ft on this

Is this with or without special offers?

Damn, beat me to it :smiley:

Excellent price considering the extra year's guarantee. Have some heat OP.