Kindel

[WildBill]

Another thing about the Kindle that is not generally known, WildBill, is that "your" books may not actually be on your Kindle. Elmo

So is the claim that you can store 3,500 books not true? Or does this apply only to books purchased from Amazon?

I would never make such a claim. Elmo

That is the claim on the Amazon website. I know that files for books with a lot of pictures and illustrations can get very large. It's just that after your last post about them being stored by Amazon made me wonder.

[b322da]

Another thing about the Kindle that is not generally known, WildBill, is that "your" books may not actually be on your Kindle. Elmo

So is the claim that you can store 3,500 books not true? Or does this apply only to books purchased from Amazon?

I would never make such a claim. Elmo

That is the claim on the Amazon website. I know that files for books with a lot of pictures and illustrations can get very large. It's just that after your last post about them being stored by Amazon made me wonder.

You got me bothered, WildBill, and I am checking with an expert on whether or not there may be a limit to the number of books one can have on the Amazon server. I have never heard this before, but I will let you know what I learn.

Elmo

[b322da]

WildBill,

I made a horrible mistake on how many of the 1500 MB on my Kindle I have still available. It is 1352 MB left, or I have only used 145 MB, while I have more than 1000 books. My math, not my best skill, was backward.

I never did understand bits and bytes, and I have proved it. As I have said before, I am a Luddite.

I edited my prior post to make it right (I think).

Elmo

[Oldgringo]

Well, it is here and she seems to be delighted. In any event, she is fully occupied.

Our cat, Boo, and I will fix us some cereal or popcorn or something.

[b322da]

Well, it is here and she seems to be delighted. In any event, she is fully occupied.

Our cat, Boo, and I will fix us some cereal or popcorn or something.

Get the new one with a laser and Boo can enjoy it too.

Elmo

[b322da]

WildBill,

I think I tracked down the "3500 books" source. On the Amazon web site describing the latest generation Kindle, I see:

"Double the Storage – Up to 3,500 books"

I suspect some wizard at Amazon decided how big an "average" book is in KBs or MBs and divided that misleading number into the disk space available on the Kindle device, having nothing to do with one's archived items in Seattle or somewhere out there in cyberspace. As you know so well the number of books you can get on your device is a matter of bits and bytes -- there are BIG books and teeny books.

If I am right: naughty, naughty, Amazon. Puffery in advertising this might be called. Sometimes called deceptive trade practice if it goes too far, but I don't think it is quite there.

BTW, the "current generation Kindle" is called the "K3" by Kindlers, as compared with "K1," the first generation, and the "K2," the second generation. All my Kindles are K2s. As I mentioned above, my K2s have about 1500 MB of storage. I do not know for sure, but I suspect when Amazon says "double the storage" in the K3, it must have nearabouts twice the data storage capacity of my K2s, which itself is more than enough for me, at least at my age.

Elmo

[Oldgringo]

HELLLP!

I've downoaded Kindle for PC and Calibre2 to my laptop:

* Do I copy Calibre2 to the Kindle and if so, how do I do that?
* When I open Calibre2 on my laptop where do I get the books to add?
* Where are the instructions?


Where did I put our Library Cards?

[WildBill]

HELLLP!

I've downoaded Kindle for PC and Calibre2 to my laptop:

* Do I copy Calibre2 to the Kindle and if so, how do I do that?
* When I open Calibre2 on my laptop where do I get the books to add?
* Where are the instructions?


Where did I put our Library Cards?

Calbre is an organizer for your e-books. It stays on the laptop and doesn't get loaded on the Kindle. The instructions are on their website. http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[b322da]

HELLLP!

I've downoaded Kindle for PC and Calibre2 to my laptop:

* Do I copy Calibre2 to the Kindle and if so, how do I do that?
* When I open Calibre2 on my laptop where do I get the books to add?
* Where are the instructions?


Where did I put our Library Cards?

OG,

May I most respectfully once more suggest that you seriously consider joining the Yahoo group which will answer all your questions, which I can assure you that you have just started to think of, either by using the search feature or asking questions of the members. You are going to have plenty more questions, particularly if you do not read the Kindle instruction manual, which was loaded on your Kindle when you received it. Calibre, BTW, has nothing to do with Amazon. It is a separate program, free, developed by a Kindle user. You must get instructions on Calibre elsewhere.

The Yahoo group is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kindlekorner/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I do not use Calibre and never have, so any effort to answer your questions is not trustworthy. But I think I have picked up just by reading others' posts on KindleKorner that Calibre runs on your laptop, not your Kindle; a Kindle is a reader, not a computer. Your Kindle then talks to your laptop via the USB cable which came with your Kindle. Not having a K3, as you do, I can only speak for the K2, but with it the USB cable is part of the charging cable which came with your Kindle. If you unplug the cable from the gadget which plugs into the wall you will be left with the mini-USB plug on one end to plug into the Kindle, and a larger USB plug on the other end which goes into one of your laptop ports. The Kindle then becomes a "device" on your laptop. (I do not know "computer-talk," so please forgive my layman's language).

You get your books onto your Kindle via Amazon or the many other sources where you can buy books or get them free. My understanding, simply as an onlooker, is that Calibre is not a source of books, but is rather just a way to organize them for your personal convenience. I do not need it, nor do I use the Kindle's "Collections" feature. I do not need any further "computer-type" complications in order to read my books. The Kindle is a simple device if one does not take the time, trouble and frustration in order to intentionally make it a complicated device. (Advice from the Luddite -- me.) If you wish to use "add-ons" like Calibre, more power to you, and I certainly would not question your decision.

As for Calibre instructions -- never having used it, I have no idea whatsoever. Realize that you are getting into the computer-world when you get into Calibre. Computer-nerds do not need any instructions. It all comes naturally to them. Don't be surprised if you merge this CHL group with the Kindle group by shooting your Kindle, if you let yourself be misled by computer-nerds into making something out of your Kindle other than what Amazon sold to you. It is already as smart, IMHO, as it needs to be. The Kindle is something which makes my life easier, not more difficult. Ditto for my wife.

Once again, I know of no better source than the KindleKorner yahoo group. I suspect every question you have about Calibre, and those you do not yet know you have, will be answered by searching for "Calibre" on that group.

I suspect we are beginning to badly bore the other members of the CHL group, when there is a much better and efficient source for assistance with your Kindle.

Hope this helps,

Elmo

[Oldgringo]

HELLLP!

I've downoaded Kindle for PC and Calibre2 to my laptop:

* Do I copy Calibre2 to the Kindle and if so, how do I do that?
* When I open Calibre2 on my laptop where do I get the books to add?
* Where are the instructions?


Where did I put our Library Cards?

Calbre is an organizer for your e-books. It stays on the laptop and doesn't get loaded on the Kindle. The instructions are on their website. http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks, Bill.

I think I'm getting the hang of it. The important thing is that 'you know who' thinks it is the berries.

[b322da]

I think I'm getting the hang of it. The important thing is that 'you know who' thinks it is the berries.

"She who must be obeyed."

Elmo

[Oldgringo]

Thanks for all your help, Elmo.

I agree, let's ring off the Kindle conversation on this forum.

Out.

[Keith]

This was my wives Christmas present. She loves it. Technology the Bible downloaded in 30 seconds!

[The Annoyed Man]

I don't have a Kindle device, but I do have Amazon's Kindle app for iPads, and it works very well. The price of books is generally lower than for the hard copies, and download is pretty quick.

Since getting the app, I've downloaded the following selections:

• New Oxford American Dictionary
• ESV Study Bible
• Partriots James Wesley, Rawles
• Garden of Beasts (Jeffrey Deaver)
• Beyond Band of Brothers (Major Dick Winters)
• Crack! Thump (Captain Charles Scheffel)
• With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (Eugene B. Sledge)
• Helmet for my Pillow (Robert Leckie)
• The Pacific (Hugh Ambrose)
• Unbroken (Laura Hillenband)
• Ghost Soldiers (Hampton Sides)
• Give me Tomorrow (Patrick K. O'Donnell)

I've been on a bit of a WW2 kick lately, but that last title is about G/1/1 USMC which landed at Inchon and fought through and beyond the Chosin Reservoir. It's my first look at historical accounts of the Korean War. Garden of Beasts is a historical fiction set in 1936 Berlin.

I think (hope) that you'd really like "City of Thieves" by David Benioff. It is a fictional story about the siege of Leningrad.

Oldgringo, thanks for the recommendation. I just now finished reading it. It a very well told story. I enough of a prig that I had to ignore some of the language and accept that this is how people talk, but once I got past that it was a superb and riveting read. It even had a good ending, which is not necessarily in the Russian literary character.