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I’ve had two Kindles (a Voyage and a first‐gen Oasis) and never tied either one to an Amazon account. I’ve always kept them in airplane mode and sideloaded book
by anjbe 5y ago
I’ve had two Kindles (a Voyage and a first‐gen Oasis) and never tied either one to an Amazon account. I’ve always kept them in airplane mode and sideloaded books over USB.
It’s unfortunate that Kindle doesn’t support EPUB but it’s easy enough to convert with Calibre, and some free book providers (like Standard Ebooks) provide compatible .azw3 for download.
Even though I’m not keen on how locked down Kindles are and their software and rendering quality could be improved, the physical form factor and ability to sideload is enough benefit that my next ebook reader will be a Kindle too, unless something clearly better comes along.
- yottalove 5y agoKindle Keyboard from 2010 is my most used reader in 2022. Still several book’s use on the original battery, text to speech, music, 4 GB, better contrast than illuminated models, works nicely with Calibre, back/forward buttons on both sides. Repairable. Peak Kindle.
- lostlogin 5y agoMy newer kindle has an on/off button on the bottom which is easy to hit by accident. It has a touch screen which is easy to hit by accident. The original sounds better.
- morelisp 5y agoI had a very first-gen Kindle and in many ways it was still ahead of everything on the market. Today I'd probably find the screen refresh too long, but the jogwheel was the best e-reader "pointer input" method by far. A friend who got a recent Kindle was not able to use it at all without linking it to his Amazon account. He could sideload books only after that. I'm also not sure how firmware updates work without connectivity.