Kindle fire vs kindle: what is better for reading books?
The two products are very different.Kindle Fire is a tablet computer, [classic] Kindle is an e-reader.An e-reader is better for reading books, mostly for its screen (explanation below), but that's pretty much all it's good for.Kinde Fire has an LCD screen while 'classic' [as you call it] Kindle has E-Ink screen.E-Ink is much more comfortable to read on than LCD.Reading on an E-Ink screen feels very much like reading regular ink on paper.Some info on E-Ink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_inkSo for reading experience alone, the classic one is much better.More relevant links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Er...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta...http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Ere...
What do you read most: ebooks, Kindle, similar books, or physical books?
Generally, eBooks. Like several of the other responders, I once bought a new house primarily because my library had overrun my house—only to find out that I had too many to fit into my new house, too, despite it being significantly larger.When it comes to reading for entertainment, it’s almost always an eBook, primarily via Amazon. When it comes to reading for education and information, books that are how-tos, cookbooks and the like, the answer is “it depends.” For example, a few years back I acquired a nutrition book which was also a cookbook. When I realized that despite remembering a few of the ingredients in one recipe, I couldn’t find that recipe via the index, I immediately bought the ebook version—which near-instantly allowed me to find that recipe I’d been looking for, simply by searching for a single ingredient. Now, that’s convenient. Since that date, I buy all my cookbooks in eBook format—and if I decide I want to have the paper version in the kitchen, I’ll get that too. Convenience with the eBook—the ability to make copies of pages, from the paper. (As you can’t print-out recipes/pages from an eBook, at least, not simply/easily. I can do it—but that’s because I own an eBook-making company, so I have the skill and tech. The average Joe or Jane can’t do that.)The other factor is size. Some how-to books make use of images, charts, tables and the like, and work “better” in print, due to the size. Yes, you can zoom images in a Kindle and other eReaders, but sometimes, other factors come in to play.Nonetheless, overall, it’s Kindle books by a wide margin. They don’t take up more space in my home, they don’t need dusting (this one is huge, lol!), I can easily annotate them, with recoverable/reviewable notes, and I can carry them wherever I go, whenever I go. The same can’t be said of PBooks.That doesn’t mean that I don’t still love the smell and feel of a brand-new print book—I do. But the thought of trying to find yet more space on my bookshelves typically dissuades me from buying more print books unless there’s a compelling reason to do so.
Do you have to pay for books on Kindle? If so, how?
Yes, you do. You do so by setting up an account. You can use your credit card to pay for the books or gift cards (which I buy for myself about once a month). I prefer the latter because I often buy discounted books on special offer and don't feel right about charging a 99 cent item on my credit card. Alternatively, if you want, you can join Kindle Unlimited for $9.99 per month (with the first month free!) and read an unlimited number of books except for best sellers. I'm going to give this a try and see if I like it.There are daily special offers that range from free to about $3.00 and I receive e-mails from Amazon listing their daily specials and from BookBub which I believe is linked to Goodreads. I've discovered many new (to me) authors that way.
Kindle Fire Yellow line?
Hi- I had the same problem. I did a live chat with amazon. You can try to reset it by holding the power button for 20 seconds and see if it goes away (didn't work for me). It ended up being a defect in the screen and I'm getting a new one. Good luck!
Is reading on Kindle better than hardbound books?
I started reading a lot more after I owned a kindle. So for me kindle is better. I’ll try to list out the reasons where kindle is the clear winner in most cases and where it isn’t.Where kindle wins.Read during travel. Kindle is super convenient. It’s just lot easier to carry kindle than a bunch of heavy books.Read in the dark.No need to use bookmarks. You just can pickup from where you left off. It works across the devices. As in you read a bit on kindle, and you can continue right where you left off on mobile app.Ease of reading samples. Whenever I consider reading a book before buying I read the sample.Ease of buying books. I don’t have to wait for the book to be delivered or go to store to buy. I’ll get the book right away.Highlighting, this is supercool feature I use often. I can just highlight all the good quotes that are worth coming back to. I can email them to myself as pdf. I can share them on Goodreads.You can instantly lookup meanings ;-).Kindle version of books tend to be cheaper.Where kindle isn’t as good.Once you bring the “feel” into the argument, kindle loses. It doesn’t feel like a real book. No real feel of the paper. No fragrance of the paper.If the book has images that highly support the content. Say a physics text book or a comic. No point buying the kindle version. Images suck on kindle. No two ways about it. Just buy hardbound or paperback.If the mere presence of the book with you has some meaning attached to it. Then buy the paper version. I recently bought biography of Leonardo Da Vinci hardbound. Because it has lots of images of paintings and the pages of his notebooks in it. And also I have great respect for Leonardo, the physical presence of the book itself would motivate me.
Can anyone please recommend good mystery/romance books?
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, Lilian Braun, is the first in a series of "The Cat Who" light mystery books. Carry On, Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse, is one of a series of light mystery/romance novels. Tree Shepherd's Daughter, Gillian Summers (trilogy) Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie are also good. These might interest you: http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/cgi-bi... and http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/readin...
Which types of books can be read in Amazon Kindle?
If your question was about genre, there are millions of books on Kindle store that covers every possible genre.However if the question was about the format of books, native Kindle format is close to mobi format. Also Kindle can read PDF, HTML, doc and some more formats.This link gives a list and description of formats readable by Kindle.Get help with self-publishing your book to Amazon's Kindle StoreHope this helps.
(CHRISTIANS:) Why Are Mythological Beings "apollyon" and "hera" mentioned in the Holy Bible?
I don't see the name Hera anywhere in the bible, but Apollyon is in Revelation as the destroyer borrowed from Greek mythology as a translation of the Hebrew Abaddon, which in the Hebrew scriptures is the place of the dead similar to sheol. Ah the queen of heaven, lots of deities were referred to by that title, including Ishtar, Inana, Isis, Anat, but in the context of Jeremiah's ministry most likely Asherah, (remember the people were constructing loads of Asherah poles?) It's also possible it refers to the goddess Astarte. Asherah was an Akkadian goddess worshipped by the Assyrians (among others) and it was Israel who had all those Asherah poles and were sent into captivity into Assyria. The idea seems to be "you love the Assyrian goddess so much - go live there". Oh and yes it's quite probable that they are all related somehow. Asherah is mentioned as a false goddess that is not to be worshipped under threat of punishment. Abaddon was a personificaton as an angel of death meant to symbolise destruction. In both cases the natural reading of the scriptures is that these beings are to be steered well clear of if at all possible. Hope this helps.
How does the Kindle Fire compare to the Nexus 7?
Holy cow am I biased (as I own the Video component of the Kindle Fire HD), but I have also been testing the Kindle Fire HD side by side with the Nexus 7 for months now. I can attempt to objectively report what I have seen in the side by side tests: Nexus 7 screen color is just plain wrong - For some reason the Nexus 7 guys decided to go with a really high contrast ratio at the display driver level. This makes the blacks stand out a bit more, but it wipes any semblance of "warm" feeling from skin tones. People on the Nexus 7 look cold and cruel. Just saying. Nexus 7 video stutters like Forrest Gump - At Amazon we are driven by the customer experience. We do everything to make sure that your video plays from beginning to end without a glitch. The amount of engineering my team puts into buffer free video is amazing. In my side by side tests I have yet to EVER get to the end of a Google Play video without a buffer, pause or glitch. It is concerning how little focus the Google Play team has placed on smooth video playback. Kindle Fire HD audio is to die for - There is no comparison whatsoever when it comes to the audio output of the Kindle Fire HD, versus the Nexus 7. The sound coming out of the Kindle Fire HD is like honey, riding on a rainbow, sliding toward your ears. The Kindle Fire HD is the unicorn of tablets in this regard. Its sound quality is mythical and awesome, and would give you super powers were you to capture it and make a potion from its horn. This is still an objective review, I promise! The Nexus 7 is a bit thinner - With all the boom box awesomeness of the large speakers, the super high quality display and the large, long lasting battery, the Kindle Fire HD ends up being a bit larger than the Nexus 7. So the Nexus 7 beats the Kindle Fire HD when it comes to fitting into a pair of size 2 jeans. And I should probably mention there is also this world class book reader on the Kindle Fire HD. The folks on that team are really great. And the folks on the MP3 team are superstars as well. They have a ton of albums for only $5. And did I mention that every single day the awesome App Store team cuts the price on a different app to $0? You can build a great collection of apps by simply visiting the App Store every day and downloading the free app of the day.