strina: text mostly "people say that life is the thing but i prefer reading" over pile of books (prefer reading)
strina ([personal profile] strina) wrote2010-08-19 08:01 pm
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So I'm currently borrowing my aunt's Kindle and I think I need an ebook reader of my very own. Car repairs mean I won't have the money for at least a month, but does anyone have any recs? Anti-recs?* Links to awesome sites with lots of fanfic ebooks?**

*I will not be getting a Kindle, because a) I hate Amazon and b) I pretty much hate the Kindle; why can't I skip to the last chapter? Why does it not tell me anywhere I can find how to follow the stupid quick links? Why does the user manual give me sort options that do not appear on the screen at any point?

**I know you can use fanfic downloaders and convertor programs and make ebooks, but I am laaazy. Everything I've put on the Kindle comes from this Ebook Library or Ralst's page here.
sineala: Detail of Harry Wilson Watrous, "Just a Couple of Girls" (Reading)

[personal profile] sineala 2010-08-20 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Kindle navigation:

You follow links by moving the joystick over to them and pressing? I don't understand...

Sort options: From the home screen, move up to the "showing n items" line and hit right, and it offers you the opportunity to sort by title, author, etc. (Sorting by collections -- which are basically tags -- won't work until you've created collections. You can do this from the drop down menu, or you can move down to a book, hit right, and you get a screen with a bunch of options including "add to collection," which takes you to a list of your collections where you can create more if you want. This all only works if your Kindle has the newest software update.)

I [heart] my Kindle, so I am unable to advise you on other ebook readers.