r/kindle

Well, I finally did it. I deleted my wifi network from my kindles, put them all in airplane mode, then went online and removed all my send to kindle books from my account. I removed all the books downloaded from Amazon from each kindle, then side loaded all my unread books in my library to my Kindles in the format that best displayed on each kindle. No more book cover problems for me. I wasn't using whisper sync much, so I really had no use for any connection to Amazon with my Kindles. My library got large enough to prefer Calibre for management, so to paraphrase Douglas Adams: so long Amazon and thanks for all the ebooks.

I recently bought the colorsoft (signature) and paperwhite.

Picture one- 0% light on in a well lit room.
Picture two- 5% light on in a well lit room.
Picture three- 14% light on in a well lit room.
Picture four- 0% light on under a lamp.
Picture five and six- near a window at different times. The sun wasn’t very strong today.
Picture seven- just a picture of the one I kept.
The darker one is the colorsoft.

I bought the colorsoft first knowing how einks work. I knew the color would be darker. However, after a few days, I felt dizzy and got a headache after reading.

I bought the paperwhite and the problem went away. I wanted to love the colorsoft and I didn’t mind bumping the light up on it but I think the text is a little blurry and my eyes hurt!! I love the color but I can’t keep it. So now, I’ll be reading comics on my iPad and the paperwhite will be for text. I was also lucky to get a paperwhite with ads that doesn’t show ads!?! Pink isn’t my favorite color but this color is so pretty.

Just wanted to throw in my two cents to the comparison. I have a squint and I wear spectacles. But my vision is a 10 on 10. Just wanted to document my experience as someone with a lazy eye.

PS- ignore my couch. I know it’s dirty. We’re moving so I’m waiting to clean it once we settle down.

Feel free to ask me any questions.

Current POV.

My cats honestly might love my Kindle floor stand even more than I do. As soon as I start settling in with it, they're all trying to lay on my chest and squeeze under the Kindle. These two don't even get along normally! 😂 Hippo (my little old lady on the left) especially loves to ponder and nose the Forbidden Orb (my discoball dustplug charm) while she's here. The void is Stormy.

(Idk why the screen photographed so yellow, it's a normal color irl I swear.)

Rereading this after 15+ years. It’s always interesting how perspectives change with age. Can’t wait to see how I’ll take in this one in now.

My husband just saw my font size and made fun of me for being a grandma. Lol. My font size is 7 and I keep it a little bold so that when it’s mounted up, I can read it from far. I like to eat and read and even when I’m holding it, it’s the same font. I read physical books too. I have no eye problems but it’s just so nice to have a big font. lol. Are you the same? What’s your font size?

I built a tool that lets you subscribe to a blog, newsletter or RSS feed and send it to your kindle. Its been really helpful in replacing my scrolling habit with reading. I would reach for my phone first thing in the morning to impulsively "check the news", but now I just open up my kindle and read a couple articles before getting out of bed.

Actually, first posted about this tool a couple months back and got lots of good feedback: https://www.reddit.com/r/kindlejailbreak/comments/1rvrxew/send_rss_feed_or_blogs_automatically_to_your/

The app was getting really bloated so I redesigned it. You can do things like:

- change the order of how articles are delivered each day
- send a random article from your favorite feeds. I use this to get a random paul graham essay each morning
- see popular feeds others are subscribing to

If anyone wants to give it a try here's the link:

rsstokindle.com/app

So yummy! Thank u for this makes me feel good and forget where I am ❤️

I love this Kindle aesthetic so much. I used my old copy of Gerald's Game as a back cover for my Kindle. Don't worry, it's an old copy and it's already really beat up! Do you guys do this too?

So…….. I wanted to wait for a sale but guess what? It was too much waiting. So I bought a colorsoft. Coming from a basic 10th gen and I love that this has a warm light! Not a case person so I put a skin on it.

i bought signature paperwhite i just sent this pdf im 6'3 what do i do

Hi guys! Since there's a new jailbreak release for the kindle (Vera), I just wanna share my current setup, especially for those who are new to jailbreaking and don't know what to add after the jailbreak process.

My Current Plugins:
• Toggle Ads – Removes the Amazon ads/lockscreen advertisements
• KOReader – Gives more control over the reading UI, gestures, customization, and reading experience
• Simple UI – Further tweaks and simplifies the Kindle interface for a cleaner look.
• HID Passthrough – Allows Bluetooth input devices such as controllers and keyboards to act as page turners. Goodbye to clip-on page turners!
• BT Manager – Manages connected Bluetooth input devices and lets me customize their button/key mappings.
• FileBrowser – For wireless file transfers, allows me to send books/files from my phone or PC without constantly plugging in a cable.

I wanted to keep my setup simple, focused on efficient file transferring, better controls, and UI customization, only adding plugins that I actually find useful.

Feel free to ask me questions, and please suggest some fun plugins to use. Thank you!