r/kindlescribe

Well, basically, I own both a Kindle Paperwhite Signature 11th gen that was my main device for manga, until I bought my Boox Tab Mini C, which made me basically retire my paperwhite, and I swore to myself that android was the way for manga and I was never going back to kindle manga wise again (because at my south american internet's speed and my old PC's speed the process to ~obtain~ the manga, convert to a format paperwhite could read and sideload was quite time consuming) while with Android i could simply open whatever app (like shounen Jump, manta, and others) on whatever format (including cbz and cbr) to read.

That said, my barely two year old Boox device started to present some issues, while my paperwhite is thriving, and the durability made me make a second thought on this.

I would really like to know, please, if you don't mind, ask you guys that use kindle for manga some questions before i consider spending thrice the minimum wage where i live on this device:

1) how's been so far and if you encountered any issues manga wise.

2) Are you able to write DIRECTLY on the manga with the pen? I read some raws here and there and I tend to circle and write comments directly on the page regarding kanji i don't know. I also like to draw over the characters, stylize some clothes (lmao) and others. This is a VERY important feature to me.

(I've heard with a recent update it's apparently possible with some formats like PDF but i decided to check with y'all since it's a very important feature to me)

3) What format do you mainly use with manga? PDF, Mobi, any other?

4) I'm somewhat familiar with the process of transfering manga to a kindle device, since i used it for paperwhite, but i would really like to know what main process do you use to do the whole sending and converting process, because It's been a while for me and it was what drove me away from kindle, so i wonder how it is right now and if it got any better/faster.

There are plenty information on kindle scribe online, but most don't really answer the things i wondered, and since I'm really Between Boox 10.3 Gen 2 Lumi and the 11'' Scribe I would really appreciate your help, since both are really hard to obtain and really expensive where i live.

Thnx in advance.

The upload/download of files works well from OneDrive.

But what I actually want is notebooks to sync automatically when a change is made.

Do you think the new scribes will get this in the future?

Received my Scribe - tried to link to my existing Kindle account and was unsuccessfu.l Tried creating a new Kindle account and still would not work. Got customer service on the phone, and after 90 minutes on the phone, I gave up and returned it back to AMZ..

Did I have a lemon?

Should I order another and try again, or just move on?

Has anyone developed a good system for organizing/searching past notes for work purposes? I love the feel of writing on the Scribe but I feel like the device overall is just a single step up from a physical notebook in that now I can just have everything in one notebook vs. a bunch.

I've tried creating manual TOCs, creating separate notebooks for recurring meetings/different projects, etc. but it always ends up feeling messy.

Hi everyone! I have a huge exam coming up and I’ve been looking at the scribe. Reading and annotating along with note taking is my use case. I don’t want crazy note taking features so I feel like the scribe should be good. How good is the reliability of notes? Have you ever noticed them disappear or something? How do you backup? I want to be sure before I invest.

So i want to use the scribe for my church studies , sermon notes and some bible classes. I need to send some pdf to it

How do you send the pdf to workspace without showing in the library?

Will they appear on my kindle colorsoft?

How is the workflow when reading and taking notes?

Thank you.

I use my Colorsoft for ALOT of writing and I feel like the included pen nib gets dull so fast. Does anyone know of a more permanent alternative? :)

I’ve had my scribe for about 14 months, and I’ve been using it for bullet journaling, as well as reading and note taking. I do use it a lot, but the storage isn’t even close to full.

I’m ready to go back to paper and pen. I cannot take the tapping of the icons twelve times before the thing responds, and the constant restarting due to glitches and freezing. The new line/shape feature is completely non-functional for this reason.

While I do use my scribe for plenty besides bullet journaling, I feel like I wasted my money. This is an expensive device to basically just use like a regular kindle.

As the title says, can you make it so, when in Landscape mode, 2 pages of the PDFs show?

Thanks.

Could someone who has the device please tell me what the fig color actually looks like in neutral light? Maybe even pick out the closest shade from https://www.pantone-colours.com/ ?

I have looked at so many photos but they range from reddish purple to maroon, and I am not sure which ones are most accurate. I really like reddish/pinkish purple and don't like maroon at all, so I am trying to figure out the real color.

I've been wanting to read several books that were never translated into my language. I've tried Google Translate on PDFs but the quality is terrible and the formatting breaks completely.

How do you guys handle this? Do you just learn the language, wait for an official translation, or is there some tool I'm missing?

Genuinely curious how common this problem is.

I’m starting a new job soon, so I’m thinking of getting a Kindle Scribe for note-taking and to jot down my daily plans. I’ve seen that it also has weekly and monthly planners too.

What are people’s thoughts on it? Are they worth it? Is the Colorsoft version better and worth the extra money?