On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:05, loyal_barber <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for reminding me, Roy. I own a Kindle and cannot imagine why > I would need a computer to use it let alone Windows. I have NEVER > hooked my Kindle to the computer for any reason so please help me > understand why you would need the computer to use your Kindle. I > am not trying to be dense, just don't understand.
I don't know about Kindle, I refused to buy one because of the around-your-ass-to-get-to-your-elbow approach they took to loading things like PDFs (that may have changed since I bought my nook) and the fact that the nook accepts micro-SDHC cards to expand storage. As for computer, I'm like you, to a point. I manage my Nook about 85% on the Nook itself, however, I also use Calibre, which is a great application (and works with both Kindle and Nook plus many other e-readers). Calibre allows me to organize my entire library of public domain books, and the Baen Free Library, plus other e-books I've purchased from places lik O'Reilly and so forth. It lets me very easily side-load a ton of free or non-B&N purchased content with the click of a single button, plus helps with organizing them into arbitrary categories. But you are correct, you dont' NEED a computer to manage a Kindle or Nook, but it does help out a lot (again, not sure about the Kindle in the case, because I'm not sure they ever set them up to allow users to directly load books/pdfs/etc onto the device). Cheers Jeff ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
