Not exact matches
While we are seeing more
Kindles and Kobos
than ever, the number of iPads and
other tablet
devices seem to far outstrip the e-ink growth.
Kindles: Amazon has a larger catalog of modern books because amazon has been in the e-book market longer
than anyone
other.They have 2,00,000
Kindle exclusive e-books with many from the famous authors who publish directly via amazon.There are not many choices to buy e-books for the
kindle from
other stores or free book sites.The bought books are stored in the cloud.Just keep the local copies of the books.You can also lend a book to a friend once for 14 days.Amazon also has
kindle lending library which is currently available only to amazon prime subscribers.Thus via this service borrow books and read without buying.You can also read e-books loaned from the public libraries.Getting the loaded books onto the
device is simpler on
kindle unlike the nook.The books can easily be downloaded wirelessly via whisper sync service (an AT&T 3G powered connection).
The second generation Amazon Kindle Oasis has a larger screen
than most
other Kindles and this makes it a fairly effective
device to read digital manga.
Adults who own e-readers like
Kindles or Nooks read e-books more frequently
than those who only own
other devices (like tablets or cell phones).
Of course, the cables are slightly more expensive
than the power adapter, but they do offer another option for charging
Kindles, cell phones, or
other devices that use USB ports for re-charging.
If the
device is
other than the
kindle fire tablet
than follow the onscreen instructions and click on «accept loaned book».
More customers were buying eBooks for their
Kindles or
other devices than printed paperbacks and hardcovers.
The books sold by amazon are designed for the low - resolution
kindles; so, with paperwhite and
other high resolution
devices, the maximum size appears much smaller
than the old
kindles;
Other major findings Pew found were that four times as many people now read e-books
than two years ago, e-book reading happens on several types of
devices, including
Kindles, Nooks, smartphones, and tablets, and that Amazon's Kindle Fire grew in tablet market share from 5 percent in mid-December to 14 percent in mid-January.
As with all eInk technology there is still that kind of photo negative look when turning pages (but this only happens when it refreshes every 6 pages), it is less noticeable on this
device as the page turns are faster
than on
other eReaders including the new
Kindles.
In my case, DRM is an inducement to pirate, or at least it was prior to
Kindle cloud reading software that allowed access from any
device: In order to read purchased books on something
other than a
kindle or my iPad, I had no choice but to pirate the book for which I had already paid.
I've only had the
device for a bit less
than a week, which is not enough time to test its battery life, but you can expect similar performance to
other Kindles.
All
other devices, including
Kindles and iPads, have scored worse
than a year ago.