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you might want to ask here:https://www.amazonforum.com/
or here
https://uk.amazonforum.com/
as this forum is seldom visited
as far as battery life, it all depends on how you use it: light settings, audio or not, how often you turn the page, how much you use the dictionary, but all of them seem to take anywhere from 20-28 hours to completely delete the battery (not recommended)
I've never understood the need to have that many books on the Kindle device, especially considering how poor the organization software on a Kindle is.
CBRetriever wrote: "you might want to ask here:https://www.amazonforum.com/
or here
https://uk.amazonforum.com/
as this forum is seldom visited..."
Fair enough, the problem with those is a lot of people who respond don't seem to read much (at least compared to what I usually do) so it's less helpful, I was hoping GR would have some heavy-duty readers I could get an opinion from. But I can check it out again. Thanks.
Randy wrote: "I've never understood the need to have that many books on the Kindle device, especially considering how poor the organization software on a Kindle is."I live in a rural area where the power and wifi both go out on a regular basis -longest was about a week but a day or so is not uncommon, especially in winter- and driving 10+ miles into town just so I can download the sequel to the book I finished isn't exactly practical. I also read fast -finishing three books in a day isn't unusual- and I like to jump around in what I'm reading, so having a wide selection to choose from for my next read is helpful and keeps me from having to either hook the device up to my computer on a daily basis or be perpetually downloading the next book I want to start.
pay attention to those with a lot of posts. There are some that are heavy readers. Myself, I use a Voyage and have read 48 books so far this year. I usually keep about 300-400 books on my Voyage at any given time and I don't notice any slowdown and it has a 4GB total memory.and if you ask your question in the Kindle section, you should get reasonable answers other than from the usual "why do you need so many on your device" types as well as those who firmly believe that one shouldn't have more than a few books at a time on a device.
my only recommendation is download in batches of maybe 40-50 at a time, let them index and then repeat. I just keep my unread books and any reference books I use a lot on my Voyage.
I cant answer your question because I don't use my new paperwhite like you do. I suggest purchasing the device and returning it within the 30 days if it doesn't do what you need it to do. I, myself, attempted to find out about if the new paperwhite will show all books of a large library in the cloud (which by the way it does not, cuts off at 15,000 like the older paperwhite). I tried asking the question but couldn't get an answer and the Amazon expert didn't even understand the question.
Susan, you're a bit rare in having that many books. It's taken me 9 years to get up to almost 2000 books from Amazon and other sources on my account and I read about 1 book per day.Also, I never use Cover View/Grid, so i wouldn't have noticed if a cover didn't show up. List works for me plus I get the dots and percentage read (if books are downloaded).
And on my Voyage, I have 400 books and don't see any slowdown, so I have no problems recommending downloading that many to a device (unless they're all Delphi editions). I'm fairly sure the new 32 GB Paperwhite would be the same and 400 books would hold someone for quite a while (400 days for me and perhaps 100 days for the OP)
I haven’t tried the newest Paperwhite yet. I was very intrigued by it being waterproof since we occasionally read in the tub. But I was waiting to see if they will release it in white. We both read a lot and I’ve always felt like the battery lasts a long time, although to be fair, my only comparison is how fast the battery runs down on my iPad.
Great way to save on battery power is to turn on Airplane Mode after you’ve downloaded your books. That will stop the Kindle from using power to scan for and/or maintain your connection to WiFi or Cellular. (You won’t be able to access dictionaries, but any highlights or notes will be saved to the cloud the next time you turn off Airplane mode and connect.)
I’m curious about the battery lasting while listening to audiobooks. I mainly listen to audiobooks during times I’m doing housework or walking and I can’t read. I always check them out from my local library and use the Libby app on my iPhone. When I do that, my phone battery runs down much faster. I haven’t compared how fast it runs down when using the Audible app, but I would imagine it would impact normal battery usage fairly significantly.
I forgot to check if it can be used with Bluetooth headphones or not. It would certainly be more convenient for audiobooks if it can, but that would be an additional drain on the battery.
I can’t really see how the amount of books would impact battery life, other than the initial loading and indexing, or maybe frequent searches of the books stored.
the Paperwhite has to use bluetooth headphonesgo to the Comparison section on this page:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQVZDJM?...
and you'll see that is the case. And it has to be books as formatted from Audible - other types of audiobooks will not work on it.
Jennifer wrote: "I haven’t tried the newest Paperwhite yet. I was very intrigued by it being waterproof since we occasionally read in the tub. But I was waiting to see if they will release it in white. We both re..."
Yes, you would think a cloud library should not interfere with battery life but it does. I think the device continually is indexing and refreshing the cloud.
check out DecalGirl and get a white or other Skin for it if you want a white one. A white bezel will make your screen look darker though.https://www.decalgirl.com/
I have this one on the one white device I have (Kindle 2) because the bezel and back would get so grubby. I never knew how dirty my hands became during an ordinary day (yes I did wash after bathroom breaks and eating) - it was getting rather grey tinged where my hands touched it
https://www.decalgirl.com/skins/41398...
I'm looking for some opinions from folks who have the newer model paperwhite with the larger 32GB memory size and who are also really putting it through it's paces. Reviews I've seen have been not that helpful on a couple points I'd like to know more about before deciding if I want to upgrade from my old paperwhite.
Does it slow down significantly when you've got a larger amount (500-1000+) of ebooks on-board, after it's finished indexing so it's into the regular baseline behavior of the device and not the way it handles while it's processing additions? Particularly wondering about using the main interface for things like browsing the book list, managing collections, etc. Since generally the in-book operations like page turns don't seem to get too bad regardless of how much memory is used, on my current paperwhite at least.
What's the battery life like when you're reading several hours a day? I've seen a lot of reviews bashing the battery life, but it's hard to tell if their expectations are just being misled by the "lasts for weeks" claim or if it's really a step down from previous paperwhite models.
Thank you to anybody who can shed some light on this!