UK Amazon Kindle Forum discussion
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Kindle FAQ
Are you set up to view by collections?
Jay-me (Janet) ~plum chutney is best~ wrote: "Are you set up to view by collections?"Ah, I don't know Jay-me, how do you do that?
On my baby kindle at the top it says Showing 10 items By Collections
(or Most recent first/title/author)
Choose which one you want.
Jay-me (Janet) ~plum chutney is best~ wrote: "On my baby kindle at the top it says Showing 10 items By Collections
(or Most recent first/title/author)
Choose which one you want."
Yep, that works! Thanks Jay-me
Harry wrote: "Just seen this by a chap on facebook:"3 out of 5 people queueing in front of me at the Curry's checkout were buying a kindle, so I asked the assistant how well were they going and she said its th..."
Yeah fifty shades of sh*** and the like.
Back at the desk again and having to re-learn how to format a text. At least this is a short storyso the issue of illustrations doesn't arise. Kindle titles I've found useful include:
"HTML Fixes for Kindle" by Aaron Shepard. Even though I don't use MSWord, there is plenty here to help.
"NotJohn's Guide to Kindle Publishing" is useful too, with an html template provided.
Skimming through the Amazon free guide to publishing was a speedy re-orientation.
Anybody have other titles they've found helpful?
Hi I recent got a kindle I was wondering if anyone had kindle unlimited and is it worth purchasing?
Delighted to find that with my new Voyage, I don't have all those greyed out archived books which the Paperwhite had. Instead of that I have a choice of On Device or Cloud and if I run On Device all the time, I only see what's on it (obviously perhaps). This corrects a major annoyance with the Paperwhite. As my Paperwhite broke I don't know whether recent updates to PW software have introduced the same feature.
Is there a limit to the number of times I can refund a Kindle book? I know I have 7 days to refund but most people can read the whole book in 7 days, refund and pay nothing. I assume there must be a limit or all books are free.
You'd think there'd be a limit on how many returns you can do but I've never heard of anyone having a return denied.
Nkisha wrote: "Hi I recent got a kindle I was wondering if anyone had kindle unlimited and is it worth purchasing?"Sorry, I have no experience of it. I've got so many books already, I can't see the point of free borrows.
Nkisha wrote: "Hi I recent got a kindle I was wondering if anyone had kindle unlimited and is it worth purchasing?"If you read more than four books a month than it may be worth it. However, many top selling authors are not available since the commission on a sale is only a few dollars. You need to check the books you are thinking of buying to see if they are free on Kindle Unlimited.
I thought about joining kindle unlimited but not one of the books on my wish list was included in the offer so I decided against it, for now at least. I am liking the kindle first books and this month I could get two which was great as I would have had trouble deciding between tow of the books on offer.
Maureen (Mews) wrote: "Shelley, have you tried doing a re-set? Slide and hold the on/off button for 20 seconds and then release it (if it's the new baby kindle then it's a button you have to PRESS I think and not a slidi..."this was so helpful thank you saved a kindle for me! I have so many
Sorry if this has been asked before and even more sorry if my question offends.Does anyone use a torrent site to download books for their Kindle and if you do, do you feel guilty about it?
I should say that I'm not intending doing this, it's just that someone floated the idea to me.
Les wrote: "...Does anyone use a torrent site to download books for their Kindle and if you do, do you feel guilty about it?..."Do be aware that many of them are phishing sites, and attempt to get something for their 'free' reads, namely, some information from you.
It may not be worth the malware.
If you want an electronic Review Copy of my book, just ask.
Alicia wrote: Do be aware that many of them are phishing sites, and attempt to ge..."
Thanks for the answer. I am aware of the potential pitfalls of using torrent sites, I was asking more from a moral standpoint on where folk stand on downloading basically illegal copies of books to their Kindle (oh, hear me getting all holier than thou ;-) )
Unless someone's looking for a freebie, there shouldn't be any need to torrent a book. Most authors I know (indie or not) would be happy to send review copies out to anyone who asks. In any case, most indie authors I know put their books up for countdown (or equivalent) deals and even free from time to time. Torrented books fall into the same category as torrented music ... It's basically piracy. They're not distributed with the authority of the author. Irrespective of whether the book is published by a major house (where the misconception is that they can 'absorb the cost'), or whether it's an indie (where the common misconception is that they won't sue even if they can prove it), the whole notion of torrenting books is the same as torrenting any other digital product.
Your question isn't offensive in the least, Les, but I doubt that anyone who downloads books from torrent (without the express permission of the author/publisher) would be brazen enough to own up to it on a forum full of writers.
The type of people who do torrent don't feel guilty about it. Why should they? The only people liable for breach of copyright in the short term would the torrent hosts, not the downloader.
Think back to the days when people recorded movies onto VHS. Did you feel guilty? The only difference is that the books haven't been authorised for public transmission and the publisher sees no remuneration (unlike the torrent manager, who will probably have access to some useful data after the file is uploaded to an Internet ready, Amazon registered device).
Excellent and very well thought out answer GJ.
No worries. Anytime.
Les wrote: "Thanks for the answer. I am aware of the potential pitfalls of using torrent sites, I was asking more from a ..."As an author, I have a certain amount of time - not much - and enjoy supporting other authors. I know what the economics are - how little a traditionally-published author makes in royalties and how the advances keep getting smaller on average. And I'm an indie writer - with one book out.
It's not that I'm pro or against piracy - I doubt people who do that are really readers who would otherwise buy the book. And indies like Hugh Howey and Joe Konrath have pointed out that, and other facts - and say they don't worry about it.
I don't think it's the financial problem for indies that it might be for publisher who charge 17.99 for an ebook. I think a lot of those downloaded books are like counting coup - a thing people do - but for show, not for reading.
There are so many sites like Bookbub where you can get more reading material than you could ever read, in good shape and with no great effort, for free or 0.99, that it doesn't make sense to download questionable material from a site. The economics don't make sense to me.
And, as for me, if someone legitimately doesn't want to pay what I feel my fiction is worth, and has a good reason - I am always open to providing them a Review copy. If they then like the book, I might get a review.
G J (Gaff to my friends) wrote: "The only people liable for breach of copyright in the short term would the torrent hosts, not the downloader...."The people who would also be liable are the uploaders - but prosecuting them is iffy and expensive and time-consuming. Every once in a while the FBI tries.
It must be irritating to download a book like that, get halfway through, and run into quality issues (no chapter 36), and have no recourse - you're depending on some random uploader.
One of my books was advertised on a torrent site but hadn't actually been published at the time. I think they'd got if and the front cover from a list circulated.So what on earth would somebody have downloaded if they'd downloaded that?
*puts hand up*have torrented a couple of books in my time. mostly stuff i had no intention of paying for that i needed for academic uses but also some in my early days of my kindle use that i just wanted and couldnt afford. havent in a long time tho.
in saying that i also dont buy indies (er..sorry?) - not because of some sort of anti-indie thing but just cause i don't. i have about 3 exceptions and 2 of those are in this group aha.
Jim wrote: "One of my books was advertised on a torrent site but hadn't actually been published at the time. I think they'd got if and the front cover from a list circulated.So what on earth would somebody ha..."
From what I've read elsewhere on GR most of these are phising sites and it's a con to get people's CC details, and/or might be downloading malware to your machine. They don't actually have the book (even one published - someone else said their not yet published book was listed on one of these sites), they've just 'scraped' the details off somewhere else as bait.
First You need signup to download the book.
Hi, does anyone know how I can stop the default of when you open a new book it starts immediately on chapter 1? I might be old fashioned but I do like to know how many chapters etc. before I start reading chapter 1.
cheers for any help.
I was wondering on that one too Tracey - it is a bit of a bugbear, but I usually just backtrack to the cover. I'm not really interested in the index - but I do like to see the cover. A lot of Kindle books are now printed without a picture - which I'm not keen on.
Can't change the default but it's dead easy to sort. I'm gonna assume you've got a touch screen kindle.Tap the top of the screen. Tap 'Go To'.
Tap 'cover' or 'beginning' or whenever you'd like to go.
I do already do that - but it's not the same as it doing it as a matter of course - it somehow spoils the flow.
I agree, Flo. I wish the books would open at the cover. And I wish the screensaver default was the cover of the book I'm currently reading.At least the screensaver pictures have improved greatly over the years. Those photos of authors on the kindle keyboard were truly hideous.
I would like the front cover of whatever I'm reading as a screensaver too, I don't like the ones they use and they haven't updated them for years, fed up with them now !
We all seem to be of one accord here - is there any way we could lobby Amazon to listen to us???
This has been requested since the Kindle started, and Amazon hasn't done it. I think there is a question of copyright involved...
........but if the person has already bought the book - and that cover doesn't appear on anybody else's Kindle - would that matter??
I expect authors would give the right to use the image to Amazon when they upload their book, wouldn't they?
Perhaps we could get a petition up and get Amazon to take notice! Could we???? How would we go about it? Aren't there people who belong to a group of invigilators (or some such) on here?
I believe, from a discussion elsewhere, that Amazon has data which shows that customers who buy a book more often want to go directly to chapter 1 (or prologue) and start reading. Or continue reading - if they've been reading the sample.Not everyone does this, but more do than don't.
Amazon has the data - when something works differently than you would like, that is usually the answer.
Since the Kindle files have a single location for a 'start when you open' (that's how the files are built), they'd have to retrofit an awful lot of books to change it.
Thanks Alicia - I do tend to see things in black and white - but it seems this particular thought of mine has (sorry in advance) 50 shades of grey!!!
Does anyone know why some audible books link automatically with their kindle version but others don't? Any help or suggestions gratefully received!
Sorry, I've never used audible.Someone should be along to help, though.
I think it's because Audible isn't available for all books so only links with the ones that have this facility when published.
I have a question - I'm not sure if this has been already asked but anyways... The time left in chapter thingy is not working on my Kindle anymore. It used to work correctly but now it says for example 5 minutes left when it really takes me 15 minutes! I'm so confused because my Kindle app still says the right amount of time left in chapter.
I've tried restarting but it didn't help.
Can anyone help me? Thanks xx
I don't think the time left thingy ever works properly, to be honest. There's so many variables that can affect it, I reckon.Paging forward quickly, setting your kindle aside and letting it go to sleep on its own...
Personally, I find the page in book more useful than the time thingy.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I don't think the time left thingy ever works properly, to be honest. There's so many variables that can affect it, I reckon.Paging forward quickly, setting your kindle aside and letting it go to ..."
Okay! Thanks for the reply :--)
You're most welcome, Kaislia.Mine is not the only opinion, I'm sure.
Other's will be along with their thoughts.
Sorry to resurrect this thread but didn’t know where else to ask. Can you have two Kindle Paperwhites running off the one account?
I’m about to buy a new one and want to give my wife the old one. I’d like to leave my account on both devices as I have lots of books on the account.
My husband and I have, I dunno... about 6 or 8 devices all running on one account, between kindles and kindle apps.I reckon it's best to use only one account, so you can share all your purchases.
You can have lots of devices. Just give each a distinct name when you register them with Amazon (they have to know where to send your books). Your books can be on one, many, or all of your devices simultaneously - it makes it easy for them to ask if you want to go to the page from a different device if you change devices (like from a phone to an iPad) because you're somewhere else. Very convenient - you don't have to remember what page you were on.And they don't do it automatically - so you and the wife can read the same book on different devices at the same time! Very easy to use. Enjoy!
When your new kindle arrives, we'll help you sort it.
You've certainly not lost your library!"
Realise that now, Patti, thanks :-)
So, the good news is that my replacement Kindle arrived today (hoorah), I've set it up and I have downloaded the 10 books I haven't yet read from the Archived Items file (double hoorah), I've set up a 'collection' called 'Unread' (original huh? For Zombie lovers etc. that did not say Undead, ok?) I have added my 10 books to this collection (Ooh, impressive) but the books are still there on my Home screen and I can't seem to remove them without removing them totally from my device (oh, oh, thought it was too good to last). HELP!