Trek Books for Kindle

[bfollowell]

The Kindle 3 actually has 3 different fonts to choose from, as well.

You're 100% correct. I hadn't thought of that. Again, we're talking about regular, condensed and sans serif. Extremely basic customization to be sure but customization just the same.

Granted, we can't have "different" or embedded fonts like an epub can, but it still isn't fair or accurate to tell someone that they're wrong for saying that the Kindle has some text or font customization when it clearly does, no matter how basic or simplistic that customization may be.

- Byron

 

[beamMe]

The Kindle 3 actually has 3 different fonts to choose from, as well.

You're 100% correct. I hadn't thought of that. Again, we're talking about regular, condensed and sans serif. Extremely basic customization to be sure but customization just the same.

Granted, we can't have "different" or embedded fonts like an epub can, but it still isn't fair or accurate to tell someone that they're wrong for saying that the Kindle has some text or font customization when it clearly does, no matter how basic or simplistic that customization may be.

- Byron

But it is nothing more than "basic" and "simplistic".

The other readers offer a far wider range of customization.

 

[bfollowell]

But it is nothing more than "basic" and "simplistic".

The other readers offer a far wider range of customization.

True, and that's all fine and dandy for other readers. The point was, Jon was taking issue with someone talking about font customizations on the Kindle. He didn't come back and say that the other readers had a "wider range" of customizations. He stated that the poster was incorrect and that the Kindle had NO font customizations.

That statement was in fact wrong. No one was ever debating that the Kindle was capable of similar customizations as other readers; only that it was capable of some.

- Byron

 

[PsychoPere]

By the way, for anyone who may be interested, Amazon has now started daily deals for the Kindle store.

 

[Thrawn]

^ Which is unfortunately restricted to all the eBooks that aren't price fixed (grumble grumble). Amazon is pretty awesome about providing nifty sales incentives and deals; it's incredibly annoying that they don't have the chance to with most Kindle books anymore. They were kicking ass for a while.

 

[aaon80]

The Kindle does not have font customizations. You cannot change the font. Other readers/formats (ePub) can, but not the Kindle. So that is incorrect information.

Hi, and thanks for reading, I appreciate the feedback. What I meant to suggest was that the adjustments to the text (size, font selection, line spacing, etc) were of sufficient quality to be acceptable, not that the fonts can be customized to any degree. I will correct the statement in the post, thanks for mentioning it!

And I will also agree with others that the Kindle does not have the same level of font support as other e-readers, but since I found the fonts contained on the Kindle to be effective, I don't consider this a huge downside, though obviously more fonts would be welcome.

As far as other e-readers, I have tried an original Nook as well as the FNACBook (an ereader found here in France), and have played with a Kobo. The Current Nook's screen is as good as the Kindle. The Kobo reader I tried I just didn't fall in love with, and the FNACBook is tied to the FNAC store, which has a very limited selection of English books. Basically, I was most impressed by the Kindle. The hardware feels solid, the screen is good, and the integration with the Amazon store is nice.

 

[JWolf]

^ Which is unfortunately restricted to all the eBooks that aren't price fixed (grumble grumble). Amazon is pretty awesome about providing nifty sales incentives and deals; it's incredibly annoying that they don't have the chance to with most Kindle books anymore. They were kicking ass for a while.

Actually, I was finding a lot of Trek eBooks to be cheaper at BooksOnBoard or Fictionwise then Amazon. But now with the agency conspiracy, that's no longer possible.

 

[JWolf]

As far as other e-readers, I have tried an original Nook as well as the FNACBook (an ereader found here in France), and have played with a Kobo. The Current Nook's screen is as good as the Kindle. The Kobo reader I tried I just didn't fall in love with, and the FNACBook is tied to the FNAC store, which has a very limited selection of English books. Basically, I was most impressed by the Kindle. The hardware feels solid, the screen is good, and the integration with the Amazon store is nice.

If the FNACBook really tied to the FANC store or is it just tied there because that's what the software onboard is tied to? So if the FNACBook used ADE, you could get eBooks from elsewhere. Just not wirelessly. For example, the Kobo is not tied to Kobo and the nook is not tied to B&N even though via wifi, that's where you buy.

Actually, the Sony Reader PRS-650 is more solidly built then the Kindle 3. The screen on the 650 is the same screen but with better navigation (IMHO) because of the IR touch.

 

[Kopernikus]

I finally decided, due to shelf-space and money-limitations to switch at least some of my book-puchases to ebooks. Overall the description of the Kindle sounds quite good and the size of the shop is impressive, compared to other online-shops. But one thing puzzles me: Does anyone know, why there are no ebook-versions of Shattered Lights and Blind Mans Bluff and if that's gonna change in the foreseeable future?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I beg to differ...

 

[Kopernikus]

^ I beg to differ...

"This title is not available for customers from your location"



As if they had to transport the Data with a DVD across the Atlantic....

 

[Thrawn]

^ A lot of times, they don't really have control over stuff like that. Rights to sell books in other countries can be kind of complicated.

 

[Idran]

Yeah, stuff like that is entirely a legal issue relating to the licensing of the material on a new format in other nations. It's the same reason stuff like Hulu or Pandora isn't available universally internationally.

 

[Defcon]

Doesn't really makes sense though that only a handful of the hundreds of Star Trek books aren't available on amazon.de as Kindle books while they're available on .com.

Those two are the latest Start Trek releases by Gallery Books I guess, but I don't really see how that should effect the legal area as Gallery is just another imprint of the same publisher.

 

[doobington]

I have more Star Trek books on my iPad than I'll ever be able to read, currently reading 'A Stitch in Time'

 

[BillJ]

Tried iBooks now that I have an iPad (bought Cast No Shadow) and found that I like the Kindle 3 better.

 

[doobington]

I bought an iPad 2 that already had loads of Star Trek books on it so it's unlikely I'll ever buy a kindle. I'd like one all the same.

 

[label]

I bought an iPad 2 that already had loads of Star Trek books on it so it's unlikely I'll ever buy a kindle. I'd like one all the same.

I've got (and love) my IPad, but you couldn't pay me to read any novels/books on it or any other tablet. I'll admit that the IPad is great for reference books & magazines, but I don't want a big old heavy glass top tablet to read a 1000 page novel on any more than I'd try and read a book on my Droid X phone.

Granted.......that's just my preference, but a Kindle/Nook Touch is a much, much better, more enjoyable reading experience all the way around (from portability to weight holding it to readability to being easy on the eyes) and can be read much more easily in daylight which I like to do while I'm sitting out on my back patio.

 

[BillJ]

This.

I bought an iPad 2 that already had loads of Star Trek books on it so it's unlikely I'll ever buy a kindle. I'd like one all the same.

I've got (and love) my IPad, but you couldn't pay me to read any novels/books on it or any other tablet. I'll admit that the IPad is great for reference books & magazines, but I don't want a big old heavy glass top tablet to read a 1000 page novel on any more than I'd try and read a book on my Droid X phone.

Granted.......that's just my preference, but a Kindle/Nook Touch is a much, much better, more enjoyable reading experience all the way around (from portability to weight holding it to readability to being easy on the eyes) and can be read much more easily in daylight which I like to do while I'm sitting out on my back patio.

 

[JWolf]

I finally decided, due to shelf-space and money-limitations to switch at least some of my book-puchases to ebooks. Overall the description of the Kindle sounds quite good and the size of the shop is impressive, compared to other online-shops. But one thing puzzles me: Does anyone know, why there are no ebook-versions of Shattered Lights and Blind Mans Bluff and if that's gonna change in the foreseeable future?

There are eBook versions. They exist in ePub. But that's the format the Kindle won't handle. I would suggest not getting a Kindle and instead getting the new forthcoming Sony Wifi PRS-T1. It is not using an obsolete format like Mobipocket. It uses ePub. I recently read A Choice of Catastrophes and I found the embedded fonts were nice. You won't get that on a Kindle.