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my kindle is broken.
is stuff downloaded from amazon on my kindle or my account?
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All your purchases from Amazon are backed up to amazon's cloud. If you need to get a new kindle you will be able to re-download all your books.
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brilliant, thank you
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My Keyboard 3G Kindle has stopped working. I hardly ever use 3G so have opted for a £29 nook as a replacemnent.
I will loose the books on the Kindle but as I have read them all save two or three its not a major issue. |
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My Kindle keyboard 'froze' after a few years.
When contacted Amazon - they offered a replacement at discount. When contacting Amazon - quoting the Sale of Goods Act, which says that the goods must be of satisfactory quality, and defines quality to include durability. Amazon responded that theey've referred my case to their "special team" and I should hear back within 12 hours. They got back, and arranged a replacement was sent out to be (3G instead of WiFi model) at no cost. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0106dq8 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006...eatures/kindle |
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My Kindle keyboard 'froze' after a few years.
When contacted Amazon - they offered a replacement at discount. When contacting Amazon - quoting the Sale of Goods Act, which says that the goods must be of satisfactory quality, and defines quality to include durability. Amazon responded that theey've referred my case to their "special team" and I should hear back within 12 hours. They got back, and arranged a replacement was sent out to be (3G instead of WiFi model) at no cost. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0106dq8 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006...eatures/kindle |
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My Keyboard 3G Kindle has stopped working. I hardly ever use 3G so have opted for a £29 nook as a replacemnent.
I will loose the books on the Kindle but as I have read them all save two or three its not a major issue. I could be wrong however and I'm sure someone will correct me. http://calibre-ebook.com/ |
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I believe you can use a simple free piece of software called calibre which will strip the DRM and convert it to a nook friendly format.
I could be wrong however and I'm sure someone will correct me. http://calibre-ebook.com/
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Another dead Kindle owner here - I see in that BBC report that Amazon expect a Kindle to last an average of 3 years!!! Thats not what you'd call a long time.
My Kindle Keyboard lasted 2 years and 8 months so pretty much in the "death zone". |
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Another dead Kindle owner here - I see in that BBC report that Amazon expect a Kindle to last an average of 3 years!!! Thats not what you'd call a long time.
My Kindle Keyboard lasted 2 years and 8 months so pretty much in the "death zone". But this is a common strategy today, products are made to fail/ not to last. Everybody wants you to keep updating your devices every 2-3 years. At least Amazon has a very good technical support. |
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Another dead Kindle owner here - I see in that BBC report that Amazon expect a Kindle to last an average of 3 years!!! Thats not what you'd call a long time.
My Kindle Keyboard lasted 2 years and 8 months so pretty much in the "death zone". Battery's in all tech are the weak part. They have improved a fair bit but their lifespan is still fairly low. If only one of the many alternates that are heralded as the future of portable power would actually live upto the hype and be a viable form of power as power tech simply isn't moving anywhere near as fast as other tech advantages |
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I usually find though, that the battery does last. Although, I don't use the kindle as often as I did when I first got it. I generally find I am re-charging the battery every 5 or 6 weeks.
My kindle is about 18 months old. I guess I should be prepared to upgrade it in about another 18 months!! |
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I believe you can use a simple free piece of software called calibre which will strip the DRM and convert it to a nook friendly format.
I could be wrong however and I'm sure someone will correct me. http://calibre-ebook.com/ |
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Thanks for the tip. Dumped everytrhing from kindle to pc. Converted, copied to micro SD and now available on nook.
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Thanks for the tip. Dumped everytrhing from kindle to pc. Converted, copied to micro SD and now available on nook.
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There are Kindle apps for Android and Windows phones too which sync with you books stored with Amazon.
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