mikeweil Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 My wife surprised me with a Kindle Fire for Christmas. Now that I have WLAN at home, it's great - I bought four jazz books for starters, Pullman's Bud bio, Gluck's on the Mwandishi band, Combs' Dameronia, and Bang's Guaraldi book, which I have as a paperback but am tired of carrying around (it's large). Very convenient to use during work breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Slightly different question. I don't have a Kindle but the Kindle for PC program. I found, like most people, that it is very hard to know for sure what version of a book you are buying in the Kindle store (a lot of bait and switch particularly with older texts in the public domain). But if you get the proper versions from reputable publishers, there are some nice features. In particular, I have liked the ability to jump back and forth from the main text to the footnotes. Also, you can change the font size. This was particularly useful for the Penguin version of Juvenal's Satires. I am leaning towards getting the Penguin edition of Ovid's Metamorphosis this way since it is a case where the print edition is just absurdly long (due to using over-sized fonts). My question is whether it is possible to have unique font settings for each book in your library, or whether when you switch to a different book, you have to change the font back. I think it is the latter, but am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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