Hey Amazon! When are you going to offer access to Canadian library e-books? It's been several years of waiting now. In fact I got tired of waiting and bought two Kobo e-readers for my kids; they're great.
I've owned my Kindle for a couple of years and really like it. It's a space saver, it's fantastically legible, offers fingertip access to a dictionary, the ability to buy and receive books in seconds, etc. It's great!
However, I just bought two Kobo e-readers for my kids because Kindle still does not support EPUB books from Canadian libraries and Kobo does. I got tired of waiting and thought you, and others, should know.
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Review After 5 Years of Regular Use (2013 Paperwhite)
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2018
To sum it up, I like it, I like it a lot!Right from the first day, I have used a case with this Paperwhite, the original KleverCase. Why? Because I find that Paperwhite is very small and there isn't much room for actually holding onto the thing, thus my thumbs easily accidentally brush the touch-screen flipping pages, happens even with the case. [FYI I do not like the new KleverCase as the original looked like a real book; from the side it looked like there were paper pages in between the front and back cover, this is no longer true.]. This is my biggest pet peeve with the paperwhite, is that it's very easy to accidentally touch the screen and flip pages. You can't read a book normally allowing your thumbs to sit anywhere comfortable. In fact, you only need to move your finger close to the screen and it can detect your finger without actually touching it, and it can flip pages very quickly, so in one second you've flipped a half dozen pages and trying to go back and find the page you were on is a pain. Hopefully, they've fixed this in newer versions, although I haven't heard anything; I don't think they have. Not only do I accidentally flip pages, I accidentally do highlights of words, sentences, and paragraphs. Super annoying, but since I only read at home while laying down, it's okay, but if I was trying to read while commuting on the bus, for example, wow that would be really bothersome. Even after 5 years of daily use, I am still finding myself cursing at just highlighting random things on a page.The next thing that needs improvement is the backlight. The backlight is always ON. You cannot turn it off. Yes, you can turn the brightness down to 1, but not to 0 i.e. off. So, the backlight can eat into your battery usage.I love the fact that you can use wifi to touch on a word and it will immediately look it up so whenever an author throws in an obscure word or historical figure, you can find out that they are referring to a little-known artist from the 1700s, how nice! So annoying when authors do that.What I don't love is that it uses the battery when I'm not even reading! What is it doing? I don't know. Connecting to WiFi doing something, I guess. When I put it to sleep, I want it 100% off, not doing stuff in the background using my wifi and battery.The best thing about the paperwhite is the e-paper! Its really great! Just like reading on paper! You really can read in full sunshine -- in fact, the brighter it is, the easier it is to read, just like with anything written on paper. Really cool.There really should be a button to turn the touchscreen on and off, so you can place your hands anywhere on the screen without causing havoc while reading. They say that it's small enough to read while holding it with one hand, but that's a lie, because in reality you have to hold it at the edges; holding it with one hand is so very awkward and uncomfortable that you'd get a cramped hand. In the official photo I've attached, you can see that the person not only has their fingers in a very awkward position in order to avoid touching the screen, they also have it propped up against their leg at the same time because that really the only way to do it one-handed. The older versions that had buttons for changing pages where so much better in this regard. I know people who still use the one with buttons because of this. Rightly so.
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2018
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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 24, 2018
Right from the first day, I have used a case with this Paperwhite, the original KleverCase. Why? Because I find that Paperwhite is very small and there isn't much room for actually holding onto the thing, thus my thumbs easily accidentally brush the touch-screen flipping pages, happens even with the case. [FYI I do not like the new KleverCase as the original looked like a real book; from the side it looked like there were paper pages in between the front and back cover, this is no longer true.]. This is my biggest pet peeve with the paperwhite, is that it's very easy to accidentally touch the screen and flip pages. You can't read a book normally allowing your thumbs to sit anywhere comfortable. In fact, you only need to move your finger close to the screen and it can detect your finger without actually touching it, and it can flip pages very quickly, so in one second you've flipped a half dozen pages and trying to go back and find the page you were on is a pain. Hopefully, they've fixed this in newer versions, although I haven't heard anything; I don't think they have. Not only do I accidentally flip pages, I accidentally do highlights of words, sentences, and paragraphs. Super annoying, but since I only read at home while laying down, it's okay, but if I was trying to read while commuting on the bus, for example, wow that would be really bothersome. Even after 5 years of daily use, I am still finding myself cursing at just highlighting random things on a page.
The next thing that needs improvement is the backlight. The backlight is always ON. You cannot turn it off. Yes, you can turn the brightness down to 1, but not to 0 i.e. off. So, the backlight can eat into your battery usage.
I love the fact that you can use wifi to touch on a word and it will immediately look it up so whenever an author throws in an obscure word or historical figure, you can find out that they are referring to a little-known artist from the 1700s, how nice! So annoying when authors do that.
What I don't love is that it uses the battery when I'm not even reading! What is it doing? I don't know. Connecting to WiFi doing something, I guess. When I put it to sleep, I want it 100% off, not doing stuff in the background using my wifi and battery.
The best thing about the paperwhite is the e-paper! Its really great! Just like reading on paper! You really can read in full sunshine -- in fact, the brighter it is, the easier it is to read, just like with anything written on paper. Really cool.
There really should be a button to turn the touchscreen on and off, so you can place your hands anywhere on the screen without causing havoc while reading. They say that it's small enough to read while holding it with one hand, but that's a lie, because in reality you have to hold it at the edges; holding it with one hand is so very awkward and uncomfortable that you'd get a cramped hand. In the official photo I've attached, you can see that the person not only has their fingers in a very awkward position in order to avoid touching the screen, they also have it propped up against their leg at the same time because that really the only way to do it one-handed. The older versions that had buttons for changing pages where so much better in this regard. I know people who still use the one with buttons because of this. Rightly so.
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Review After 5 Years of Regular Use (2013 Paperwhite)
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 24, 2018
To sum it up, I like it, I like it a lot!Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 24, 2018
Right from the first day, I have used a case with this Paperwhite, the original KleverCase. Why? Because I find that Paperwhite is very small and there isn't much room for actually holding onto the thing, thus my thumbs easily accidentally brush the touch-screen flipping pages, happens even with the case. [FYI I do not like the new KleverCase as the original looked like a real book; from the side it looked like there were paper pages in between the front and back cover, this is no longer true.]. This is my biggest pet peeve with the paperwhite, is that it's very easy to accidentally touch the screen and flip pages. You can't read a book normally allowing your thumbs to sit anywhere comfortable. In fact, you only need to move your finger close to the screen and it can detect your finger without actually touching it, and it can flip pages very quickly, so in one second you've flipped a half dozen pages and trying to go back and find the page you were on is a pain. Hopefully, they've fixed this in newer versions, although I haven't heard anything; I don't think they have. Not only do I accidentally flip pages, I accidentally do highlights of words, sentences, and paragraphs. Super annoying, but since I only read at home while laying down, it's okay, but if I was trying to read while commuting on the bus, for example, wow that would be really bothersome. Even after 5 years of daily use, I am still finding myself cursing at just highlighting random things on a page.
The next thing that needs improvement is the backlight. The backlight is always ON. You cannot turn it off. Yes, you can turn the brightness down to 1, but not to 0 i.e. off. So, the backlight can eat into your battery usage.
I love the fact that you can use wifi to touch on a word and it will immediately look it up so whenever an author throws in an obscure word or historical figure, you can find out that they are referring to a little-known artist from the 1700s, how nice! So annoying when authors do that.
What I don't love is that it uses the battery when I'm not even reading! What is it doing? I don't know. Connecting to WiFi doing something, I guess. When I put it to sleep, I want it 100% off, not doing stuff in the background using my wifi and battery.
The best thing about the paperwhite is the e-paper! Its really great! Just like reading on paper! You really can read in full sunshine -- in fact, the brighter it is, the easier it is to read, just like with anything written on paper. Really cool.
There really should be a button to turn the touchscreen on and off, so you can place your hands anywhere on the screen without causing havoc while reading. They say that it's small enough to read while holding it with one hand, but that's a lie, because in reality you have to hold it at the edges; holding it with one hand is so very awkward and uncomfortable that you'd get a cramped hand. In the official photo I've attached, you can see that the person not only has their fingers in a very awkward position in order to avoid touching the screen, they also have it propped up against their leg at the same time because that really the only way to do it one-handed. The older versions that had buttons for changing pages where so much better in this regard. I know people who still use the one with buttons because of this. Rightly so.
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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 30, 2015
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