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Can it read epubs yet?

I was thinking of buying a Nook Glowlight because I often read in bed while my partner sleeps. But when I went to check it out in the store, the contrast is noticeably worse on the Glowlight, to the point where I decided not to get one. If this new Kindle can read epubs, has a light, and has contrast that's at least as good as a regular Kindle, I'm sold.

Edit: I know I can convert files, but it's a big pain to be constantly converting a big library, especially since I very often correct ebooks in Sigil.



Use Kindlegen (http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000...)

Seriously. Calibre produces a very poor conversion. Kindlegen will retain much of the ePub fidelity.


Thank you! I've been using Calibre to convert everything. Is there a way to add WhisperSync too?


If your kindle is non-3G, the content that you email to your kindle address will show up when it's connected to wifi.


I convert to mobi using Calibre and mail to the amazon personal documents account (name@kindle.com). It adds WhisperSync.


Thanks for this! I'm downloading it and the Kindle Previewer now. I don't yet have a Kindle, but my birthday and Christmas are coming soon. And of course I have the Kindle app on my Android phone. :)


It is trivial to convert epub to mobi. Amazon has released a free tool for all platforms.


You can convert epubs easily with Calibre. I think it might even do it automatically when you tell it to put an epub on your Kindle.

However, the formatting doesn't always get converted properly.


Check out the Kobo Glo. Seems to be what you're looking for.


That's my must-have.

Along with a growing aversion to vendor- (and increasingly: online-marketplace-) devices.

No, conversion isn't a substitute.


epub->mobi is a more or less lossless conversion using calibre.




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