Thursday, 9 June 2011

Kindle Kerfuffle!!!

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So. My Kindle arrived yesterday. It's very cool. I tried it out last night with a friend's ms, making notes and highlights but ... something went wrong! I turned it off for a while, and when I went back to it all my notes had disappeared!!! Argh! So frustrating. They were, however, logged in the My Clippings folder, but no longer accessible in the actual document so it was really hard for me to see where all my notes went, especially when I hadn't highlighted anything.

Anyway, I tried again, and this morning my new notes are still in the document. Phew! hopefully, it was a ONE TIME ONLY glitch.

If you have a Kindle, have you experienced any glitches I should be aware of?

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  1. Theresa Milstein9 June 2011 at 14:24

    Can't help you. I'm still reading books made out of cardboard and paper and ink from mostly brick and mortar stores. But I'm starting to feel in the minority.

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  2. Cathy Olliffe-Webster9 June 2011 at 14:27

    You are way, way ahead of me... I haven't actually used my Kindle yet for anything but reading and changing the font size! But I love it. Love, love, love it. And I hope you do, too!

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  3. Matthew MacNish9 June 2011 at 14:43

    I should have mine soon. I'll let you know.

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  4. Linda G.9 June 2011 at 15:01

    Haven't had a problem with mine. Then again, I really only use it for reading, and sometimes tweeting. Haven't even tried taking notes with it yet -- I'll have to give that a shot.

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  5. Laura Pauling9 June 2011 at 15:07

    When beta reading on my Kindle, I still take notes on paper and then type then into a word doc, so I can't touch on this aspect of it. :)

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  6. Leigh Caron9 June 2011 at 15:15

    Don't have a Kindle yet, but with all the glitches occurring on two laptops, my 5-spot, and my Droid, I don't know if I'm ready for anymore devices with glitches.

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  7. Simon Kewin9 June 2011 at 15:49

    I've just got mine, too, but I've only used it for reading so far. Sorry, not much help!

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  8. L. Diane Wolfe9 June 2011 at 16:20

    Sorry, don't have a Kindle. Is there a way to back up what you've done on the computer, just in case?

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  9. erica and christy9 June 2011 at 16:35

    I've been having the whole nook vs kindle debate with myself lately. I'm ready to get one of them. It's interesting to see what you've been able to do with your kindle. I hadn't thought of being able to do anything but read on one! Sorry, I'm no help to you, but this post helped me! Christy

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  10. Kittie Howard9 June 2011 at 16:37

    You're waaaay ahead of me. The instructions for taking notes went over my head. Er, why don't you blog about that? I bet I'm not the only one who'd have eyes glued.

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  11. Talli Roland9 June 2011 at 17:18

    Yikes! No, I haven't discovered any glitches. I've only had mine for about a month, though.

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  12. Aurora Smith9 June 2011 at 17:30

    when the battery gets low it takes a minute to turn on, It hougth mine died the first time and I almsot had a heart attack. LOL

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  13. Patti9 June 2011 at 17:33

    I haven't made the jump to ebooks yet. Maybe one day.

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  14. Shannon O'Donnell9 June 2011 at 17:49

    I haven't had any glitches with my Kindle, but I haven't taken any notes with it yet. I've highlighted passages, but never done notes. Sorry. I can tell you that if it's a problem with your Kindle, Amazon's customer service is AWESOME!

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  15. Sandra Ulbrich Almazan9 June 2011 at 17:54

    My Kindle has occasionally crashed or frozen. I've heard this happens if you have a cover with a hinge, but I find the built-in light so practical I don't want to switch. You can reboot the Kindle by sliding the switch over for about 15 seconds. If that doesn't work, then I go to Amazon and trouble-shoot the problem.

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  16. Kate Avery Ellison9 June 2011 at 19:30

    The only problem I've had is actually totally my fault... somehow I accidentally made two amazon accounts (using the same email address, no less) and one had my Kindle registered to it and one didn't. I got them mixed up (not even knowing I had two) and then tried to buy something for my Kindle. Amazon was all, "You don't have a Kindle registered to this account." I FLIPPED. I was very frustrated--of course I did! I'd just bought a bunch of stuff for it!

    Fortunately, I got it sorted out after much hair-pulling. Otherwise, my Kindle has been excellent.

    Hope you enjoy yours!!

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  17. Mary@GigglesandGuns9 June 2011 at 23:50

    Probably a one time thing. I've never had that happen when I hi-lite and make notes.

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  18. Samantha Sotto10 June 2011 at 07:48

    Hi! (I'm back from my trip). No glitches with my kindle so far. :-)

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  19. Creepy Query Girl10 June 2011 at 16:00

    I don't have one yet but I'm interested in these comments! (hope to have one soon!)

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  20. laughingwolf11 June 2011 at 18:28

    'save often' apply here?

    sticking with real books... so far

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  21. Ellie Garratt12 June 2011 at 21:34

    No glitches so far, though to be fair I haven't used it that much. Hope yours is fine now.

    Ellie Garratt

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