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I got my Kindle for Christmas.

I love it - but am still getting used to it. I read a lot of non-fiction for research purposes. Using a highlighter in a regular book works so well, cuz I can just flip through the book looking for the things I highlighted.

With the Kindle.... ugh! Still figuring that one out LOL!!!

I read recently that more people buy fiction for their ereaders, but for non-fiction, book sales are still higher.


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It makes sense. I use the Quran every day and I use post it notes and high light pens. Is there an option for highlighting in Kindle? If there is that would be brilliant!


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There is an option to highlight, and I think there's a search option too. The issue is I need to stop treating it like a book and trying to make it act like a book LOL! I need to learn to interact with an ereader eek

And I must admit - as I'm reading Mists of Avalon, that big ol' heavy book, I'm thinking "gee... if it was on my Kindle, it would be so much easier to read in bed!" LOL.


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Definitely! re big ol' heavy book versus kindle! Bed! etc. with lavender coffee and melon!

Yes you need to apply your mind to it as a machine that works for you! It will do as you tell it so long as you know how to tell it, all will be well in Deanne's kindle realm!


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Right, so now we figure out if I am smarter than an ereader LOL!!!

So far, it's not looking good in my favor!


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OKAY ALL I CAN TYPE NOW IS lololololol my face hurts! Go for it, you know you are!


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I definitely agree that heavy books are easier to read in Kindle format!

I'm not a book marker - I am the type who never writes in her books. So I don't have the book marking desires to try to translate into e-format. I do write tons of notes, because it's easier for me to skim my notes later on, rather than go reading the entire book again to look for what I highlighted. So maybe it's just a different technique!

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You can highlight in Kindle and you can bookmark.

Of particular interest in doing reserach is that not only can you search a Kindle book for a word or phrase, but you can specify the search to look through ALL the books on your Kindle

Search, highlight and bookmark are all on the pop-up menu you get when pressing the Menu key.


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I only use the Kindle app on my iPad. Talk about reducing clutter. I always look for an eBook first now.

One cool thing I noticed is that you can also see what areas other people have bookmarked who have read the same book.


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Another thing is that all your highlights are save in a file called 'clippings' so you have them all together and also you can copy that clippings file to your PC if - for example - you are quoting a section of a book in a research paper.


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