ydoaPs Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Can you change what screens show up when you put your kindle to sleep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Screen_Saver_Hack_for_all_2.x_and_3.x_Kindles It involves "jailbreaking" the Kindle, and I haven't tried it, but there are other sites with some amusing backgrounds available should you try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted May 8, 2011 Author Share Posted May 8, 2011 Have you tried lending books? It seems as though some clever people could put together a network and list who has what book. One could schedule time to have a certain book and take turns borrowing books. This could let a community read a library of books with minimal cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 I don't know many other people with a Kindle, so I haven't tried it. Maybe I should get to know more book nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted May 8, 2011 Author Share Posted May 8, 2011 They're eventually launching a system where you can borrow ebooks from your local library, but I'm not sure how expansive the selection of books or libraries will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 I'd like to see something like Google Books bring public domain and out-of-print books to ebook readers and computers everywhere. They have something like 3 million available so far, but not in any Kindle-compatible format (only ePub and web-based browsing), and they're still scanning through a bunch of university libraries. Wandering through our campus library with several million books is more impressive when you realize that in a few years, it'll all be available in a device the size of a Kindle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Is there a way to make SFN more Kindle-friendly(like a mobile version or something)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Yeah, there's a mobile version. I just adjusted things so the Kindle should be automatically served the mobile site. Is that better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwagen Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Doesn't Kindle use any kind of that ink-stuff? If so, wouldn't a screen saver be kinda redundant, since it won't use up battery as long as you're not changing pages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 After a few minutes idle, it flips the screen to a random picture of an author, rather than displaying the book you're reading. It's not an animated screensaver, and it does nothing other than look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hari Seldon Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I know this is a bit of an old thread but try Calibre to convert ebooks and http://www.gutenberg.org/ to get some good ebooks for free, all of the books on there the copyright has expired. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubizo Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hi everyone, my website is quite relevant to the question in this topic, then I hope you will not accuse me of spamming even though I'm doing self-promotion At http://www.kubizo.com/changing-kindle-screensaver.php you can find an automatic installer that does the job on your Kindle without requiring you to download hacks and fumble with them. On the website you can also find more than 2000 images in the right format (600 x 800, 16 shades of grey) to be used with the Kindle and, coming soon, a screensaver generator to convert your own photos into Kindle screensavers. Enjoy! Kubizo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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