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- Language : English
- Date First Available : March 5, 2015
- Manufacturer : Amazon Digital Services, Inc Digital Software
- ASIN : B00UB76290
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Kindle for PC reading app gives users the ability to read Kindle books on an easy-to-use interface. You’ll have access to over 1,000,000* books in the Kindle Store, including best sellers and new releases. Amazon’s Whispersync technology automatically syncs your furthest page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all your devices that have the Kindle app installed and across any Kindle device. That means you can start reading on one device and pick up where you left off on another device. (* Selection and price of Kindle books in the Kindle Store vary by country.)
PC Minimum System Requirements:
- Processor: 1 GHz or faster
- RAM: 1 GB
- Hard Disk: 42 MB
- Video Card: Any Windows Compatible Graphics Card
- Supported OS: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
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Customers like the performance, cost and accessibility of the downloadable software. They mention that it works well enough, is useful and affordable. They are also happy with accessibility, reading level and ease of use. That said, opinions are mixed on size, connectivity, and quality.
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Customers like the performance of the downloadable software. For example, they mention it works well enough, is impressive, and performs the minimum basic function. Some say it's useful and worth the download.
"...The principles are simple, but the results are revolutionary!..." Read more
"...Moses Leon HowardA Summer in Peach Creek is an entertaining book, a charming read; an adventure in family and warm, friendly small town..." Read more
"On win7, its fine. Its functional, several different colors (some books don't fully support the various color schemes fully), some font features...." Read more
"...Issues and Problems:- Win7 BUG. K4PC ver 1.30 does NOT work on Win7...." Read more
Customers like the ease of use of the Kindle. They mention that the interface is intuitive, the game is simple to understand, and the book uses plain, easy to understand language. They also appreciate the simplicity of downloading pdfs into their Kindle, and that it allows them to look up big words quickly.
"...It also reads well...." Read more
"...Amazing! Kindle for PC allows you to look up big words quickly, allowing you to read the works of sesquipedalians. (Look it up. It's easy!)..." Read more
"...- In seven years, I have NEVER been able to successfully import the collections and associated book links from one computer to another...." Read more
"...PC and have the ebook found, opened, and reading the Kindle for PC application is pretty good...." Read more
Customers like the reading level of the Kindle app for PC. They say it's fantastic for reading books and uploading notes/highlights to GoodReads. They also say it allows them to read a book and is a convenient choice for reading ebooks. Customers also appreciate the underlining function and line spacing, which allows them personalize their reading experience. However, some customers feel the reading experience has been downgraded.
"...me to characterize the book further other than stating it's both a fun read - if you're inclined toward such things - and it is logically assembled...." Read more
"...Hogan's easy-reading historical narrative reminds us that the despite the din of hatred, fear, aggression, and misplaced righteousness booming from..." Read more
"...colours are nearly opaque making it nigh on impossible to read the portion of text you've highlighted when reading on the black background option...." Read more
"...A Summer in Peach Creek is an entertaining book, a charming read; an adventure in family and warm, friendly small town happenings...." Read more
Customers find the cost of the downloadable software affordable, easy to order books, and saves money. They also appreciate the options of thousands of free and low-cost books to read at anytime. Customers also mention that the rental option is instant, convenient, and cheaper than other, more traditional options.
"...giving customers easy access to a huge selection of free and reduced-price books...." Read more
"...There's a lot to thank Jeff Bezos for - affordable, easy to order books, shopping deliveries during covid - but this apparently small app is the..." Read more
"...While many books have to be purchased, they are often not very expensive (many available for only 99 cents) there is also a variety of free books..." Read more
"...I couldn't imagine anything better. And to top it off its totally free." Read more
Customers like the accessibility of the Kindle for PC. They say it allows them to read Kindle books on their PCs, enabling them to reading wherever, whenever, and however they need or want to. Some customers also mention that the app is convenient to read Ebooks, and easy to use. They appreciate the ability to sync their ebooks between computers.
"I'm quite pleased with the Kindle for PC app. It's great having access to my ebooks on my laptop—and being able to synch between my laptop and my..." Read more
"...is everything this application is not - the Kobo app feels modern and slick and looks like it will be a joy to use as an eReader...." Read more
"...It also has a built-in reader...." Read more
"Kindle for PC is an app that allows you to read Kindle books on your PC...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the downloadable software. Some mention that it's very good, excellent, and useful for such things as Kindle, Nook, and iPad. However, others say that it isn't a good product, worse than the old DOS programs, and not perfect.
"...eye-opening adventure written with a "no holds barred' kind of vulnerability, honesty, and realism...." Read more
"...Let me tell you straight up - the Kindle application for PC is an absolute joke. Where to start?..." Read more
"...Overall I do like the app. it has some really awesome options. I like the fact that I can put a black background, would prefer light green..." Read more
"...This species are very intelligent and very tough to kill and Audra being one of the oldest of her kind is very formidable and has formed an..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of the downloadable software. Some mention that they like being able to increase the size and features of the text while reading a book. They also appreciate the full size and dynamic text. However, others say that the pages do not become large when they need them to, the nav. panel is huge, and the panel fonts are far too small. Some customers also mention that the images and graphs in some books are too small and difficult to read.
"...If you are middle aged, as I am, the ability to increase font size is a godsend...." Read more
"...My guess is that K4PC is poorly designed for LARGE libraries.-..." Read more
"...As for usability, the app has great font size, page layout, and background colour options that make reading comofortable...." Read more
"...- Because the nav. panel is so freaking huge, at my preferred zoom level, the default is often that some text on a page is not visible -- it's not..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the connectivity of the downloadable software. Some mention that it syncs between their laptop and tablet is a great feature, while others say that it does not synchronize with anything, does not let them synchronise collections, and is persistent in syncing everything that performance has slowed down to a crawl.
"...My tablet now automatically syncs with my desktop PC...." Read more
"...that you create on K4PC (and Kindle for Mac) do not sync with the cloud collections, and by extension will not sync with your PaperWhite, or..." Read more
"...great having access to my ebooks on my laptop—and being able to synch between my laptop and my tablet is a great feature, making the 'furthest page..." Read more
"...The ability to synchronize my reading progress across all my devices is particularly useful and ensures that I can pick up right where I left off,..." Read more
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extensive collection of 15mm models. We played our first Combat HQ game
yesterday and I think we may have found a winner! The game is simple to understand
and our group of 4 players were comfortable with the mechanics after a few turns.
There is only one mechanic for all of the various kinds of combat. Doesn't matter if
you are trying to call in arty or fire your Panther at Sherman you roll dice to meet a target
number and your opponent rolls dice and you compare. I've simplified it but that's the basics.
This was a big hit with us as we didn't have to follow several procedures that could bog a
game down. Everyone was active all the time.
The strategy come in with the command dice that runs the turn sequence. We've tryed
all the ways of doing this like dice in bags, flipping cards and the good ole stand by
of IGOUGO. Combat HQs method is a little of all that but throw in staff orders, wild dice
etc makes for a interesting game with many Decisions to be made as the table top General .
The rules are a little ragged around the edges and need some fleshing out and clarifications
but I'm sure Mr Bambra is working on polishing the rules up.
Our group plans on giving the rules set a full work out and we would advise anyone looking
for a WWII ruleset to give combat HQ a try.
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The book is what is promised: a practical guide.
The choice of a subwoofer driver was a good one as issues like various bass enclosure alignments is given a nice going over. There is math, but it's math that any designer likely has good working knowledge of..it's essential.
I an am electrical engineer of too many years(my undergrad degree was gifted to me in 1983), so some of the math carries directly over from signal processing without derivation. The rest of the audio math I gathered prior to reading this in my "audio-aspirational extracurricular life." I am still not ready to design a loudspeaker driver, but if tasked with doing so, I feel like I am now further along the path. Is this an example of the Dunning-Kruger effect? I don't believe so. I have worked in both computation and semiconductor fields. I generally have a decent appreciation for what one needs to know in order to be successful at a task. The book has helped me realize where I need more training.
The last two sentences above are really where this volume has been helpful. In engineering most anything, there is a logic to the workflow. The task itself is best described by the solution of many discrete parts whilst being mindful of how these tasks will ultimately sum together to complete the larger task. For the non-engineer, internalizing this lesson is worth the cost of the volume. This part is like a cookbook, but the practices and principles have broader application. 'Loudspeaker Modelling and Design: A Practical Introduction' is just that. It also reads well.
It is difficult for me to characterize the book further other than stating it's both a fun read - if you're inclined toward such things - and it is logically assembled. I skipped around prior to sitting down(figuratively) and reading in the usual way. I did this as I wanted to determine if the book contained enough new information to me to be of value. The answer came slowly, but is a resounding "yes."
This may be the only time in my reading history where the pre-purchase blurb was precisely what was delivered. The publisher - or other copywriter - describes the content in unhurried, circumspect fashion. I will state again that there is math, but all of it is germane to the task. I think both engineer(as long as the reader isn't a speaker driver engineer) and curious other-than-engineer will get much from this book.
I already possessed a few of the pieces of software used by the author to model the subwoofer driver example contained in the book. Having or using the various softwares contained in the book are not necessary to get good data from it. I didn't open one program as I was reading. If I do try to design a driver in the next couple of years I will add to what I have and use the book as an assistant. Modeling software is quite powerful, but simply knowing how to do something is no substitute for knowing why. This book explains why.
One last but important thing: This was my first Kindle book purchase, and I read 'Loudspeaker Modelling and Design: A Practical Introduction' on three devices. The best experience was had on my 25" computer monitor. This is simply due to fact that the book contains lots of charts and graphs that do not accept scaling using the Android Kindle App. Other versions of Kindle may differ. In any event, a large screen will help.
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I'm an avid reader of Litrpg and fantasy series and these tend to be released before a series is complete. With Kindle for PC I can check where I am up to and buy accordingly. I read books from many different authors and this is a way to keep tabs on all of their names, so I don't forget a new author that released his first book 20 books ago. The ability to change the parameter of a search between Author, Title and Release Date is a good feature too.
If there was a search feature that listed the books for more than one criterion, that would be grand, especially for multi book series. E.G. First criterion Author, second criterion Series Title, third, date released.
After reading so many books, it becomes increasingly difficult to remember book titles, so if a series is named and numbered by the author, this would be wonderful, but as not all of them do this, then if the Kindle for PC had this additional search feature, I would ultimately read series from authors that don't order their books per series number.