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I just tested a .doc file I emailed to [myname]@free.kindle.com, using "convert" in the subject line. I moved it onto my new version Kindle using wifi. It has Kindle-style location numbers and can be "highlighted" and notes made on it like any native Kindle text. I will say I find typing on the Kindle nearly impossible - it has a qwerty keyboard but the keys are tiny to me - but then, I am an old lady who doesn't text on phones either. The professor I am working with highlights stuff in the Kindle texts and then uses the web notes interface (which syncs with the Kindle) and types the associated notes on the computer.
We just had a rather puzzled discussion about how to cite from Kindle texts in MLA style. No page numbers.
Thanks for the tips! It sounds like it's possible to do what I need to. I shouldn't have major problems typing on it, as I have a tiny qwerty keypad on my phone and I take notes using that. Still, I'm going to borrow a friend's Kindle for a week, to make sure I'm really going to make use of one (and to help me persuade The Girl it's a good use of my limited funds). But it does sound like it could work for me.
We just had a rather puzzled discussion about how to cite from Kindle texts in MLA style. No page numbers.
That's a good point. Must look up how to Harvard-style cite from docs in electronic format.
pertinent to today's discussion and involves using a software program I LOVE LOVE LOVE on the mac (and has been recently introduced on the PC)...
annotations on kindle and using scrivener:
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I need some suggestions about online backup services. Carbonite?
In theory, I should do both.
do you need your whole computer backed up, or certain files? how much space?
We use Mozy (for our PC). It's affordable, but we haven't had to use it to restore anything yet. 2GB free, and I forget how much we prepaid for 2 years. I think it was like $5 a month.
You will be surprised at how long it takes for the initial backup.
Still have not tried it, but carbonite looks like a good (if pricey) option. You can do automatic or manual backups. You can do the "every time you save a file it saves on-line as well" thing, or only backup during scheduled or manual backups. (And you can be selective - choose how things are backed up on a directory by directory and file by file backup.) You can use the carbonite software to handle your local backups as well as the on-line ones. $50 to $100 per year for most people's needs, which makes more expensive than Mozy and most other choices. Not a rec cause I have not tried it, but it is probably the one I'm going to end up trying. Right now my backup is DVD plus gmail to self for critical files.
I have an insanely comprehensive redundant backup and archive routine. I don't think I'm of help on this.
