Kindle cases

[erilyn]

If I were to buy myself a Kindle, which the good AUD/USD exchange rate is making even more tempting, does anyone have recommendation about what brand/style of case I should get?

Or any other thoughts about Kindles? I'd be using it for reading fic even more than actual ebooks (though them too).

I just took the Glee s1 boxset out of my Amazon cart, since the extras are disappointing.

Comments

[melpemone.livejournal.com]

I got the leather case with the elastic band strap in apple green. I'd probably have done slightly better getting the same one with the light attached, but after buying a Kindle I wasn't up for another $50 worth of casing.

As for fic, you should know that Kindle's support for .pdf is shaky (and unofficial), so you'll want to convert it to .azw - there's a free program called Calibre for that. I'm extremely finicky about layout, so I ended up spending a scary amount of time adjusting fonts and margins and converting some 200-odd fics from .doc to .pdf to .azw - this isn't necessary, just how I went about it. :)

Anyway, I love mine. Aside from the sheer niftiness of e-ink, it's convenient as hell - having extra handbag space, not worrying about smushing paperback books, and the awesome convenience of being able to read a book within 60 seconds of buying it. You should get one. :)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

What about converting straight from html, how well does that work?

Since I'm looking to upgrade from my main fic-reading device, my 5 year old Palm Zire, and most formatting would get stripped out in exporting fic to Plucker, I'm not too fussed about formatting, so long as it's readable :)