Where can I get a Kindle in Taipei?

Icon · September 21, 2022, 2:24pm

Sunny in Taichung was selling reasonably priced new Kindle Fire. Have a look.

papertowel · September 21, 2022, 2:45pm

How about I bring one back for you?

tango42 · September 21, 2022, 3:08pm

If you’re not purely locked into Kindle then maybe consider Kobo or something else available in Taiwan.

Dr_Milker · September 21, 2022, 3:39pm

I have a Kindle that flatlined. I can give it to you for free.

meishijia · September 21, 2022, 9:59pm

Wow, thank you

What does that mean? Dead battery?

kurupted · September 22, 2022, 3:24am

I have one I don’t really use. Probably willing to sell it – make an offer?
It’s in perfect condition. An older model from a few years ago

TaipAmy · September 22, 2022, 4:04am

Amazon has an international version that ships here.

Dr_Milker · September 22, 2022, 4:12am

Won’t start up. Not sure why. Could be repairable, but maybe not. I just bought a Kobo instead. Like it a lot better than the Kindle.

meishijia · September 22, 2022, 4:56am

I’m not really sure what they are worth, and not sure what model you have. If it’s an older model like you say, would you accept $1000?

Also, if you are interested I have some other items of tech I’m looking to get rid off which I could throw in for free, including:

ASUS 4G Router (you put a SIM card in)
Polaroid camera (used once)
D-Link home security camera

meishijia · September 23, 2022, 1:07pm

Ended up getting one of these. Although not all books are on the kobo store, you can apparently put Kindle store books on them too.

meishijia · September 23, 2022, 1:20pm

You can see my current interest on the search screen, haha

tango42 · September 23, 2022, 3:37pm

Love my Kobo.

Dr_Milker · September 23, 2022, 4:14pm

I find that epub files are the ones that render best on my Kobo.

tango42 · September 23, 2022, 4:40pm

It takes some effort. Have to remove the DRM protection and change the format. And then pick a method to actually put it on the Kobo.

Which is generally the same regardless of where you buy your books.

Dr_Milker · September 23, 2022, 4:56pm

I’ve also found that the dictionary function isn’t compatible with mobi files.

Taiwan_Luthiers · September 23, 2022, 5:52pm

I think Icon might have some kindle of kittens around…

SuiGeneris · December 19, 2022, 9:13am

on Amazon

Shopee

tango42 · March 2, 2023, 3:34am

Kindle now accepts .epub formatted books.

And easy to add .epub to Kindle devices.

I’m considering moving from Kobo to Kindle because Kindle has much better translation capabilities i.e Kindle translates entire sentences or paragraphs, Kobo translates words only.

tango42 · March 2, 2023, 3:42am

Have you managed to sideload other books to your Kobo?

flatlandr · March 2, 2023, 4:22am

This program does a fairly good job of converting files to .mobi for kindle.