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I was thinking about getting a Kindle for reading non-fiction (particularly challenging scientific readings). I reckon the dictionary and the x-ray reference features would be fantastic for the purpose of helping me through topics I am fairly new to. Does anyone know if the said features would work with illegally downloaded literature? I'm finally beginning to get quite a nice book collection so I really can't see myself stop buying books any time in the near future, and I have zero moral reservations about torrenting copies of books I already own.

tl;dr - do the dictionary and x-ray kindle features work with torrented copies of books?

>> No.2232812

>torrented copies
Dude, just use the sticky, but yes, it will work. Get a Kindle Keyboard or you'll regret it.

>> No.2232816

Oh, and a tip: Retroread and Gutenburg are best for classics, whilst a quick "site:mediafire.com name of book" will usually do ya.

>> No.2232819

>mfw dads friend from work gave him CDs with tens of thousands of books on it and heaps of good shit is on there and i put all the good shit on my kindle

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>>2232819

>mfw I just downloaden a couple of huge torrents and now have 25.000 ebooks so that when I find out about a book I want to read I often have it already and also I'm a teenage nazi girl in 1930's Germany.

I feel sorry for treebook enthusiasts

>> No.2232845

Now how many books that you guy's download with those e-readers have shit formatting?

>> No.2232848

>>2232845

only some of them sometimes

>> No.2232851

>>2232848

im lying its most of them
but still only sometimes

and it hardly lessens their readability

>> No.2232890

>>2232812

You'd take a Kindle Keyboard over a Kindle 4 Touch? They're older technology and they cost more.

>> No.2232897

>>2232890

Kindle Touch > Kindle Keyboard. They're lighter and smaller. Why the fuck would you need a keyboard on an eReader? How many notes could you possibly need to make that it would be worth having a giant shitty keyboard attached when you're trying to read?

>> No.2232930

>>2232816

Filestube.com is beter. Meta-serch enjin for files.
Library.nu has a lot of good stuf.
And somtimes, one can find books on torrent, so use torrentz.eu.