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Silver linings
Jun. 22nd, 2020 11:36 amMy Kindle has had a couple of problems for a very long time: the indexing is slow, and it doesn't actually download anything automatically anymore. Once I connect to wifi, to prod the download into happening I have to do a search for the title, wait for the results to show, then tap on it. Sometimes a couple of times. Then it finally downloads (and hopefully I've tapped on the actual book and not the sample, because a number of samples aren't properly labeled).
This is highly annoying, as you may surmise, and I've had a go-round with Amazon tech support over it* and so far the only thing I haven't tried is to completely wipe the Kindle and start over. Which I am not inclined to do because there are many non-Kindle documents on there, and lots of samples on there, that would be seriously tedious to replace. I know, because when I buy a new Kindle I have to do it, and given that this one is coming to the end of its lifespan and I'll be buying a new one** I am just going to hold off on that until the new one.
However it's recently developed a new symptom, which is quite interesting. Not only does it not automatically download new items, but it fails to recognize and delete expired items. I am currently holding 16 Kindle Unlimited books of which the KU program believes I have returned 6, as well as 7 library books that were due--and automatically returned--over a month ago.
I consider this a decent tradeoff for my hassle, and now have no plans to attempt to fix it until it finally dies and I replace it.
*Worse than useless. They could only repeat "It's been delivered to your Kindle." "But it's not ON my Kindle." "It's been delivered to your Kindle."
**Yes, yes, stuck in Amazon ecosystem, not owning books, etc. I don't want to hear about it. We're actively buying from places that are not Amazon for physical items; I'm not going to throw digital items into the pot as well at this time.
This is highly annoying, as you may surmise, and I've had a go-round with Amazon tech support over it* and so far the only thing I haven't tried is to completely wipe the Kindle and start over. Which I am not inclined to do because there are many non-Kindle documents on there, and lots of samples on there, that would be seriously tedious to replace. I know, because when I buy a new Kindle I have to do it, and given that this one is coming to the end of its lifespan and I'll be buying a new one** I am just going to hold off on that until the new one.
However it's recently developed a new symptom, which is quite interesting. Not only does it not automatically download new items, but it fails to recognize and delete expired items. I am currently holding 16 Kindle Unlimited books of which the KU program believes I have returned 6, as well as 7 library books that were due--and automatically returned--over a month ago.
I consider this a decent tradeoff for my hassle, and now have no plans to attempt to fix it until it finally dies and I replace it.
*Worse than useless. They could only repeat "It's been delivered to your Kindle." "But it's not ON my Kindle." "It's been delivered to your Kindle."
**Yes, yes, stuck in Amazon ecosystem, not owning books, etc. I don't want to hear about it. We're actively buying from places that are not Amazon for physical items; I'm not going to throw digital items into the pot as well at this time.
, by Christina Farley, after reading the 
. (Don't know if only USA.)
(Don't know if it's limited to the U.S.)
