Will Your Kindle Run Out of Storage Space?
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 20. 10. 2021
- In today's video, we do a deep dive into storage capacity on Kindle. Is 8GB really enough? Should you get 32GB? Let's take a look to see how much space your Kindle actually needs!
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Hi! I have a paperwhite 8GB (the now previous model), Iâm a college student, I have all my pdf and articles on my kindle, all my clases of the quarter and sometimes the previous quarter, and a lot of my personal ebooks and pdf, I only have an storage use of 702 MB. Donât stress out, I hope that information is helpful for someone.
It is! Thank you
Thank you
THANK YOU!
Muchas gracias!
hi! how do you add PFG files and articles on the kindle?
8gb for books only (not audio books) is more than enough!
Thank you very much , I just received my first ever 8gb kindle.. and I was regret that It has only 8gb, and I keep telling myself why you didn't take bigger capacity... But after this video ... I feel satisfied that 8gb is more than enough for most of people
Thank you again
I will be getting my first Kindle soon and have been watching a lot of your videos in preparation. I read that the 8gb was a lot of space but hearing it was helpful. Thanks!
I love your channel so much. It has helped me so much on my decision on getting my kindle signature edition. đ
I am finally going to get my first Kindle! I am so excited and was curious about storage space. Thank you for helping me out even if this video is a year old.
Congrats on 10k! I pre-ordered the new standard Paperwhite, since I donât use Audible or read graphic novels. I figured by the time I filled up 8gb with books, it would be time to upgrade anyway. I read a lot and seem to amass books (physical and digital) and I think 8gb is plenty, even for the big fantasy books I prefer.
Yeah, same here. I have about 800 books on my kindle and it's less than half of the 8GB of storage.
8GB will be more than enough lol. Youâll be amazed how many books you can have. Trust me!
This was very helpful, thank you for making this. Iâm looking into buying one and Iâm trying to figure out whatâs best for me. I liked that you went straight to the point and it was a quick informative video, thank you!!
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
I have the Kindle Voyage with 4GB of storage. I have 137 books with only about 40% of the storage used. Your videos are clear and concise. Always good.
I bought a new Oasis to replace my Voyage, due to the fact that the print on the Voyage started fading. When I turned the page, the next page would be quite a bit lighter and I'd have to go back a page then forward, and then it would be OK. Doing this every page was a pain. Although I like the Oasis, I think the Voyage was a better device. I traded in the Voyage, but only got 10 dollars for it.
Just found your channel, very underrated. Went for the Kindle 8GB from your recommendation.
Your videos are super informative, thank you!
I do like to keep my books on my Kindle at all times, apart from audio books due to their file sizes and the shear amount I have. Another form of storage guzzler is Manga/Comics/Graphic Novels, though, which love. Thankfully, I did purchase the Signature Edition as my current storage usage is at 9.69 GB with 17.61 GB free. Whilst I donât in anyway disagree with any of the advise given in this video, I did want to share my views from a different type of reader/personality type. Thanks for the great content.
When I purchased my kindle oasis I thought 32gb was great. I have not used up the space at all. I now realize that I would have been ok with the 8gb model. .
I'm probably weird, but I like to have ALL my eBooks and Audible books on my Kindle so I don't have to worry about wi-fi availability, download times (especially for Audible books) so on my Kindle Paperwhite (it next to my computer, the Oasis is in the bedroom for insomnia nights) I have 14GB used, 13GB free.
I have 286 eBooks and 380 Audible books. That includes some anthologies for some authors so I can dip into their works as the mood takes me. I've had a Kindle since about 2010 (Kindle 3) and been an Audible subscriber since 2011.
I usually have a few books that I am reading at a time. And that takes up hardly any memory. But I download all of my e-books (600+) because I donât want to be caught without access to wi-fi when I want to read or review the highlights of a particular book. I have the Oasis 32gb model and Iâve filled up about 50% of available memory with e-books. 8gb would definitely have not been enough.
Not weird at all. I do use my phone for Audible though as I have unlimited data or I listen on my home smart speakers over the wi-fi.
I would only have max 3 audiobooks and 4 books max at a time.
i love your videos so much -- i was just asking myself this the other day, having an old paperwhite with 8gb!
Thank you for helping me decide which PW version to go with! My current 2gb PW from 2013 has roughly 400 books and maybe 2 or 3 smallish pdfâs and still has room available, so the 8gb version will be fine for me since the auto-adjust lighting and wireless charging are two features Iâm not the least bit interested in.
I have the paperwhite 3 thatâs the 7 th gen with 4 gb and I have about 600 books and itâs still practically empty lol.
Well said! I honestly donât understand the need for or the value of the auto-adjust lighting. How difficult is it to manually adjust the lighting yourself? Seriously lol. Itâs ridiculous how lazy we can be. Plus I never cared for the auto-adjust lighting on my Oasis because it always changed when I didnât want it to. And wireless charging is beyond overrated too, especially for a damn ereader.
@@foreverdissenting3675 so true.
@@foreverdissenting3675 I actually ended up turning my auto adjust lighting off on the Oasis because it always changed at the worst times, and never got it quite right for the environment.
Iâm completely happy with the 8 gig 2021 PW. after months of use Iâve barely have used any space.
Thanks for the great information. I was looking on eBay for a used kindle and thought I had to get the biggest one out there. Now I know the paperwhite 8 gig will be just fine.
Just looked out of curiosity! I have 1.53 GB free of my 3.18 GB. This is on an older Paperwhite (2nd gen, I believe) The biggest and third biggest books on there are both dictionaries.
Super informative, thank you!
Thanks for this most helpful video!
Assuming youâre buying your books (from Amazon) and not pirating them and using Calibre - 8 GB of storage is way more than enough.
A single book is maybe what? Half a MB? Thatâs 16,000 books.
Even if you add comics, theyâre not that big. Even reference books which donât look great on eink are not that big.
The only reason is for Audible which can take 1 GB with ease.
But yes, I would like to see a single person who have bought 16k books from Amazon and ran out of space.
Instead, most people just download entire free libraries with thousands of titles, upload them all and barely read at all.
So yes. Even one GB would be enough because youâre not reading all those books at once. Ten books in memory would be enough for a vacation while you are away from an internet connection.
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You're not thinking about an apocaliptic scenario, where your are the chosen one to save human literature for the next generations and show the aliens our culture... than 32gb is needed
If your storage remains almost full all the time, then it may affect the lifespan of your device ... just another point to consider here.
I've got First Kindle touch, aka Kindle Gen 4. With about 3GB free, I've managed to get it 50% full. I think I've got more Comics than I should have on it, but I put it on there to show some issues with older kindles with Images. But then I barely delete stuff off it, baring the KU books when I return them.
It didnât even occur to me to CZcams kindle content. I was so excited to finally have the money for one that I just used the Amazon comparison chart. I ended up getting the 32g signature. I looked at storage from an iPhone perspective so I thought the more the better. I may return it but either way it looks like Iâll never be close to using 8g or 32g.
i have the first kindle (10 years old now) yet working perfectly, so i espect if a buy a newone it will last the same, so i go with the Signature Edition, 32GB, no adds, auto adjustable light, and wireless charging, wireless charging is the future and so confortable, so this upgrades for $40 are ok for me.
Remember Manga, Graphic novels and Comics
I have 32 oasis model. Love it
I have had the kindle voyage since it came out. I have around 900 books loaded, which leaves me with 900mb left(out of 2 or 2.5gb?). I use my iPhone for audible. I may change it up since I ordered the kindle ppw sig edition.
I was hesitant to get 8gb because I'm worried about my books. So what I did is I created new Google Drive account and I uploaded all of my books there.
I have 300+ books, those are EPUB and PDF files. And my PDF books are Medical textbooks that has 1,000 pages.
But guess what, for more than 300 books epub and large pdfs I only used 4gb out of 15gb (from google drive)
So I'll probably get 8gb. Because I might delete books that I finished reading.. And for audio books, I don't think I need it.
But I hope that PW has yellow light from signature :( because my eyes hurt with blue light.
I think I don't have to worry with epub format because amazon announced that mobi format will be replaced with epub this coming August, so I'm excited to get a Kindle PW 8gb. I wish they will release a white kindle in the future :(
My only concern is that I'm planning to read a lot of pdf,, since the Arabic library is not that good.. so would that mean that I need more than 8gb ?
Great guide!!! Tysmmmm
Thank you this really helpt me I wanted a Amazon kindle for a while now. But I didnât now with one to take the 8GB or the 32GB. The 32GB is more expensive than the 8GB one, I am going to use it for books, you helpt me find the right one Thank You. (Aka 8GB one)
Thank you for watching! I'm glad this was helpful.
Such a helpful video. I đ€ think I will get the 8gb. I will have max 4 audiobooks and 4 ebooks at a time. I'm getting it more for reading in the tub, and by the pool. If I'm reading anything on my phone I tend to get distracted and switch to other apps. By having the Kindle I can focus only on reading!
Why use a kindle for audiobooks? Why not just use a phone? I'm genuinely curious.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking too. Also, reading digital comic books or manga would be superior on phones or tablets anyways due to some extra features. I figured the kindle is best for reading pure text, anything else can be done sufficiently on other devices. Audio books in particular you don't need to even look at a screen that much. It's not like you only have access to your library on a kindle. You can download the kindle app on virtually any device. This is my reasoning for choosing the 8 gb of the recent paperwhite lol.
My friend listens to an audible book while reading the book. I've not tried it but apparently the text will be highlighted while the book is being read audibly.
@@rlf7924 Nope, you can't listen to audiobooks and read at the same time on the kindle device. The highlighting is done through the phone app.
You can read and listen at the same time using the Kindle app (on your phone, tablet, etc). That is where they have the highlight-as-you-read function :-)
This video wil really l guide me to choose storage while buying. I was so confused.
I have the 32gb kine oasis but I'm slowly swapping to swap over to the kobo because it one feature in the uk that i can not do on a kindle. in the uk you cannot borrow books from the library on kindle which is a really big thing for me as i am on a budget and cannot always afford to purchase books so it's a really helpful option. and i also that with a kobo you do not have to choose weather your going to get the version with special offers and kindle unlimited its so easy to buy a kobo because you don't have all of the options
You can dl for free any kind of e-books in internet in pdf or mobi, and send trought your amazon related email to your kindle email (find it in your devices info) with the word "Convert" on assunt and it is going to appear in your library, even thought i dont encourage that, due copyrights and props to writters...i think reading is awesome and if thats what u need to do right now, while you are in a low budget, then its an option you have.
I think if you just use books it is completely enough
Even you using audio books or manga you can manage it with Kindle APK on your phone. And 8 GB totally enough
Thanks for video and information.
Thinking of upgrading to a new Paperwhite, but have you heard anything of a new version of the Oasis in the near future, since the new Paperwhite specs are now much closer to the current Oasis? Love your channel!
the current oasis was released a few months after the 10th gen paperwhite, so iâm guessing it wonât be announced until sometime in 2022
Kindle and Kobo need to add expandable storage >.
yep needs a micro sd card slot on the side!!
Make it so it can only use Amazon branded cards up to 1TB, because that worked so well for Sony.
As a manga reader I wish I had more than 32 gb. That being said other than audiobook listeners there's really no need. The only difference between 8 and 32 is that you're managing your library 4x more often if you read manga or listen to audiobooks. If you are alway on the go 32 gb is a no brainer.
I agree more storage is important for manga and audiobook listeners. For most people though, 8gb will be just fine. Thanks for watching!
I have just bought a kindle paperwhite signature 32gb, and I have found out (by accident) that you are entitled to download kindle books to three devices, so I have downloaded to my kindle and two tablets.
Really, all you have to do to increase storage capacity is buy a tablet with a very large ROM storage and SD storage and keep you excess audio books (you will then be able to play them over Bluetooth to any speaker device or listen through conventional wired headphones) in your tablet.
Yeah⊠Iâm a bit of a ebook hoarderâŠ. I have the 32 gig Signature Paperwhite and have 15 gig of content, books, docs, and Audiobooks on it. Yes, I could take it off and just keep what I am reading or listening to at the time, but I like the convenience of having all there.
With all my content on my device I can switch and search content without having to connect to the net.
As a breakdown I have : 751 books, 153 documents, 91 newspapers/magazines, 54 audiobooks and 37 graphic novels.
On the books I donât have audiobooks, I use VOICEVIEW which allows me to read and listen to the books I own. Very cool immersion reading experience with Bluetooth headsets. If you havenât done it,think about a video on VOICEVIEW.
Take care
Would love to learn more about Voice View. Would you mind emailing me more details about how you use this? hello@maneetpaul.com
I was starting to run out of storage on my 2013 Paperwhite but I have well over a 1000 books, a number of them large books like foreign language dictionaries and grammar and bibles AND my 2013 only has 4gb of data. It meant I couldn't download all my books
Hello my kindle has 3.18 GB storage . It says that it is full but i have 1 book in it. I cannot update the kindle(newest update) for this reason. Is it a problem with the kindle or the previous updates are so big that we can't add anything else anymore?
Iâm guessing itâs the updates. I believe just the operating system takes up 2GB.
Mine is 16gb, it is not enough for me as I read mangas on it as pdf
I've used 930mb for 369 books
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Can you please make a video on how illustrations appear on a Kindle, and how much space does an average graphic novel take up? Thank you
Honestly graphics novels are better in the kindle app (phone or computer, because of the colours) in the kindle are readable because you can zoom in every vignette, but manga looks amazing, it evens have an especial way to navigate through pages.
I need the 32GB to put the complete 72 Naruto volumes on the kindle and read them without the bother of often connecting to pc. Amazonâs manga versions are very low quality (itâs nearly embarrassing) so I gotta buy elsewhere, convert and sideload via usb. Every volume is around 100MBâŠ
How's your battery
iâm looking to get a kindle paperwhite. if i finish a book, can i delete it and free up storage?
Absolutely. Hope youâre enjoying your Kindle if youâve already gotten it.
Iâve heard you can remove books after youâve read them.
Yes
8GBs is definitely enough. My 4GB kindle has hundreds of books and has 2.97gbs in it still lol. I just got the 8gb 2021 paperwhite as an upgrade, waiting for it in the mail and watching all your videos only afterward LMAO Very excited
Haha! Thanks so much for watching! And you're right!! 4GB is more than enough too!
8GB is not enough for me. but I totally understand how for most people it is enough.
How many books have you got?
Well, I have around 200 PDF(approximately, could be much more, not really counted) books on my Ipad. Total space occupied by all these 200 books is 9.38 GB. So a 16GB Kindle is more than enough even if you use PDF extensively..
8 gb it's enough. Are like 3000 big ebooks (1000 pages per ebook).
My old Kindle 2 has 3 GB, and just over 400 books, including some textbooks and reference books (large files). I only have 424 MB room left, but that's still loads of room if I wanted to put more books on it.
Thanks for covering this topic since it's not clearly listed how far 8g will get you. I just orded the 8g and with the cloud storage backup. I feel good about my purchase.
Hope you enjoy it!
I have the 32gb version of oasis and I need 32gb, I have 10gb of audio books and around 800 books and lots of manga series in pdf.
Cloud storage is not for me, I like having access to everything.
Wow, for sure. You definitely need more storage if you have that many books and audiobooks. Thanks for sharing!
I bought a kindle for the sole purpose of reading Manga and I have the used up 6gbs already đ I'm glad I went with the 32gb model
umm my experience is slightly different (I make no claim to either a normal reader or not - I don't know nor do I care what constitutes a 'normal' reader
- I already hit the limit on my 32GB a couple of times - which became annoying - not because it was full but because it got stuck in limbo state with partially downloaded books when I tried syncing my library to my device - multiple download queues would start but bork at some point before completing -
- a few dozen graphic novel/manga will easy fill it - I ended up removing those but still have 3.2 GB used with just the text based books.
my biggest gripe isn't so much with the device but the horrible UX menu/setting structure, file management, category management, filtering - the filtering is almost useless if you have several hundred or thousand books - and the desktop reader is just as gimped - both the desktop app and the browser based web app.
it doesn't help that Amazon site's product tagging/category classifications used, particularly for series has much room for improvement (that's about as polite as I can describe it)
I can imagine librarian's looking at it with shock and horror.
You are right with storage, 8gb is good for me đ
I have over 100GBs of manga comic books and more in audiobooks. Iâve already filled up a Kindle Oasis 3 and a Paperwhite 4.
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the perfect example of why we need expandable storage!
When I got the new 2021 standard Kindle this week I looked at the free amount available after I installed the latest firmware but before I downloaded any books. It shows 5.97 Gigs free of the 8 gig total on the device.
I will only put books on it so thanks for making it understandable that 8 Gigs will be more than enough!!
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!
@@Maneetpaul hello. I saw your video about a 16 Gig variant now available for the standard 2021 PW.
I decided to see what how much space I had on my 8 gig kindle after 8 months of nearly daily use since my last post above. I had 5.97 to start I just now checked under device Info and I have 5.93 still available. I donât remove books after I download them.
Thank you again sir for this video!! 8 gigs will last me a lifetime on this device. My use case is only e-books downloaded and 1 PDF file I use. There are no audiobooks, manga, comics or other documents on my Kindle.
I am now only down to 5.90 gigs. So thatâs 70 megabytes in the year and a half of just downloading books.
Now part of this is I do use KINDLE UNLIMITED a lot so those books do come off as I return them. I still download and keep any books I buy from Amazon even the $0.00 priced books.
8 gigs is truly more than I will ever use. Thanks for this video Maneetpaul!
Really no point audiobooks on phone and I don't read manga and 200 books on kindle which would take me over a year to read takes up 500mb
Budget permitting, you can't have too much storage.
Storage space only matters for Asian text.
So if you plan to read in Japanese or Chinese get the 32GB.
Harry Potter English is 488KB
Harry Potter Japanese is 20MB
This because Asian text use more ink which is more data same were why Manga and comics use more data.
I wish I had this video when I was buying my Kindle last month. I originally was going to buy the 32gb version but I found out that you can have thousands of books with the 8gb one so I saved around ÂŁ30 getting the 8gb Kindle Oasis. I feel like it's a bit scummy to advertise 8gb but you only get 6gb. I feel like that information should be made clear to the consumer incase a person who doesn't know technology well doesn't feel cheated. Luckily I knew this but it still feels a bit scummy for companies to do. I feel like it's wrongful advertising.
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Dude⊠Ik itâs out of the topic but you sound like my godfather (except the fact that he speaks Portuguese⊠But you guys sound similar for some reason)!!
An 8Gb Kindle is USELESS. Almost the entire storage capacity is taken up with Amazon apps that you don't want, will never use, but cannot uninstall and cannot move to the SD Card. Avoid Kindles at all costs, you buy it, but it is used SOLELY by Amazon to promote their OWN products.