RosieCotton Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Do we need to up the memory and grab an SD card if we are only using these as e-readers? We plan on using them only for library downloads and public domain content for now . . . no games or streaming vids. How many books can one hold? My boys have 85 books checked out now (using library DL) if that helps qualify. It would depend on what apps we add to it I would imagine. . . . Edited for typo! Edited December 28, 2015 by RosieCotton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Following. We just got a new one for Christmas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Three of our 8gb kindle fire have 64gb SD cards. Our 8gb kindle fires has about 1gb free space left which is why the 8gb Kindles get the SD card while our 16gb Kindles do not need them. My kids love taking photos with their tablets We bought the SD card when they were on sale to use for Lego Mindstorm originally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Ebooks are quite tiny files compared to other stuff you can put on a tablet. Also, library downloads won't be staying on there indefinitely since the checkout period ends. Running out of space is generally due to lots of apps. Ebooks shouldn't be a problem at all. I have a Kindle Keyboard which had, I think, 4mb of storage. I have about 400 books downloaded on it and have barely any space used. I've had as many as 2,000 books on it at once time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) You should be fine. I got extra memory on mine and I don't think I really need it. I mostly stream music (instead of downloading it). Apps take up much more space than e-books. I had hundreds of books on my old paperwhite without any trouble. I have quite a few apps on my Fire, but haven't come close to using up the memory. Edited December 28, 2015 by Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieCotton Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Thanks for sharing your experiences. I do have a picture taking loving boy, so maybe we'll get one for now and see how far that takes us. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I do have a picture taking loving boy, so maybe we'll get one for now and see how far that takes us. :laugh: My DS10 love taking movies and then complaining about running out of space. My guinea pig has been videotaped many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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