Recommendations for eBook reader devices, please
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account_93@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
If they wanted to read on a phone/Normal display, they wouldn’t have asked for recommendations.
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akip@discuss.tchncs.dereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
there's the pineNote but its a bit pricy
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dragon@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Instead of self-hosting, I have a device that can hold a large amount of sideloaded material and sync between my PC and device with syncthing. Boox devices work well for this.
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arehandoro@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I have a Remarkable Paper Pro that I love for graphic novels, aside of its hand-writting capabilities. It's also good for reading books, but the size is a bit too big to carry it without a bag or when out and about. Ideally, I'd like something like the Boox Palma 2, but not sure if I can justify the price + Pen having already another eNotebook.
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domi@lemmy.secnd.mereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I was on the same journey as you a month or so back and luckily the PineNote just got a second batch produced.
I wrote down some of my thoughts here, maybe that helps: https://domistyle.gitlab.io/pinenote-2024/
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glenrambo@jlai.lureplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Got a libre2 recently as a gift. My first ereader. I was able to plug it into the PC. Change a line of code and reboot.
Thst made the email prompt go away.
Then installed koreader and syncthing on it. I DL books on Android and it syncs over to Kobo. I can even read via koreader app on andrpid and it syncs progression.
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buttbidet@hexbear.netreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I use my (likely knockoff) Kobo that I got cheap from a shady online shop. Adding EPUBs is so damn easy.
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0x0@programming.devreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
...and then my Kobo Clara briked itself into a bootloop.
Also beware how you buy ebooks from kobo's store or you won't be able to un-drm them (i.e. they get locked to the kobo).
All in all they do tend to be nice hardware and my usual recommendation. -
lantier@jlai.lureplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I read your blog post. I was interested until I saw the price on the EU store
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veroxii@aussie.zonereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Yeah with ebook readers the actual device doesn't really matter as long as you use calibre. I also use the same kindle and honestly I'm not even sure if it has wifi. Maybe. Probably. But it never gets used.
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domi@lemmy.secnd.mereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I ordered from the US store and paid 530€. Still expensive of course and it comes without warranty but it is cheaper and in stock.
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yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
If one doesn't want telemetry etc being sent to Rakuten.
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yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Yeah if the library supports Overdrive, it's possible. I've used it and it seemed to work fine.
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ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I got a Kobo and just use the networking to sync Pocket articles. Stock system.
I don’t even think an account is available in my country. Just been syncing over Calibre. It’s not perfect (it uses a community plugin) but once you get the quirks of the Calibre-to-Kobo transfer it’s easy enough.
Now the hard part. Actually reading.
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monomon@programming.devreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
+1 for Pocketbook
Never had any issues with it whatsoever.
The device works great with Calibre.
There is some other functionality that I did not use.
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domi@lemmy.secnd.mereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I just got the Dandadan opening out of my head, now it's back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4na2opArGY
How's the manga?
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murmelade@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I read on my phone amoled display in dark mode with the app Cool Reader.
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yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Lol. An e-Reader was actually one of the best purchases I've done. Started reading waaaay more than before. Also great that one can start digesting all those old out-of-copyright ebooks from like standardebooks.org, on a screen that resembles paper. I can never read a book on an ordinary screen.
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passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Same here with librera
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hylactor@sopuli.xyzreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
In theory the boox only has wifi. Presumably you could never connect it to anything, even by usb, if you loaded your books onto an sd card.
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