Recommendations for eBook reader devices, please

[dragon@lemmy.ml]

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.

[arehandoro@lemmy.ml]

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.

[domi@lemmy.secnd.me]

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/

[glenrambo@jlai.lu]

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.

[buttbidet@hexbear.net]

I use my (likely knockoff) Kobo that I got cheap from a shady online shop. Adding EPUBs is so damn easy.

[0x0@programming.dev]

...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.lu]

I read your blog post. I was interested until I saw the price on the EU store

[veroxii@aussie.zone]

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.

[domi@lemmy.secnd.me]

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.

[yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

If one doesn't want telemetry etc being sent to Rakuten.

[yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Yeah if the library supports Overdrive, it's possible. I've used it and it seemed to work fine.

[ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

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.

[monomon@programming.dev]

+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.

[domi@lemmy.secnd.me]

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?

[murmelade@lemmy.ml]

I read on my phone amoled display in dark mode with the app Cool Reader.

[yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

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.

[passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world]

Same here with librera

[hylactor@sopuli.xyz]

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.

[engineergaming@feddit.nl]

To my knowledge, they don't have SD cards - but indeed, you could just load books by wire.

[pinerune@lemmy.world]

It seems they took some liberties to do more cool action scenes that weren't in the manga. Otherwise it seems almost the same content-wise so far. I like the way Momo looks in the manga; she seems more lighthearted at times.