Recommendations for eBook reader devices, please

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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.

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Mine definitely does. Micro SD.

https://shop.boox.com/products/go6

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You page loads up then it goes away. Not sure what’s up. Maybe it’s my ad blockers. Who knows.

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Which browser do you use? The only issue I'm aware of is that the videos don't load on Firefox for Android.

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I can't speak to the privacy of it, but I love my Kobo Elipsa 2E setup. I've got NickelMenu, Synching and Autoshelf installed, so I can sort books by directory and have them sync. I also have KOReader installed with some other goodies, but rarely use it. The reading experience in the stock firmware is way nicer. And the screen is big enough to read full size PDFs comfortably. Kobo runs Linux under the hood, and there are extensions to give you Telnet/SSH access so you can mod what you need.

Also, being able to borrow books from Overdrive/Libby on it and support my local library is rad.

I did the whole Calibre with Kobo extensions thing for a few weeks, but it just didn't work out very well for me. I like to have my books synced to multiple devices and Calibre just isn't built for that.

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AFAICT currently Tolino is just a rebranded Kobo.

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Haven't tried any other similar product (except the pro version), but I have the Remarkable 2 and in my experience it's pretty good as an e reader as well. Maybe expensive for just using it as an e-reader but you can also use it as a note taking device. It's pretty big but still really thin and light, so it's a pretty good reading experience especially if you have bigger hands, some people may find it too big as an e-reader tho, but I really like the size.

One recommendation I can make is that if you are interested in it, if you have the money consider the pro version. If notetaking matters to you, the little I experienced writing on the pro version was so much better. The pen is much better as well as the tracking. My version tends to be off by about a millimeter at some places and the edges. This becomes extremely frustrating when you're trying to e.g. dot the i-s and you keep missing where you want to write. From what I saw, the pro version is much better at this and is in colour.

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Sorry to hear that. I'll admit I don't buy ebooks. Yoho yoho and all that. And yeah, I also never turn on wifi. Have you tried a hard reset?

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I still prefer paper, although not having to store moisture-sensitive fragile things is nice. So is the fact that I can read books that are out of print or hard to find (or banned, yay Middle East), even if fumbling with PDFs isn’t wonderful on the device.

And of course, the obvious: downloading them for free. Which is always ethical when Routledge wants to charge you 85$ for a scholarly work of which the author doesn’t see a dollar.

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I have had quite a battle with/trying to avoid Remarkable's cloud service with both my RM1 and RM2. It is very deeply linked, and their privacy policy isn't the best.

This might not be applicable if you're only going to use it as an ereader, but I want to keep sensitive documents on mine and it has not been easy. I currently use this script, but it's a clunky experience.

Unbelievably good piece of hardware though!

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Yeah I like my Kobo too. It's never done anything sketchy as far as I can tell, plus you can sideload things, and if you plug it in via USB it just shows up like regular drive so you can do what you want with it. And also Libby is awesome lol.

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Agreed on all points!

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Ah, didn't realise this was the Privacy community, yeah not main the goto if that's your focus.

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The problem with all hard resets is that the reset button's either:
a) at the lower back of the device
b) under the cover

Whereas mine seems to be c) these is none.

At least they've partenered with iFixit, better late than never.

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Just... Another kobo. I don't actually use calibre though, i just get the books in epub format. Then when you hook the kobo to the PC, it shows as mass storage anyway. Just dump your files, and after ejected it does its cursory file scan, and it shows them properly listed in the device.

Of course Calibre offers a lot more functionality, so if you want to have a proper library it might make sense to manage your books from there. I'm basically saying no conversion is needed a it natively reads epub.

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OP jumping into say.... It's a good suggestion. Thank you!

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The Miyoo Mini Plus. It's a Gameboy Linux Emulator device. Besides being able to run most games up to ps1, you can also put ebooks as pdf or epub on it.

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You can de-DRM books purchased from the Kobo store, I do it frequently. Use Apprentice Alf tools in Calibre.

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I'm very surprised the top answer isn't pocketbook. Their entire business model is reworking Chinese e ink tablets to make them GDPR compliant and privacy respecting. I'd recommend the pocketbook verse pro if you want a lit screen and USB C, but they have a cheaper model without those features.

Here is a good spec comparison table for ereaders in general. I'd point out basically all e-readers have great battery life.

https://ewritable.net/comparison-tables/comparison-table/

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I'd argue it's a simple toggle, namely if you do not register to their cloud, you don't have access to their features and that's it. If you somehow "mess" registration up and still went through the steps, hard reset and voila, clean reMarkable.

Source : I had the one and now have the reMarkable 2 and Pro and I do not use their cloud.

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Recommendations for eBook reader devices, please