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I'm running a Kobo Libra 2 that I bought last year, to upgrade from my Kobo Aura One. Getting an e-ink device has definitely been one of the best decisions I've made, I've read so much more since then

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Kobo Clara 2e - I find it a bit sluggish, some other convos here tell me to use KOReader for a better experience.

I used to have a Paperwhite 3g, fantastic device but even offline I can't caution that business, their ethos and practice's. Fuck Amazon.

My kobo makes it easy to sideload books even without Calibre. Upon buying from your e-reader, the store will send you drm-free books if that's the publisher' request. If you bought a drm-encrypted book, and you need or want to read your books elsewhere the current adobe DRM protection is easy to remove with the obok plugin from the DeDRM Calibre Plugin Package, making your book truly yours.

(Removing it from the kindle books is becoming increasingly complicated)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Agree there. There are so many options for adding books to the Kobo readers, it's great and stripping DRM from their books couldn't be easier with the plugins for Calibre. All you need is the plugin and a serial number. I also like how hackable they are. Mine is doing several cool things that aren't default. And using an 8bitdo Micro controller as a page turner is next level.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An old kindle keyboard for books and a boox with a colour screen for comics. Really happy with both

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice. How do you find the colour screen in comparison with black and white? I've heard people complaining a bit about the screen door effect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I only use it for comics and it seems pretty much like reading a real comic book to me. I think if you were doing art with fine details it might not be as crisp as you might like? Although it's in colour it's still an E ink screen so not extremely high resolution or anything

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I started out (in recent years, previously had an old B&N Nook Simpletouch) with a Libra H2O. It was a well-made device, Kobo is a good company.

Currently I use a Boox Page (7 inch) for reading and a Boox Go (10.3 ich) for studying and notating.

Downside for Boox is the Chinese firmware that's basically a black box. The upside is they are the most flexible of any e-reader regarding self-hosting your own library and syncing across custom or personal services. I've been happy with the devices overall.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had the B&N Nook version 1 and 2. quirky but a fun reader at the time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nooks were some of the best you could get there in the early days! Having such a large hacking community made fun to tinker with them.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am finding the Kobo readers to be very hackable as well. I have been doing some fun/weird stuff with mine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its true! I think the underlying Linux bones help with that. The one thing that moved me away from Kobo is the notes export limitations. You have to install a mod to get the functionality, then you can manually export them to a txt file in the home directory of the device. Its good, but not as flexible as it could be.

It kind of blows me away when ereader producers don't have deeply integrated and functional notes management systems, its such a big part of the device! I suspect it may be linked to vendor lock in though, each company wants you to stay with their services and so make it difficult to extract your notes 😕

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

I hear that. I think people get complacent since Amazon syncs their notes with Goodreads, but competitors need to be doing that stuff too. I'd love to see an option to integrate with story graph or something like that.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have several but Kobo Libre Colour is my go to now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I asked someone above as well, but how do you find the colour screen in comparison with black and white? I've heard people complaining a bit about the screen door effect.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

The color could be better in general, but personally I love having it. I don't read a lot of comics on it, so the main use for me is book covers and color highlights, but now that I am used to it, I wouldn't want to go back. It's also really good for children's books since the colors tend to be very vibrant anyway, but anything dark and moody gets pretty muddy.