I want to read books, not just buy them.

  • Cosmo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    most readers generally are held back by lock-in. Book drm is even more frustrating to me than video drm atm.

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    Ended up getting a Kobo Elipsa 2E myself a while back, and it’s been a real pleasure to use. There’s no stupid device-level DRM on it to try and prevent me from actually using it for my reading, and the onboard storage is just a simple microSD so it’s really easy to upgrade if I want to fit even more books.

    KOReader has been a real treat to run on it, letting me sync books from my home NAS over WebDav, push books directly to it over scp, I’ve even been poking at a plugin to have it automatically sync books off of a local reading tracker I’ve written.

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    3 days ago

    I agree. The hardware and overdrive integration are sweet. But borrowing books is difficult, and borrowing books usually involves a multi-week wait.

    I generally do a blend of physical and ebooks now.

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      Boox are awesome! Good default reader app, nice refresh rate and e-ink options, trash but not intrusive Android build and ability to use KoReader.

      I used to have a Note Air, sold it and moved to Poke 3, finished countless books and never looked back since. I can’t understand what Kindle or Kobo offers other than a locked environment.

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    3 days ago

    I just wish there were options like the Kindle Voyage. Slim, book-shaped, with physical page turn buttons on both sides. I absolutely love mine, but I wish it were waterproof and had a night light mode for the backlight.