What are the best e-readers on the market? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Jackthelad@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm a lover of physical books but I'm looking to get an e-reader as well, for those books that are hard to find physical copies of, or are just very expensive.

I've ruled out Onyx, because I try to avoid Chinese tech as it's usually poorly made. But I'm not sure whether Kindle or Kobo is best. Is being tied to Amazon's ecosystem too restricting? Are the Kobo e-readers compatible with everything you need? Which ones have the best screens, ideally how a physical book would look?

So many questions, but hopefully some of you can help. 😁

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[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I've had an Oasis since 2017 and I generally like it. I am not crazy about all my e-books being hosted in the Amazon cloud. But I made that bed over a decade ago, and will have to lie in it. I do love the convenience of e-books, too.

One thing that annoys me about Kindle is that if it can't connect to the Amazon cloud for some reason, it will burn through the battery pretty quickly as it desperately tries to connect over and over again. This is an issue in my house, because my WiFi is filtered by a Pi Hole. So I end up leaving my Oasis in Airplane Mode most of the time. The battery lasts a lot longer that way. When I want to sync or download a new e-book, I just take it out of Airplane Mode for a couple of minutes.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I guess it is trying to connect to sync your read progress. That's another benefit that I forgot to mention. You can read on your Kindle, and then if you're on the bus or something, you can read on your Kindle app on your phone and pick up right where you left off.

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