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[-] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

I’m sad that the Kindle Oasis doesn’t get a new model. Mine has served me well for the past few years, but it’s starting to show its age.

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[-] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago

Absurd. Glad I have a Kobo.

[-] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

My libra 2 breaking just after they were discontinued will forever be an unhappy event. I know the libra colour exists but I can not stand color e-ink screens.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

The Kobo Clara Color's screen doesn't look any different to me with non-color eBooks than their non-color version. The only thing that's really different is that the book cover you see when it's powered off is in color. Now I will admit that e-ink color is not very good, but it doesn't ruin the experience of reading just a regular book.

[-] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

I'm extremely sensitive to the screen door effect on the color e-ink screens I'm not sure that there is a reason why but some people don't seem nearly as bothered by it as others.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I'm farsighted and have an astigmatism, so I have to read with glasses, and maybe that's the issue, but I just held my Clara really close to my face and I don't notice any screen door effect.

[-] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I'm near sighted with astigmatism. Who knows honestly. I'm sure there is some reason behind why it's seems to bother some people and otberes can barely notice it.

[-] afterworkparty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I know I switched ages ago but I've never managed to port my existing library of ebooks off the kindle

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[-] afterworkparty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

It's been a while since I tried it but from memory I had managed to extract the device keys from my kindle for DeDRM and then it wouldn't decrypt the files with them

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[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I literally just installed caliber recently. Are they following my every move or something? Trying desperately to prevent other "near techky" people from leaving the market place?

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[-] polysics@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I sure am glad I got a Kobo for myself for Xmas and ripped all my books to it. Guess I'll be recycling my Kindle for good.

[-] sunshine@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

I just got a Kobo color (don't recommend the color feature; no book is ever going to use it except the red-letter Bible and House of Leaves) and gifted the old Kindle to a friend. I e-reader is an awesome gift actually because for a lot of people it's something they would never evenly in years take a chance on, but that they would love it if they tried.

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[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I read somwhere how to solve this

1 - factory reset

2 - deactivate wifi for life

3 - upload books with calibre

This will wipe out any content you have, as i understand

[-] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

I upload books with Calibre and never had to reset anything. It’s great.

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[-] almost1337@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

I'm quite glad that I never bought fully into Kindle/Nook/Kobo and instead went with an eInk Android tablet.

[-] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 0 points 1 week ago

im glad i didnt even try eink, i just went to best buy tried the cheapest tablets and the s9 fe works perfectly for me, wanted to like the p12 lenovo but the brightness was terrible on it, couldn't see shit. I think id be dissapointed in my reading experience if eink is so much nicer, i like having options to watch media and do other stuff

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

I used to have a normal tablet before buying my e-reader and can say with certainty it is night and day difference. So much more comfortable to read on e-ink. Even comics are usually good in black-and-white.

[-] Lem453@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

Kobo connected to calibre web is the ultimate freedom/privacy ereader

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 0 points 1 week ago

I’ve got a kobo Clara HD with plenty of pirated books on it, works pretty well, would recommend

[-] Lem453@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Authors sometimes offer direct buy ebooks from their personal site so you can support the author directly.

[-] fatalicus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Well fuck... Guess i'll need too look at what is available for ebook downloads i my arr stack to get books for my kobo.

The kobo store is mostly useless, and there are limited options available for buying ebooks here, so amazon has been the best option for likely finding what i was looking for.

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