/lit/ - Literature

>>19781829
My phone

>>19781829
I use Kobo Aura 1st generation. It's 8-9 years old and still works quite good.
Kobo devices are good and reliable I think. I will switch to Libra 2 if mine dies.

>>19781856
Same, idk if Kindle is much better than Moonreader on your phone

>>19781829
I have a kobo clara. The benefits between different ereaders are pretty marginal and honestly doesn't matter that much unless you're looking for specific features.
>>19781856
>>19781961
ereader screens are better for the eyes, especially without a backlight.

Kindle 3. I'm on my third now, need to buy a few spares. I use it a couple hours a day every day.

>>19781829
Kobo Nia. Light and cheap, just nice for reading in bed, without the distractions that come with my phone.

>>19781829
I bought the new Paperwhite last year and I fucking love it. The wireless charger I got for Christmas is the cherry on top.

>>19781856
>>19781961
Phone backlughts are terrible for your eyes. E-ink is pretty comfy

kindle paperwhite + phone kindle app.
The kindle app is kinda garbage but is able to sync with the paperwhite so I can read stuff when it would be weird to pull out the kindle and not have to bother figuring out where I am when later

>>19781829
>>19782587
just bought this morning the new kindle 2021
it's the int. ver. so it will arrive in a month
I know I'm gonna love it

>>19781829
no matter which one you get, get libby/something similar on your phone and then sign up for like 8 different library cards so you can easily access a ton of free ebooks

t. cheapskate ebook enjoyer

>>19781829
kobo clara hd. bought it for 2250 mexican pesos and I been liking it a lot

>>19781829
Kobo clara

Is there an ereader that can handle PDFs well?

>>19782994
All of them can, as long as the original PDF is formated correctly.

>>19782994
>>19782998
The Kindle 3 CANNOT handle PDFs well. Or at all. Conversion to mobi is very iffy.

>>19782998
Okay, what's the best ereader for reading improperly formatted PDFs?

>>19783014
Have you jailbroken your kindle yet?

>>19783024
iPad

>>19783029
Okay, what's the best ereader for reading improperly formatted PDFs that isn't a literal tablet?

If it doesn't exist, just say it doesn't exist.

>>19783066
"Sure I want to get into 9mm firearms, but I only want to buy 5.56 ammo. What do you mean there's no 9mm guns that can take 5.56 easily???"

Used Kindle Paperwhite
Never turned on wifi or signed in to Amazon
They do not get to monitor my device

>>19783101
Unless you actually take out the wifi module from the board, the kindle is still connecting to the Amazon database every time you bring it near an open network. Just because it says you're in Airplane mode doesn't mean it isn't connecting.

>>19783118
Kindles (only tested on post 9th gen, but I’m sure on all models) will not work if you remove anything from the inners. It will give an error on startup and tell you to send it in for repair. If you completely wipe the machine and install your own OS you can get around this, but at that point it’s cheaper to just buy a raspberry Pi and a $10 eink screen.

>>19783118
I am furious! Everything is a surveillance device and I hate it!

>>19783066
I got an onyx boox note 5 and it reads pdf perfectly. Others that can read pdf well are Quaderno and Sony dpt-rp1 (and its clones), however they can’t read anything else than pdf afaik so that’s why I picked the Boox Note.

It’s not cheap but to be able to just read whatever old scan I can find online is really cool

Kindle but it was a gift from my ex. If I were to buy one it would probe a Kobo H2O or something

>>19781829
I have a Clara HD. Reading a libgen epub of Man in the High Castle right now. I'd suggest a Kobo, and go with either the Clara HD or the Libra 2.

I just ordered my first reader, the Kobo Libra 2. Pretty excited to stop using my phone

>>19783025
No, why? I only read books on it, and calibre's decent enough for converting epub to mobi.

Kindle DX is the old goat. I wish I would have bought more for parts when they were selling for nothing.

Holy shit now they're even putting ads in books? Jewry truly knows no bounds!

>>19783275
The add is only a screensaver, it doesn't appear on books. If you're worried though, you can turn off its wifi access

>>19783288
Is there any reason to use the wifi if I just plan on reading pdfs?

Kindle Oasis
The buttons are really a big improvement compared to my old paperwhite.

>>19782587
>>19782683
Hey! Me too! I just bought the new 2021 PW this morning. I would have sprung for the extra for the SE but it is out of stock on amazon JP. Upgrading from a paperwhite 3 from 2015.

Kobo Glo HD. Saved so much money using it; most of what you want you can get from a library site, or libgen or one of the gutenberg sites.

I have a paperwhite from 3 or 4 years ago. It works perfectly fine. I also use read on my phone sometimes if I am in a waiting room or something. Being able to just download a short story collection off of project gutenberg and immediately read it is very nice.

i have kobo clara hd. can anyone recommend me a case for it that works with that auto wake and sleep?

>>19783138
>reads pdf perfectly
Can you anon post a pic with a pdf on it? I've looked at it also, but my fear is that the font on non scaling pdfs will be to small for my tired eyes.

>>19783715
let me get back to you for pics, but basically it really depends on the format of your pdf. if it's a book/manga etc then it reads fine and you don't have to do anything. if it's an academic paper/double page pdf scan/anything meant to be A4 you have to use the "sliding window" thing which basically split the page into zones that will be traversed in the order of your choice. you can find some videos on youtube that illustrate this. personally it's comfortable enough for me, although i haven't a lot of academic papers on it yet.

there is also the option of getting the 13 inches model (max lumi i think?) but it's big and expensive, though really cool for split-screen note taking.

Kobo Libra H2O. Installed koreader on it which is faster for stuff like page turns and endnotes. Calibre is pretty good for organising books and removing drm

>>19781829
InkPad Color Pocketbook ftw. Its so more enjoyable to read with color e-ink than consoomercrap like the kindle who are still stuck in the digital stone age with their greyscale display. And it supports ePub too.

>>19783947
alter, ist das schön! :O
realistically, how often does it pay off, tho?
i cant really think of a book where that would''ve been useful lately, except maybe - maybe - all tomorrows. i thought its for weebs

>>19782587
>>19782683
>>19783468
Fuck off Amazon shills

i bought it when kindles were new

>>19783118
>>19783131
>imagine buying ANY amazon hardware during your one and only time on this precious earth
the absolute state of amazon toddlers

>we coped so harrd, and got so faar but in theee end it didnt even matturrrr
We told you, we told you almost every single thread. Everytime I tried to make the better alternative choice more obvious to you but you were completely resistant to any changes and told me I base my personality around my choice of ereader brand. But I just tried to explain that there are better alternatives to this jew company, but you just pointed to calibres based conversion to proprietary niglet format.
They are raping lord of the rings as we speak and you absolute normos still throw money in front of this demons feet. Even nu/g/ sees no problem with getting "based proprietary amazon devices, heck yes."
You get what you fucking deserve.

>>19781829
Got a kindle for Christmas. It's shit

Boox Max 3

>>19784067
damn reading this almost made me want to buy a kindle, you need to touch grass brother

How is reading PDFs on a 7.8in ereader? Tolerable? It's not very good on a 6in.

>>19781829
kobo clara HD

>>19784145
Depends on the pdf. On a Boox Nova you can try to view the document in multiple parts which can help with double/triple columns. But it needs a lot of fiddling compared to a larger model.

I use a kobo clara hd with the kobo tsukushi mincho font
it is everything I hoped it would be and thus surpassed my expectations, you don't even need to do any conversion bullshit with calibre or any such nonsense, literally the easiest and best way to read and I regret ever buying a physical copy because now I won't ever fill my whole apartment with books rendering the project void

>>19784067
>you told me I base my personality around my choice of ereader
>but you just pointed to calibres based conversion to proprietary niglet format.
holy shit are you that computer illiterate guy that insisted kindles were unusable because you didn't know that you could convert epubs to azw with one click? they guy that didn't understand that epubs and azws are just archives of html files? that must have been like two months ago and you're still seething about it lmao

tell me you're not "basing your personality" on brand choices when you hold grudges about this shit for months at a time. you are literally mentally ill about consumer electronics brands

>>19781856
Unoronically though, what's the best?
I want something about the size of a pocket book or larger.
How paper-like is the screen?

>>19783862
Basado, it's pretty great. Used kobo glo for years but real buttons are so nice.
Almost got kindle, but thankfully didn't.

>>19783118
i hope they look at the giant list of books i never paid for and seethe

>>19781910
Second this anon's recommendation. I went through four Pocketbooks as I kept breaking them, before taking my gf's old Kobo. It's about a decade old and still works fine, despite being dropped and bashed a few times. Just ordered a new one now as the battery dies quicker than it used to, so I'm sticking with Kobo.
Some things I prefer about Pocketbook, but an e-reader needs to be able to take a bit of abuse.

Kobo Clara HD. It's pretty good. It doesn't feel as high quality as a Paperwhite in the hand (this is based on memory only), but it also didn't fail on me randomly after an airport screening.

>>19784329
It was too busy sending your coordinates to Amazon HQ

kobo clara hd with koreader. synced via syncthing to koreader on my phone so i can read if im waiting in a long line or for a train and i forgot my ereader.

>>19784244
Kobo clara hd

>>19784237
Why would I know how kindles work? They are proprietary. Only mindless consumers are capable of buying such SHIT.
>>19784119
Read the thread again and then go ahead and buy a kindle. I dare you to do it. Prove how mucj of a retard you are capable of being. A kindle would suit you just fine.
Without calibre kindles would be completely useless and everyone knows it. But somehow you amazon toddlers would still defend them I'm sure.

>>19784497
Will still continue using my kindle, cope.

Just use a phone with e-ink

i simply can't read on my pc or phone for whatever fucking reason. are ereaders a good substitute for books if i want to read lotsa of books? i still enjoy reading physical books, but i am broke. my idea is that if i get an ereader i can just pirate whatever books i want.

>>19784595
go to a store and try one before you buy one, for some people they are a great substitute but for others its the same as a phone or PC. And yeah pirating books is easy just use libgen of b-ok

>>19784602
go to a store and try one before you buy one, for some people they are a great substitute but for others its the same as a phone or PC. And yeah pirating books is easy just use libgen of b-ok

>>19784602
Yep, that's the draw. Less chance of distraction, long battery life, feels kinda like reading a book, and easy piracy. Also backlight if you are in the same room as someone and they want to sleep.

>>19784612
>>19784614
thanks brehs, there's just a lot of good books i've found as a epub and want to read. will definitely check out them out in store, thanks

Awful responses here.

An ereader is an ereader. A piece of plastic with a function. I bought a basic kindle because I was on a low budget and wanted something to take with me when I'm away from home. $50 on some amazon sale. Never connected it to the internet and you can convert anything to the amazon format with calibre which 99% of people here have and use anyway.

A kobo clara HD would have been nice, but I didn't want to pay that much at the time as I didn't know how much Id use the device. Turns out to be a lot more than anticipated, and I will for sure get a Kobo if the battery on the kindle ever tires out.

Ignore the fags who have allegiances, this is /v/ console war tier.

just get a cheap kindle on sale. I got a paperwhite because it's waterproof and I want to read in the bath.

>>19784643
I want to bath with you :)

>>19784650
That's pretty gay, anon.

>>19784655
yep :)

If you anons are concerned about the wifi connectivity for the amazon shitware, you can desolder the little module :)

>>19781829
kindle for sure

>>19784650
>>19784655
Can i bathe with you two? What are we reading?

does anyone have a kobo elipsa? considering getting one if the larger format makes reading pdfs easier, as well as the kobo pocket feature which seems pretty cool for saving articles I want to read, I hate reading on my laptop.

Kindle Oasis
my millennial fingers crave the physical touch and also I'd go insane if I had to move my finger that often

>>19781829
Kindle Paperwhite so I recommend it; wouldn't refuse something similar if I had to buy one (Kindle Oasis) or if it was available in my country (Kobo whatever).

Also keep in mind, if you have a Kindle:
1. never ever run Calibre while your Kindle is connected (or connect Kindle while Calibre is running). It will try to rape it... in fact I recommend you block Calibre in your firewall. It's an excellent software but don't trust it with it's "friends."
2. don't convert epub to mobi, but to azw3 (the new native format of kindle, very close to epub i.e. html, much better looking footnotes)

>>19784921
uoohh

>>19784925

>>19784630
>calibre which 99% of people here have and use anyway.
I don't even know what calibre is, anon. This software may not be as universal as you think.

>>19784991
You are extremely retarded

>>19784630
Yes I have an allegiance to companies that provide products that are not locked down pieces of shit that spy on me. And you should too.

>>19781829
Got myself the new Kindle Paperwhite a month ago, I love it. I'm a commuter so it's super handy to have on the move. That, and I generally like to lie down when reading, so it's not awkward to read from a Kindle when I'm on my side. Pretty good ereader overall

I'm thinking about using my old kindle touch 7th generation to read mangas. Would that be good?

>>19785064
your kobo has a wifi chip too you dimwit. do you really think it's not calling home? do you really think the asian ecommerce conglomerate "rakuten group inc" that sold you your kobo is not interested in harvesting your data? the corporation commonly known as, i shit you not, "the amazon of japan?" they just sell it to some chink advertising company who sell it on to amazon so all you've done is added more middlemen to the process that ends with you in the bezos database.

if you own a modern electronic device then it spies on you, end of story. you don't want that to happen, never use them. thinking that you're safe because you picked the second biggest brand and not the first is total delusion - if anything, a smaller corporation has more of an incentive to get creative with their data fuckery to get ahead. and here you are going I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO RAKUTEN GROUP INCORPORATED like an eager cuck

>>19781829
kobo clara hd for epubs, some cheap huawei tablet for pdfs

>>19784497
>Why would I know how kindles work?
you are absolutely obsessed with how kindles work - you just posted a tutorial from 10 years ago to try to prove calibre epub conversion is too complicated (it's literally clicking "send to device" now). the last time we interacted in one of these threads you straight-up admitted in a weird embarrassing confession post that you had an unhealthy obsession with kindles and kindle users that you would have to try to get under control. two months later i find you writing schizo screeds about how buying the wrong brand of electronic toy is devil worship. mental illness does not go away by itself so do something about it because at this pace you will start assaulting people on the bus in about six months.

>>19784921
>1. never ever run Calibre while your Kindle is connected (or connect Kindle while Calibre is running). It will try to rape it... in fact I recommend you block Calibre in your firewall. It's an excellent software but don't trust it with it's "friends."
nigger what. it's an open source program, not a fucking poltergeist. you can literally go over what it does line by line.
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/src/calibre/devices/kindle/driver.py

>>19785301
Yeah, no, you are confusing me with someone else. You are just some newfag that has never learned that proprietary things are bad for the end consumer. And you keep arguing in favor of such things. Call me mentally all you want. Everyone in the know can see who the retard here is. And I do known I am in the minority. Because this site is filled to the rafters with retards that never got told to lurk more.

>>19785229
You may have a point. I still chose to reward a company that uses open formats and its devices are based on linux. None of this means anything to you because, I know.

Why do I even bother.

>>19785171
no

Is there a guide for customising text-to-speech with onyx boox e-readers? I have a Nova 3 and love the TTS but it could be improved on. I've been using the Google text-to-speech engine which was pre-installed.

>>19785382
>you can literally go over what it does line by line.
did you verify the code line by line?

I prefer to do the logical thing and not let it touch my Kindle.
I once accidentally connected it while calibre was running
and when I tried to close calibre or cancel the "synchronization"
(which I never asked for in the first place!) it threatened me
that it will corrupt the device

fortunately it didn't and all I had to do is remove two shitfiles
also, the developer is from a country famous for its scammers

>>19785728
u are retarded, friend. if calibre is a scam it is a very long con, cause i been using that shit since i got my first kindle almost 15 years ago.

>>19781829
What makes e-readers better than other tablets?

>>19787543
Primary incentive is the e-ink screen that gives people an illusion that they're reading a pseudo book. For others its the fact that its able to carry lots of books, another is that it's more locked down than a tablet because there's no other distractions. However technology for ereaders hasn't increased or evolved that much over the years because the market for them is lower than phones/tablets.

>>19787543
>What makes e-readers better than other tablets?
The fact they hold charge for a fucking month.

>>19787543
They are fairly sturdy. I would trust a kindle in a backpack far more than a normal tablet.

Onyx note air 2. It's pretty nice. You can install fdroid and do android stuff on a nice display finally

>>19785427
You're weird.

>>19787983
Haha, yeah the opiates were hitting pretty hard when I wrote that.

>>19782683
>>19782587
I have a kindle 2019 and I've thought of upgrading to a paperwhite, but I don't have that necessity.
Is it truly worth it?
Plus I bought a starry night themed kindle case and it's comfy as fuck to read holding the cover on one hand and the kindle on the other, feels like a real book.

I got memed into the Kobo Clara HD, but it's like reading a book for ants.

>>19782006
holy based… im still using a kindle keyboard too

>>19787543
e-ink is easier on the eyes than a lcd screen simple as

>>19788350
yeah buy one with atleast a 7 inch screen next time

>>19781856
It seems silly bur having a separate device for reading makes it easier to focus in my case. With a phone you always have the temptation to check out your stocks or email.

Onyx boox max lumi

>>19781829
Get a kindle Paperwhite second hand. The 7th generation has better build quality than the new ones.

>>19785728
>>19784921

>>19787543

E-ink is amazing.

Free books.

>>19781856
Same here. Use it sideways though. I install adobe reader and use the cloud services to pass books from my laptop to my phone. This way I can always read and normies don't ask me "whAt ARe YuO REEEading?" in which case I'd have to lie, because my power level seems to scare them away.

I saw some users commenting that Amazon has questionable business practices, and that their product is less free than others.

With that in mind, what are some alternatives to the Kindle then? Is the Kobo a more ethical product?

>>19788350
Increase the font size.
I have one too and I love it.

>>19793300
>linking ethics with corporations
its a doggy dog world, just get it and move on

>>19794020
But that just makes more constant page switching.

I use real life books

>>19794453
I like it that way, actually. Gives the illusion of motion.
Hide page number, hide progress bar and slightly increase the font size and spacing.
You also should get a case with an elastic strap to put your hand in. With a case it fits snugly in the hand and since it's small it's like a mass market paperback that's easy to read in bed, on your side, in any position you want. Peak comfy.
This is the one I have.
https://www.amazon.com/Fintie-eReader-Premium-Leather-Protective/dp/B07HMPTH1Q/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3TWX6YUCI8RWD&keywords=kobo+clara+case&qid=1642925643&sprefix=kobo+clara+cas%2Caps%2C556&sr=8-5

>>19781829
kobo forma with a popsocket

>>19794465
i wish real life books were real

>>19793300
Kobos are based on linux and read open formats and lots of them. You can use it without logging into an account and on the clara you can add storage space. Kobos come closest to freedom than other companies as far as i know.

>>19781829
kobo forma

>>19793300
https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/

Pros:
Free as in freedom, not "my corporation better than your corporation"

Cons:
$400 dollars
No operating system, yet. Though I assume there are community ones.

Got a kobo Libra 2 for Xmas, very solid device imo.

>>19794465
damn they made ebooks but in real life

>>19781829
Kobo Libra H20

>>19795944
nah, those are fake
photoshopped

>>19795884
But still no color display - boring!
We arent in the 1990s anymore.

>>19794335
maybe, but it's not what I wanted to talk about. Maybe I should've worded my question as "To people who have something against the Kindle, which reader you prefer, and why?"

It just caught my attention that a lot of posts were attacking the kindle, but didn't give any alternatives.

>>19795824
isn't the kindle also linux based?

>>19795884
It seems to be still under development.

>>19793300
kobo then get epubs on libgen

>>19783014
just google pdf to mobi (azw3 if you want to use custom fonts) and it takes like a minute for a 1k pages book, there is nothing "iffy" about it whatsoever

I see a bunch of threads like this, and always recommend the Kobo Libra. Battery life is great, great storage, great light settings, easy to make highlights or take notes, and it has physical buttons which are really great. You literally can't go wrong with it, and also fuck Jeff Bezos.

>>19796711
AND it has epaper reading for during the day, which I much prefer over additional screen time.

>>19796762
What does that mean?

>>19781829
I have a TrekStor 3.0
pretty happy with it.
bought it for 50 bucks in 2011
then forgot about it for a decade, and only used irl books, until i saw this thread.

idk what's different to expensive ones,
you can read, look at pictures, play music,
it has a microSD slot and 2gb storage.

it can play EPUB, PDF, TXT, FB2, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, JPG, BMP, GIF and PNG

good enough for me.

>>19781829
Boox Note Air 3

It’s expensive ($450ish) because they don’t datamine and cover your shit with ads, but it handles pdfs well and has a built-in web browser for easy libgen access

Had mine for about 3 months and still use it daily

Obviously a huge oversimplification but essentially:
Kobo = Android of eReaders
Kindle = iPhone of eReaders

>>19795944
god I hope you're trolling. They're called analog books

>>19784595
You picked my interest, what's the brand here ?

>>19798761
I like to call them aBooks

>>19781856
yeah but what apps or website do you use for your phone?
or desktop for tha tmatter

>>19784595
didn't know those existed.
probably can't get one either since e readers are rare enough in my country

>>19798814
>You picked my interest
>picked
piqued, Anon

>>19781829
>8 year old kindle paperwhite

>>19781829
iphone 11. dont get an e reader be resourceful and use your phone for anything it can instead of wasting money. if your worried about small text get better eyes retard (and you can enlarge text)

>>19799383
I would rather have a completely separate device so I can read for more than 5 minutes without some notification interrupting me. Sitting away from my phone on my kindle getting totally absorbed in a book for more than an hour is the best.

>>19798814
Hisense. That's a Hisense A6 specifically.

>>19781829
I got a Kindle Paperwhite 4, bought it at a steal price of about 70 yuros. The truth is, there's not that much of a difference between e-readers, just get the one that you can get for least.

>>19799825
yeah, that looks like fucking hell
never reading on that

>>19796711
Kobo > Kindle

>>19800516
if you're already an amazon cuck, you might as well buy a kindle

>>19800507
I can imagine, but the right app fixes it. Readera removes the margins so lines take up the whole width. If it's still too small I turn the phone horizontally. And epubs are no problem of course.

how do I turn off the fucking ads

>>19800617
on a kindle?

>>19800617
You have to pay

>>19800617
With a Kindle, go to customer support and get into one of those live chat things.
Say that you share your Kindle with a younger sibling or a niece or something and you want the ads removed because you don't want them to see something inappropriate.
They'll probably tell you to pay but then say something like how money is tight or how you didn't foresee this problem or someshit and they'll get rid of them for free.

I mean, you don't even need an excuse but if you don't have one they will reiterate over and over again that you need to pay to get them removed before they do it for free anyway.

> If it doesn't exist, just say it doesn't exist.
>>19783085
retard

>>19797921
I don't really understanding this question

get a popsocket, or anything similar, absolute fucking life changer
made reading with a e-reader so much more comfortable, being able to just relax your palm completely and let the thing rest in your palm is an absolute godsend

>>19800994
Oh that sounds absolutely comfy.

>>19799383
Enjoy your backlight retard

What I don't get about e-readers, is why is the light always so bright?
I never put mine higher than 3%. On my old one without a natural light setting 1% was a little brighter than I wanted.
You only need enough light to see the letters. Why do they build torches into these things?

>>19801441
My parents have the backlights cranked up high. I think it might just be a consideration for older eyes.

Does anyone here use koreader for pdfs? How is it? I have a large pdf collection but am torn between a lower quality 9ish inch screen and a higher quality 8 inch. If koreader is decent I'll get the 8 inch

>>19783324
I have literally only used wifi when I was setting it up for the first time. I don't think it's necessary if you will import all your books from a computer

>>19781829
I use a Kindle Paperwhite and Oasis. The Paperwhite is more for travel, the Oasis is for home. I tried out a Kobo Libra but it stopped working properly within a few months.

>>19783324
>>19802246
you need wifi to use the google-translator and wikipedia-look-up functions but the dictionary still works on airplane mode which is the most important thing

>>19800611
koreader will fix your life

>>19802639
how do you find kindle compared to the kobo products anon?
>>19804319
>>19783324
>using wifi to read books

>>19781829
Kobo Libra 2
Because reading in the bath is key to a relaxed life.

>>19805564
>how do you find kindle compared to the kobo products anon?
not that guy but Kobo is easy to use with libraries (in Canada, anyway) whereas Kindle is not.
That's one thing.

>>19800969
>epaper reading for during the day, which I much prefer over additional screen time.

What the fuck is "epaper reading for during the day" and what does that have to do with screen time

I wish I had an oasis but it's too expensive for me, I bought my paperwhite for $45 used

>>19805652
Anon is saying that because it's epaper, he can read his shitty smut fanfiction during the day, instead of wasting time looking at his shitty furry shit (screen time). therefore, ereaders provide smut > furry stuff on laptop. a good alternative

>>19781829
The latest Kindle Paperwhite.

>>19800994
I'm gonna try this

i use this old Kobo N905, bought it from ebay for like $35. i like it because it can connect natively to my Linux PC, and it can read .epubs natively. yeah the screen's a bit small, but for $35 and unlimited books, no ads, seriously what is there to complain.

as far as the smaller device storage, most of my epub books are in my computer anyway, i just xfer back and forth as needed so not an issue

battery life lasts for weeks at a time too. honestly i seriously don't understand why people pay a lot of money for meme sizes, proprietary file formats, AND ads on top of it. absolute madness, bezos has most of ITT by the balls

>>19805994
based /g/ user. how big is the screen?

>>19806012
it states that it's 6 inches but due to the bezels, realistically it's like 4.5 inches or so of actual screen real estate. and then it's like 3.5 inches across. it sounds small, but with epubs you can adjust the size of the font. never bothered me and i have bad eyes from computer use all day

hope you can snag one or at least a similar enough kobo product, epub is king. stay free

>>19805994
>>19806012
>>19806093
oh and i forgot to add that since it's an older model it doesn't have a backlight. i don't mind, i use pic related, a neck light so that the light is coming from me and not straight into my eyes. it sounds silly but it also works for regular books, and you're not fiddling with a built-in backlight

>>19805677
this is exactly what I was trying to say, thank you anon

>>19795967
>But still no color display - boring!
>We arent in the 1990s anymore.
color eink still looks like shit unfortunately, on top of being extremely expensive.

>>19795967
I actually use my smartphone and laptop in grayscale to reduce the dopamine allure. Skip watching TV and Movies and only use my roommates home entertainment system to play lectures, podcasts, classical music, or guided meditation. With the TV off of course.

Books are easier to hop back into now.

I still turn on color to suck me into doing work on the computer, technical color coded stuff, buying stuff, or for video calls. But we RARELY need color screens.

>>19781829
Kobo Libra 2, easy to install epubs

bump

Kindle, easy converters online so I can still download and read epubs and never had a problem with them. My second gen kindle which I had for 10 years only needed replacing because I stepped directly on the screen

>>19805564
Well, it depends. I personally prefer Kindle but I think my Kobo was a lemon. The big advantage Kobo has is that they never have ads. Also they have a VIP program that's $10USD a year that gets you 10% off of all ebooks, which I wish Amazon had for Kindle.

The Kobo I got started having connection issues just a few months after I got it and now I can rarely get it to connect to Wi-Fi. This might be an isolated experience, all I've seen other than this is raves about them.

>>19811180
>paying for ebooks

>>19811101
kys yourself

Why are anti-Kindle shills so obnoxious?

>>19781829
Ok but which one can I put all my pdfs/epubs in without too many problems?

>>19811180
i have a kobo that i love, but i turned off the wifi the first day i got it so i can't attest to that part of it

>>19813289
Boox Max

Why are you schizos so scared of the wifi in your reader?

I have an old Kindle 3.
it just werks

>>19813394
why does everything need constant wifi to begin with?

alexa, tell this man to take his meds

>>19814436
Because I don't read mangas or YA and do actually need to look up certain words sometimes.

>>19814455
You have offline dictionaries for that.

can i get one of these for free?
dont tell to just buy

I upgraded from an old paperwhite to the new kindle. Now I use only black screen with orange lights

>>19783976
I miss mine, fucking cracked when I reached over a counter, I was so mad at myself

>>19794465
why is that version of lolita so thicc

>>19815864
Probably the annotated version, it's very good.

>>19815864
I have that version, it's a really small version of the book, height-wise. I think they're called Pocket Classics or something like that. For when you really really need to read Lolita on the go.
The illustration on the front makes it look like chick-lit too.

>>19781829
Kobo clara hd is pretty comfy

>>19816048
>Kobo clara hd is pretty comfy
Why is it so comfy exactly?

Anyone have experience with the kobo forma? Worth a buy for the screen size?

>>19817918
>kobo forma
I'd just spend the extra money and get the Elipsa, if you are already comfortable spending that much.

>>19817967
8" seemed like the perfect size to me, the elipsa strikes me as unwieldy and I don't really need all the extra functionality either

>>19818067
How about the Sage then?

>>19781829
Just use physical books, faggot

>>19818067
I can't speak about the Elipsa directly but the large format E ink devices aren't unwieldy at all.
Even the monstrous Max Lumi is only 600g and perfectly feasible to use one handed.
A lot easier than handling a book of the size.

>>19818084
I did think about it, just wasn't sure if the extra storage justified paying $50 more

>>19817918
yes, I adore mine
>>19817967
I might have considered the Elipsa but I already have an e-ink writer

>>19818116
I would get it just because it's the newer model. Will probably get better long term support, etc.

>>19805617
You should stop. Your skin will dry out and crack. It will never be the same afterwards.

>>19817918
I bought one, and it froze twice a week. I had to hard reboot each time. Also, the highlighting was laggy.

>>19818392
>the highlighting was laggy
yeah this is a problem for all kobos, which is sad
and highlighting if the text spans the next page? forget about it!
I would be mildly interested to know if kindles have this problem

>>19781829
What e-readers support Nook books but can still post here?

>>19811180
only cuckmuzzled consoomerfags pay for (drm-crippled) ebooks, when even a toddler can pirate it for free. I have never and will never spend even just a cent for a ebook. fuck the system.

Kobo Nia any good? I just want a really cheap one, I won't get the clara hd if it's only marginally better

What ereader would anons suggest if I also read manga from time to time ?

>>19820068
One running Android so you can install Tachiyomi.

>>19820068
A large one so you can read them the way the authors intended.

>>19817918
Yes. Screen size is what made me hold out for so long in the first place, but once I had gotten the Forma I wished I had known about it sooner.
t. Not a Kobo Rep
Source(s): Trust me bro.

>>19819335
Nigga you want that warm light, trust me! Also you will use the shit out of your kobo for a long time. It makes sense to spend a bit more even if its only for the warm light option.

>>19781985
use a bluelight filter...