e-book readers

[Anonymous No.17306445]

Do you read books on any kind of electronic device /lit/? If so which.

[Anonymous No.17306452]

>>17306445
Normie books. They're not worth keeping on a shelf but they keep me out of /R9K/

[Anonymous No.17306474]

A kindle and i pirate all my books kek

[Anonymous No.17306478]

I read pdfs on my laptop, most fiction on my kindle, short fiction on my phone when I don't have my kindle on me. Philosophy and poetry I'll often buy in paper. If I hadn't received a kindle as a gift, I'd likely get a kobo or one of the larger screened ereaders for manga. But this topic is overplayed here, and nothing of value was ever said in these threads.

[Anonymous No.17306483]

An Amazon Kindle Paperwhite with 3G connectivity.

[Anonymous No.17306496]

>>17306478
yes my kindle is kind of smol
Wish somebody would have told me there are larger ereaders before i bought it

[Anonymous No.17306504]

I bought an e-book reader recently at a thrift store for 7 bucks. I wanted to get one but spending 100 bucks for one triggers my "buying stuff I don't need" guilt. I initially thought it didn't work with my PC since the manufacturer stopped selling them and they only supported Win XP and Windows 7 but I changed the cable and now it works.

I'm glad it does since now I have more of an excuse to read since previously I just listened to audiobooks.

[Anonymous No.17306525]

>>17306445
the latest kindle paperwhite
I have not one book that isn't pirated

[Anonymous No.17306531]

any opinions on the kobo libra h20? specifically for reading manga?

[Anonymous No.17306855]

Last week I bought a Kobo Clara HD. It's smaller than I thought, but it's nice, I can pirate hundreds of books in it.
Weeks ago I read that you could change the rom or SO, but I do not know where to get it.

[Anonymous No.17306897]

>>17306855
I believe i have the same one, very convenient to transfer books onto

[Anonymous No.17306910]

>>17306531
Specifically for reading manga--nope. You can and it's okay for single pages, but it's not ideal. It's best for regular books. I'd go for the Kobo Aura if you want Kobo brand and specifically want it for manga.

[Anonymous No.17306954]

>>17306445
IPad or Samsung tablet does the trick.

[Anonymous No.17307038]

Got a kobo libre a few weeks ago. These things are pretty comfy. It's got me reading more than I had been for a while. Should have grabbed an e-reader years ago.

[Anonymous No.17307050]

I read everything on my phone. I don't need more electronics for similar purposes

[Anonymous No.17307159]

>>17306910
what else doesn't make it ideal?

[Anonymous No.17307226]

>>17307159
The screen size is pretty much the primary issue.

Although actually I think the Forma is the biggest screen, it's an inch bigger than the Libra and slightly bigger than the Aura and doing a bit of searching it seems like that's the one most people recommend as the best Kobo for frequent manga reading since it can download from Dropbox directly.

[Anonymous No.17307298]

>>17307226
Most people recommend an Android based reader for manga so you can install readers and downloaders you want. Likebook Mars doesn't cost much more than the Libra and also features a larger screen.

[Anonymous No.17307313]

Got a samsung tab s7+ for schoolwork but it's nice to read on, fucking huge

[Anonymous No.17307327]

I sometimes use my 3ds

[Anonymous No.17307336]

>>17307313
My Boox Max 3 is bigger with 13.3".
And it has a better battery life.
And I can read in the sun.

[Anonymous No.17307349]

>>17307327
That's cute, anon.

[Anonymous No.17307374]

>>17307327
I read the Haruhi novels in my ds lite. I didn't even know about epubs back then so I used good old pdfs. Yes, it was a nightmare.

[Anonymous No.17307389]

>>17307050
This, what is even the point of a separate device for books? FBReader or Moon Reader and you are all set, don't even really need to buy/pirate them since they are both perfectly fine as they are. Is it American applecucks using Kindles or some shit? Can you even pirate anything on a Kindle?

[Anonymous No.17307390]

>>17307327
BASED

[Anonymous No.17307435]

>>17307389
I don't even have a phone. E Ink is far more usable than LCD or OLED.
You can pirate on a Kindle, you just need to convert epubs to mobi via calibre.

[Anonymous No.17307444]

>>17307298
That one's about $100 more than the Libra

[Anonymous No.17307452]

>>17306445
I read on my phone, since I have a lot of time during nightshift. Just finished Glen Cooks Black Company series, Dread empire comes up next.

[Anonymous No.17307483]

>>17307435
>I don't even have a phone. E Ink is far more usable than LCD or OLED.
Do you mean you don't have a smartphone or just a phone in general? Becuse I find latter hard to believe unless you are asome kind of gigaNEET. And I've tried ink e-readers a few times before - didn't see any advantages over a phone screen whatsoever.
>You can pirate on a Kindle, you just need to convert epubs to mobi via calibre.
I see, guess I heard wrong then, someone told me once that they had some DRM built in and no way to bypass it.

[Anonymous No.17307505]

>>17307483
I have a landline phone but I don't carry it around.
Kindle does have DRM that may or may not be broken but that's for books you buy via Amazon. Some of the early models were more restrictive about access but nowadays they just work like a USB drive.

[Anonymous No.17307513]

>>17307483
listen buddy
You dont use a hammer for a screw.
You can but its not what its intended for.
Likewise if you want to read just get an ereader.

[Anonymous No.17307524]

>>17307483
>And I've tried ink e-readers a few times before - didn't see any advantages over a phone screen whatsoever.
It's a reflective instead of an emissive display. It blends very nicely with the surrounding instead of blasting light in your face. It feels more like paper than a screen.
The display doesn't need power to hold an image, only to change it, therefore the devices last for weeks on a single charge.
The only disadvantages are that it's expensive and not suited for dynamic content.

[Anonymous No.17307558]

>>17307505
>I have a landline phone but I don't carry it around.
Damn, and you have no need for a portable phone in your daily life? Do you live in a village/small town or something? That's pretty unorthodox even for those places if you live in the west.
>Some of the early models were more restrictive about access but nowadays they just work like a USB drive.
That makes sense, the last I've heard of the DRM thing was years ago.
>>17307513
>You dont use a hammer for a screw.
No, but you do use the swiss army knife for both cutting and unscrewing if it does the job perfectly well, which the phone screen does while saving you some space.
>>17307524
>It's a reflective instead of an emissive display. It blends very nicely with the surrounding instead of blasting light in your face. It feels more like paper than a screen.
Reading from a backlit screen is better for your eyes than the real paper, is it not? I can see how some people might prefer the faux paper feel, but purely from a utilitarian point of view that's not really a useful feature.
>The display doesn't need power to hold an image, only to change it, therefore the devices last for weeks on a single charge.
Reading a book has a minimal drain on the battery, and you usually have to charge your phone daily anyways. But if you have to use your phone a lot throughout the day, I can see how having an e-reader with a separate long lasting battery can be an advantage, I'll give you that.

[Anonymous No.17307580]

>>17306445
Got gifted a kobo nia recently, I know it's lower-end but is it a good enough model or should I return it and get something else?

[Anonymous No.17307582]

>>17307558
What's the point of carrying a phone with you all the time? You aren't even allowed to use it while in traffic.
Does your life depend on being available whenever other people want?

[Anonymous No.17307596]

>>17307558
>Reading from a backlit screen is better for your eyes than the real paper, is it not?
No it isn't.
Most e-readers come with a front light to read in darkness but you don't need it in bright conditions.

[Anonymous No.17307601]

>>17306445
Paper white

[Anonymous No.17308148]

>>17306496
Kindle being small is great. I can read pretty fast since I don't have to move my eyes so much.

[Anonymous No.17308153]

>>17306445
Thank God for libgen

[Anonymous No.17308157]

>>17306445
If the author has ever made the slightest criticism of capitalism I pirate his books and read it on my kobo
Be coherent faggot

[Anonymous No.17308164]

>>17307327
look into librisds, supports any epub and can be loaded from SD on a DSi or 3DS and from Flashcart on anything older

[Anonymous No.17308188]

paperwhite, just convert epubs into mobis and put them on

[Anonymous No.17308222]

>>17308188
Why don't you convert them to azw3? That's the actual kindle format.

[Anonymous No.17308455]

>>17307558
>but purely from a utilitarian point of view that's not really a useful feature.
It allows you to read under bright lighting conditions such as outside.
With a backlit screen you have to counter with brightness which only works to some degree and kills the battery.

[Anonymous No.17309502]

>>17307580
>kobo nia
I'd return it for h2O model

[Anonymous No.17309518]

Kobo libra h2o.

[Anonymous No.17309763]

>>17308222
Is there any difference?