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Anonymous Mon Mar 31 22:26:15 2014 No.4723642 [DELETED]

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What's the best e-book reader and why?
Which do you own and why?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 22:44:09 2014 No.4723703 bumping. Anyone?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 22:58:09 2014 No.4723749 iPhone and I'm serious here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:02:09 2014 No.4723767 >>4723749 uh, how?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:03:09 2014 No.4723769 I own a Kobo that was the right price at the time of buying. Because fuck Amazon and proprietary file formats.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:04:10 2014 No.4723774 >>4723769 What does that mean?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:05:10 2014 No.4723776 File: 1.02 MB, 1280x800, why don't you have an ebook.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:06:10 2014 No.4723781 >>4723776 I don't get it

Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:15:10 2014 No.4723817

>>4723774
The format of Amazon's ebooks is proprietary, which means that you need to own a kindle to read them (in theory, we're ignoring the fact that you can get around that on a PC). I just disagree with that philosophy as a whole. Better to make something freely accessible than to hoard it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:22:09 2014 No.4723841 Kobo touch, can read every file format (with calibre anyways), has backlight, wifi, pretty much all you need.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:25:09 2014 No.4723852 >>4723841 Better than the newest kindle?

Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:31:09 2014 No.4723879

>>4723852
If you want to only buy books from amazon and no other online bookstore ever, not being able to read for free, downloading all the books from the internets, then by all means, go with kindle. But some of us prefer to not be amazons fuck slave for all eternity, and go with kobo touch, which really has all you can expect from a good e reader.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:32:09 2014 No.4723883 >>4723642 Non-ereader master-race

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:34:09 2014 No.4723885 >>4723879 What other online bookstores can you buy from using a Kobo?

Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:40:09 2014 No.4723900

>>4723885
Everyone there is.

Supported file formats from kobo: .bmp .cbr .cbz .epub .gif .html .jpeg .mobi .pdf .png .rtf

Also you can easily convert any ebook from amazon via the free software calibre, which will also be the place to keep your book organized on the pc.

Supported file formats from kindle: kindle.

Even if you aren't into piracy, for reading all the good classic works, you can go to gutenberg.org and download over 100,000 books in .epub format, mostly classics though, completely legal and free.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:45:09 2014 No.4723920 >>4723900 Holy shit i didn't know this. Why would anyone get a kindle instead??

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:47:58 2014 No.4723930 >>4723920 Same reason people buy any inferior product - lack of research and brand recognition.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:50:57 2014 No.4723944 >>4723920 Kindle is to Amazon as iPhones and iPad are to Apple. People don't research, mostly don't know you can get books for free, they end up paying more for easy-to-use rather than versatility, like Macs.

Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:52:27 2014 No.4723950

>>4723930
But you can convert any .epub to .mobi and even pdf.

Really buying digital books?

I get at the same price the kobo is the best deal, I don't have an ereader and I don't know if it will get the use so I'm considering a $70 kindle haven't found anything in that price range yet.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:54:27 2014 No.4723959 Hmmm why are these digital books expensive though, seems unreasonable

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:57:28 2014 No.4723972 >>4723950 You can get a refurb Nook Simple Touch on ebay for around $50 with free shipping. That's what I use and I like it. No backlight or anything though. >>4723959 That's why you don't pay for them , silly.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:58:28 2014 No.4723973 >>4723959 fuck that pirate like everyone else or just read public domain books in digital if you are of extreme moral. You will save a lot of money anyway.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:59:27 2014 No.4723981 >>4723972 Free? Is there a specific website to download any book you want for free?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 23:59:28 2014 No.4723978 File: 7 KB, 518x480, pirates31.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i haven't bought a book in 2 years for my kindles.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:02:27 2014 No.4723997 >>4723981 feedbooks.com has some public domain ones in mobi and epub.So has gutenberg.org/ You can't tell me you have gone trough all the classics already

>>	Bunny Tue Apr 1 00:11:28 2014 No.4724036 >>4723930 >>4723944 wait anon, then what's all the hype on paperwhite about? I remember lots of people here bought paperwhite too.

Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:18:27 2014 No.4724063

>>4724036
Screen can be lit for night reading.

I think the Nook Glowlight was the first big name with a lit screen but apparently its light wasn't as good. The newer Kobo readers are better but pricier. The Paperwhite is like $120 or so iirc new, but you gotta pay more for ne ads (maybe jailbreaking it nullifies this though??)

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:18:27 2014 No.4724064 >>4724036 There's nothing wrong with the physical product. But the file format support leaves everything to be desired when you can get similar products that do more things for the same price.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:23:27 2014 No.4724090 >>4723879 You can add books to the Kindle including pirated books just like any other e-reader. You don't have to actually buy a thing off amazon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:23:27 2014 No.4724094 >>4724090 How?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:29:27 2014 No.4724114 >>4724094 It gives you an option if you want to use the amazon cloud storage or add books yourself.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:30:27 2014 No.4724119 I'll just leave this here... http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/index.php

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:37:42 2014 No.4724139 No expandable memory is reason enough to avoid the Paperwhite imo.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:51:31 2014 No.4724200 >>4724119 woah what am i looking at

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 00:59:33 2014 No.4724227 >>4724139 Do you really need more than a thousand books at a single time?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 01:01:29 2014 No.4724236 File: 251 KB, 245x136, 1392195550863.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4724119 >seems to be a giant database of e-books >search for a book ive been meaning to read >"click here to download" >......not sure if legit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 01:03:29 2014 No.4724239 >>4724236 Super legit. Also, en.bookfi.org, works similar.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 01:03:30 2014 No.4724240 So, paperwhite or kobo aura hd?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 01:23:31 2014 No.4724306 >>4724240 Aura has higher resolution, better light, and an expandable memory slot. It's also more expensive. If price isn't the determining factor, get it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 01:27:32 2014 No.4724313 File: 983 KB, 285x285, 1375165006707.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4723642 >mfw this entire thread >not just using your ipad

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:05:16 2014 No.4724428 >>4724119 >>4724239 I'm looking for Hemingway On Writing but I can't find it anywhere. Any advice?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:18:19 2014 No.4724459 Jewt we need this fucking sticky already so these retards check out the thousands of e-reader threads in the archive I'm sick of reposting the same shit for every fucker who needs sponfeeding

Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:20:32 2014 No.4724470

>>4723776
I wrote that post about the smudgy touchscreens

because kindle 3 keyboard is the best kindle there ever was

touchscreen is a fucking gimmick that amazon throws in there for the smartphone/tablet crowds, I suspect they fear kindles would look dated with a physical keyboards

fuck them all

Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:22:30 2014 No.4724476

>>4724459
If theyre anything like I was when I asked /lit/ about e-readers, they'll end up searching other places anyway and deciding on their own.
I think its just boredom asking /lit/. 4chan attracts bored people. or maybe just lonely people who want actual human interaction without leaving their house.

Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:27:30 2014 No.4724482

>>4724476
there's only so many times people will thoroughly repeat their recommendations and info about their e-readers, I'm absolutely sick of doing that

these threads are daily, on /lit/ as well as on /g/

why dont the retarded mods add a pastebin to the sticky or mention to check the archives for threads about e-readers

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:33:30 2014 No.4724501 >>4724482 no one is forcing you too look at them you fucking retard

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:34:30 2014 No.4724505 >>4724501 to*

Anonymous Tue Apr 1 02:44:31 2014 No.4724521

i bought the paperwhite because it's cheaper mainly and apparently the lighting and dictionary are slightly better than the kobo (not sure how true that is)

the difference in formats doesn't matter at all. calibre is so easy to use and i can convert a dozen books in a few seconds without any errors.

epub is probably the most common format and it converts 100% every time. mobi is the second most common and it's native to kindle, no conversion. pdf is the next most common and i'd say about 19/20 of them converted fine. i've had a few with weird line breaks that i fixed, by reconverting it with "heuristic processing" checked.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 03:02:30 2014 No.4724550 >>4723776 Whatever Mr. Neanderthal, why don't you go cut down some trees to use in your 16th century technology?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 03:03:30 2014 No.4724554 >>4723817 This is why I own a Kobo Touch and not a Kindle. I regret nothing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 03:04:30 2014 No.4724555 >>4723883 >master-race That's a strange way of spelling "obsolete cavemen"

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 03:12:30 2014 No.4724570 How's the Kobo Aura? Anyone have one?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 03:14:30 2014 No.4724571 >>4724501 >>4724505 every now and again I come in these threads to remind retards like you that the answer to the questions they're asking -sometimes without even checking the catalog- are there in the archives fuck off dumbass

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 03:26:30 2014 No.4724587 >>4724570 i second this. i want the HD version. how is it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 05:32:49 2014 No.4724807 >>4724570 >>4724587 Third.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 05:36:48 2014 No.4724813 >>4724587 >>4724570 >>4724807 what are you fucking hipsters or some shit? kindles are solid and cheap, I see no fucking reason to go for kobo and I've had a kindle 3 for years now

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 05:37:48 2014 No.4724816 File: 10 KB, 300x300, 1316401608076.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4724813 Thanks for the useful input.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 07:09:01 2014 No.4724953 >>4724313 >owning an ipad >reading literature on anything else than paper or e-ink >mfw

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 1 07:12:01 2014 No.4724957 I have a paperwhite.

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