Trying to get away from my phone more, and an e reader sounds like a good way to get myself to read more. Kobo is sounding like the most recommended one based on some googling, but I’m also ok with jailbreaking something like an older kindle from eBay. Something that plays nice with Libby would be ideal but not required. 
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apparently I’m the only kobo user who doesn’t know about koreader.
It’s a nice software to sideload.
I also have no idea what koreader is.
Koreader rocks. I use it on an android tablet to check if my books work well.
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I’ve used KOreader exclusively for a while and had no idea it was a Kobo thing. I actually have stayed away from e-ink stuff because I wasn’t sure how my dubiously acquired collections of books in various formats would work on it. This is convincing me to get a Kobo lmao
Even on a stock Kindle you can load pirated stuff very easily
I guess I just assumed that all these e-readers were pretty locked down since they are made and sold by publishers. And my FIL has a kindle and spends a ton on books. But I think I want one of these color Kobos now, when I can get up the cash
You can just connect a Kindle to a computer and drop anything on it. Most books are in epub format but Calibre converts to azw3 with no issue.
I am yet another kobosexual
I like my kobo with koreader installed. Really easy to install koreader on it, just drag and drop, and restart. The only thing that doesn’t work is Bluetooth.
what are the upsides of koreader?
Better font rendering, more options for customizing regular book formatting and fixing bad book formatting. A plugin ecosystem.
In addition to the other comment, the PDF reflow function is great. No other ereader software compares. Its not perfect, but its still really useful when I can’t get an epub version of something.
Also Idk if kobo has the function built in, but I use koreader to connect to my self hosted calibre opds catalog to download books to it.
Kobo is decent and budget friendly, i recently upgraded to pocketbook which has nicer hardware
Kobo’s are very good. I have mine configured to redirect the Kobo store to my own Calibre-Web library, and pull all my books from there. I got my SO a Kobo, and configured her with an account on the same server, set her up the same way. It’s very nice.
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ShelfMark
This has been my new favorite service, it works so well with calibre
Do you set up ShelfMark to use some sort of anonymizing proxy or VPN? I haven’t gotten around to figuring that out so I’ve been doing downloads manually by starting a VPN first.
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Thanks for the explanation! I’ll have to look into Gluetun and see if I can set it up.
Looks like Kobo is popular here too so I’m gonna go with that I think (sorry Boox, Pocketbook, and Tolino heads). Koreader’s gonna get slapped on it the second it’s in my grubby little hands. Gonna read some theory and reward myself with some disc world inbetween. My list right now is Blackshirts and reds, trans liberation, and settlers!
Thanks fellow bears
I use an older Kobo with KoReader, but the XTeink x4 looks cool as a small option if you are down to put crosspoint on it! Boox Go 7 is nice if you want android and color!
hmm that XTeink is so tiny and $70 is a good price point
if I ever get to live somewhere with good public transit I would definitely get one of these
Yep! I would’ve bought one if I didn’t already have a perfectly servicible Kobo.
I got a free Kindle from work a while ago, jail broke it and put KOReader on it, works like a charm. I haven’t set up calibre-web or anything, so I just turn on the SSH server, connect via SFTP via Termius from my phone, and copy books over.
The BOOX Palma 2 runs Android so you can easily install Readest and Syncthing on it. It’s a really nice size and has decent build quality in my opinion.
I have a boox and I’m really happy with it.
My old Tolino has a jailbreak that lets me just drag and drop epubs, etc. directly onto it.
Convenience that isn’t surveillance and/or a walled garden? In this economy?? I loved making the swich to Kobo from my kindle. I do however wish I had gone with something a little less proprietary. I still love it, I grabbed the Libra Colour and use it on occassion to read comics or manga. Libby syncs perfectly. My favorite function is instapaper though, I can read webnovels formatted perfectly on the device with zero hassle!
yeah kobo will do you well. i had koreader on a kindle but it kept resetting itself and fucking me over. i do recommend setting the option to wake the battery with a magnetized cover off on the kobo, for some reason it drained my battery, probably from bumping around in my backpack
I have a Pocketbook and I’m quite happy with it. It supports side loading out of the box.
Kobo is the way to go. If you can wait for the new model, whenever the hell they decide to release it, then I’d go with that. Fuck Amazon and their walled garden bullshit.
i have a kobo that still gets use. it was their cheap option and a few years back, so it was a little slow, but the fucker still works and has an excellent battery, alongside no drm and shit. love it
