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Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by sobkas »

krageon wrote: post #124
fancy_pantser wrote: post #79

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It's not native, you're right. Many of us have been using Kobocloud for years to automatically sync to cloud drive services: https://github.com/fsantini/KoboCloud

I won't lie, I was excited to see the technical solution here - but this appears to be a stack of horrific shell scripts fixing everything via curl. Is it dependable, in your experience?

You can use KoReader built in Calibre remote push, or you can try https://github.com/fsantini/KoboCloud/pull/35 There is working tgz but you will have to find it on your own.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by gambiting »

Namari wrote: post #179
gambiting wrote: post #166

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It's a very clear trade off - you get the device for less money, but you get ads. How is this "how low they think of us"?????

I think this trade off shouldn't exist in the first place.

Why? Do you think companies giving you 10% in exchange for signing up for their newsletter shouldn't be able to do so too?

It's the same thing - you get a discount for signing up to their ads campaign.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by barry-cotter »

Namari wrote: post #177
senko wrote: post #171

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Wait until you figure out printed books (paperbacks) come with ads too ...

They already do, especially like the travel guides, there are always some ads here and there :|

That was the point. You were being mocked for your naïveté.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by gambiting »

Derbasti wrote: post #175
gambiting wrote: post #145

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As someone whose first language isn't English - 100000x times this. The fact that I can just hold down on any word and instantly see its definition is just incredible. It's a must have feature of any e-reader for me.

Kobos have this feature

Didn't know that! Can you upload custom dictionaries to them? That was my only gripe with how Kindles do it - they support this feature in some languages but not others.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by barry-cotter »

Namari wrote: post #179
gambiting wrote: post #166

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It's a very clear trade off - you get the device for less money, but you get ads. How is this "how low they think of us"?????

I think this trade off shouldn't exist in the first place.

I know, right? Poorer people should just suck it up instead of having the option to get it cheaper. Wait another month to buy it and don’t offend my aesthetics.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by omnimus »

mikolaj1024 wrote: post #120
omnimus wrote: post #94

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I can recommend PocketBook i recently got some cheaper Touch HD model. It simply does the job. It runs linux, it has several book sync options natively and you can instal KOreader on it easy.

I am using PocketBook Touch HD 3. Design is fantastic, however... It has really annoying bugs. For a long time - it had a problem with event handling - pages not flipping (than flipping several at once). Finally fixed - after years. And then they introduced a new bug - it randomly turns one page back instead of forward - yes occasionally...

I have the same. Have you tried using KOreader? https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/Installation-on-Po... recent versions really improve the reading experience over the default reader app.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by Namari »

gambiting wrote: post #182
Namari wrote: post #179

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I think this trade off shouldn't exist in the first place.

Why? Do you think companies giving you 10% in exchange for signing up for their newsletter shouldn't be able to do so too? It's the same thing - you get a discount for signing up to their ads campaign.

Well they already got profits on their bookstore, why would they need to make a version where you got ads on top of that. I guess if we follow your logic they could build phones, consoles and TVs with ads too. I can understand free books with ads but not the hardware/software that reads it.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by sandos »

spacehunt wrote: post #147
maratc wrote: post #132

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The Kindle is inexpensive, has great support, has a huge library (open to non-US people with non-US credit cards), and you could just email a MOBI to it (which is great if the Kindle owner is your parent). It's only disadvantage was that it did not support ePub and so one had to go through Calibre. Now that Kindle is supporting ePUB and no Calibre-tion is needed, I don't even see what the Kobo value prop is.

Kobo has built-in Overdrive, Dropbox and Pocket support on the device itself, which Kindle lacks.

The overdrive and epub support was the reason for me buying the kobo even after already owning a kindle. Still worth it just for the overdrive support.

Re: Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

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Post by haxnewsben »

gambiting wrote: post #144
qwerty456127 wrote: post #135

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AFAIK Kindle shows you ads and can occasionally delete a book from your library. Isn't it so?

If you buy a kindle that is specifically advertised as having ads(and therefore being sold for less money), then yes, you will get ads. If you don't want them, buy the ad free version. And the deletion from your library happened...once? Over millions of titles available?

Also, if you buy the one with ads (because it's cheaper), you can literally just go on amazon customer support chat and ask them nicely to turn them off. It's worked for the few kindles I've owned
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