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Re: Not buying another Kindle

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Post by bragr »

bragr wrote: post #187

Do NOT buy a Kobo device for Libby integration. It is a LIE . I found out the hard way. Kobo only integrates with OverDrive, the predecessor to Libby. You can only use one library card at a time with OverDrive, and don't have access to the audioboks or periodicals on Libby. Meanwhile Kobo will aggressively push you to sign up for their monthly subscription to get access to that kind of content. If you want Libby on e…

I forgot one more important thing: OverDrive only has a subset of the libraries on Libby, so it's possible for a library to be on Libby and be unavailable on Kobo.

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Post by vaughnegut »

bragr wrote: post #187

Do NOT buy a Kobo device for Libby integration. It is a LIE . I found out the hard way. Kobo only integrates with OverDrive, the predecessor to Libby. You can only use one library card at a time with OverDrive, and don't have access to the audioboks or periodicals on Libby. Meanwhile Kobo will aggressively push you to sign up for their monthly subscription to get access to that kind of content. If you want Libby on e…

Maybe it's a Canada thing, but it works seamlessly with Libby for me.

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Post by theshrike79 »

fmajid wrote: post #48
johngossman wrote: post #8

I can understand why one would want to move from Kindle to another device, but this article starts by complaining that support is being dropped for devices from before 2013. I can even understand being upset by this, but I have absolutely no faith that whatever other device I switch to will still be supported in 10+ years. Could be. But I sure wouldn't count on it.

Usually an unsupported device stops getting new functionality and security fixes. The unsupported Kindles lose existing functionality, i.e. the ability to add books. Not quite bricked unlike, say, Sonos, but you are limited to the books y already downloaded to them. This is inherent to DRM, and the reason why I would never have considered buying one in the first place. The eReader I have is a PocketBook Versa. Same p…

> Not quite bricked unlike, say, Sonos

Sonos backed down on the bricking offer, you did still got the discount for a new product but didn't have to effectively destroy the old one - it's just unsupported by any new features.

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Post by theshrike79 »

WolfeReader wrote: post #74
wao0uuno wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've owned an ereader for about a decade and never felt that I need to jump through any hoops to read a book on it. I've been getting my books from some gal called Anna. Apparently she has a pretty impressive archive.

I truly hope you're buying books as well - authors (and editors, illustrators, translators, etc) should be rewarded for their art.

One of my favourite writers only publishes on Amazon, so I subscribe to their Patreon to offset the fact I "acquire" their books with alternate means.

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Post by theshrike79 »

AJRF wrote: post #135

You can get a Kobo Reader and disable internet access to it so it never connects to a server. You can then plug it in to your computer and it shows up as a mass storage device. Then just drop PDFs, ePubs in. I never liked Calibre, it's weirdly shoddy software, slow as a dog, and the worst UX i've ever seen in a popular app - so I needed something I could just drop my files into.

The dev behind Calibre is a Big Personality, the story was they were more willing to support a private Python 2 fork than spend the time porting Calibre to Python 3 :)

But it still is THE best way to convert books from one format to another and one of the best to fill in metadata in a compatible way.

The UX is god-awful though.

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Post by marak830 »

frm88 wrote: post #252
marak830 wrote: post #231

Slightly off topic, but I was discussing with my wife getting a kindle for my son (8) recently. Any recommendations for alternatives? I have no problem using calibre to convert the books, and manually transfer from my PC. It just needs to read books.

Depending on how old your son is and or how much you want to invest: https://www.xteink.com/products/xteink-x4 https://www.boox.com/

Oh thanks that Xteink X4 looks interesting, I'll do some research. Cheers!

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Post by fmajid »

zikduruqe wrote: post #89
fmajid wrote: post #68

One way Amazon could make up for this is by unlocking these Kindles' boot loaders so owners can install KOreader instead. I am not holding my breath.

https://kindlemodding.org Depending on your model or version, it's not hard. I'm rocking a newer Paperwhite Special Edition, with KOreader installed.

Yes, of course, unsupported also means it stops gettng anti-jailbreaking updates as well. I meant Amazon could atone for desupporting these devices by releasing an official unlock, like how Meta did for the Oculus Go.
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