#ereaders

[daftpatience]

kindle 4s are only like $30 usd on ebay and incredibly easy to jailbreak!! u should check out the video by yourcoolumclemarisa on yt about it if ur interested!! u can get a kindle 4 with or without touchscreen for basically the same price

finally replying to this because i had it saved until my thingy arrived. THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR THE ADVICE!!! i went and found a cheap one immediately and it just arrived today!!!

at first i thought i could get by on the wiki info alone, but it was not working and i restarted like three times 😭 crucially that video is the only one where she installed mkk before KUAL and that was what finally got mine working!! i would have been so frustrated and lost without that!!

my new toy my new precious toyyy

[bookishbrigitta]

I've been toying with the idea of getting an eReader and/or some kind of tablet for a long time now, particularly because it makes travel easier, but was hesitant because of lack of writing capabilities. BUT I found out they make small, folding bluetooth keyboards you can use with phone, and I don't need a big screen since I'm a touch typist.

Tell me if this is crazy:

I get an eReader so I have the eInk thing, library access, and looong battery life. THEN I also buy a bluetooth keyboard for my phone.

The only disadvantage is that, unlike with a tablet, I would not be able to use it like a mini-laptop for things like volunteer meetings where I need to review PDFs but hate hauling my whole laptop. But that's only something I do a couple hours/month, and I've gotten by okay just reading very zoomed in on my phone so far, so it feels like that use case doesn't justify the purchase of a proper tablet.

Then there is the matter of which eReader. I think I've narrowed it to 2 contenders:

Nook Glowlight (Barnes&Noble): I've had tablet/reader hybrids from them before and liked them, and I appreciate the in-store tech help. Disadvantages: All library books have to go through the computer and you are kind of locked into an ecosystem.

Kobo Clara: I've heard really good things, and it seems that you can do a lot of work-arounds and stuff to do things like get books from Project Guttenberg! Disadvantages: Requires a bit more tech savvy and fewer tech support options.

So what do y'all think?

[nephilot]

this one guy runs this website abt ereaders and it has some informative and fun articles abt the history of ereaders but then it also has like. articles abt why everyone should calm down abt amazon. which i will not be doing <3

[azspot]

I'm never buying another Kindle, and neither should you

Bricked hardware, ads, and control. The Amazon Kindle is no longer built for readers. Here’s why I’m done with it.

[franticvampirereads]

Question for the ebook readers out there:

What color mode/background do you usually use when you read ebooks? I’ve always been curious about this! I usually use the green mode because both the light and dark mode options make my eyes hurt after a long reading session. Which one do you use?

What color background do you use when reading ebooks?

Light mode (white background/black text)

Dark mode (black background/white text)

Sepia (tan background/dark brown text)

Green (light green background/dark green text)

I don’t know what you’re talking about/just here for the answers

Voting ended onSep 3, 2024

Reblog for better results? 🤷‍♀️

[ebookporn]

[nonbinary-weirdo]

Since I got my new gen 12 Paperwhite should I keep my 11th glitchy paperwhite for outside stuff (groceries, casual walk, getting milk etc) or get rid of it seeing how slow and burned in the text is in the screen?

Though I'd rather not contribute to the electronics going to landfills.

[mangawithmocha]

kinda wanna get a nook now that I know it runs android and can be rooted/use adb to sideload some apps.

problem: the pink & white one is only 6 inches and I will die if I went back to reading manga on a 6 inch screen. the glowlight 4 plus is the one i want doesn't even come in white.