But lets see the Positive side: Now the Nazis wont have to burn thousands of books, saving tons of co2 in their Plan to take over the world with propaganda. So, yay for the envoirment I guess

  • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    18 days ago

    Kindle just works

    I can read a book in a series, finish it, buy the next one and it’s ready to read before I’ve gotten a new cup of tea.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        17 days ago

        I have a kobo sage and it’s the same, except that kobo runs on Linux and they don’t lock their system.

        It runs on Android which runs on a Linux kernel. And Android is a tad bit too heavy for the kind of hardware the vendors tend to give e-readers, if you do anything outside the book-management-and-reader app. It’s more open than Kindle, sure (i could even flash Lineagos on my Leaf, since the stock ROM had weird translation and apps), but if you just want an e-reader and maybe Nextcloud sync, i’d recommend PocketBook over everything else.

        Edit: well, AOSP based custom ROM, not Android.

          • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            17 days ago

            Ok, “Android” is a certificate and requires, among others, Google Play Services and Store. Kobo doesn’t have that, so my that’s the issue. But it’s a AOSP-based vendor ROM, same as Kindle’s, so my point with performance still stands and battery is bad too. At least compared to PocketBook’s, which run plain Linux and last a month.

      • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        17 days ago

        I’ve tried the Kobo store (sold my Kindle and got a Libra 2 Color), but the selection is a bit lacking.

        Some books just don’t exist there, which means I can’t just click and buy the next one from the Kobo UI.

          • Flic@mstdn.social
            1·
            17 days ago

            @penquin @lepinkainen Kobo also comes preloaded with overdrive so you can get books from the library as well. The wait can be quite long though - but if you have enough on hold that doesn’t really matter too much

                • Flic@mstdn.social
                  1·
                  17 days ago

                  @penquin to clarify, yes, it has loads of standard ebooks on there but it’s up to your library how many copies, if any, of anything in the catalogue to make available. My library usually has about 3-4 copies of anything popular and you get them for two weeks, but you can delay the hold if your turn comes up and you’re busy reading something else. If anything is crazy popular they will review and make more available to reduce the waiting time.

              • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                17 days ago

                I “could”, but it’s still a ton harder than just clicking “buy next book in series”

                TBH it’s easier to plug calibre-web as a store in Kobo and just “acquire” all the books in all the series from … sources. Then you get the one click downloads easily 🤓