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submitted 5 days ago by xtapa@discuss.tchncs.de to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Hi,

My Kindle won't boot anymore and keeps getting stuck in boot screen, so I thought this might be a good time to get away from Amazon, even though that device was great.

So, what non-kindle readers would you recommend?

It should have color and background light and it shouldn't be huge so I can keep it in the back pocket.

And, since I don't have any experience outside the Amazon ecosystem: how is the experience of buying and transferring books to non Kindle readers?

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

i have a kobo which i adore. It's a great little device. Pretty simple to sideload if that's your thing. Just plug in, drag and drop to the root folder of the kobo, then eject drive and unplug. it auto imports them and stuff. The draw back though, kobo plus doesn't have as many books as kindle unlimited, if that's your thing. but all in all, kobos are great.

As for transferring books from kindle to kobo, i don't believe you can anymore. amazon closed that process down, and now I believe you can't do it. Which sucks balls.