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Kobo announces its first color e-readers

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[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago (10 children)

What e-reader should I buy, when I don't want to use amazon (or similar) services to log in/buy/transfer books to the reader?

I have plenty of free old PDF books I simply want to copy there and be able to read them without ads and online bs.

I don't need web browser, mp3 player, spotify, google translator or other such nonsense. I need simple controls, backlight (adjustable) to read at night and that's basically it.

Thanks for any input.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This guy reviews all kinds of e-ink devices. https://www.youtube.com/c/MyDeepGuide/videos

I watched his videos before deciding to get a large format BOOX Max Lumi (13") for PDF reading and note taking. I wanted the large one to split screen a PDF textbook on the left and notebook on the right. That was a few years ago, though, and I suggest reviewing some more recent videos to get an idea of what the current devices are like.

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