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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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?

Update: I did research based on your recommendations. Thanks for all the input, that was way more than I expected! I settled for the Kobo Clara Color since it seemed to almost perfectly match my needs and Kobo and the model itself got heavily recommended here and on the web.

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[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

You might possibly be interested in checking out the YouTube channel MyDeepGuide. Guy does in-depth reviews ofbmostly e-ink writing tablets, which perhaps is more functionality than you're looking for, but some of those manufacturers also do standalone "just" readers. Or maybe you'll be convinced to get a writing tablet :p

[–] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

i have a kobo libra 2 and it's served me very well. I sail the high seas for most of my books and I haven't had any issues at all loading content onto it, it's always fast and responsive, and I cannot understate how nice having physical page turn buttons is. highly recommend if you can find one, though theyve been mostly discontinued to make room for the color model that came out recently (would not recommend the color version, color e-ink is very hit or miss right now and it's not worth the screen quality trade-off).

[–] ludrol@bookwormstory.social 1 points 2 months ago

I have used PocketBook touch lux 5 but the screen cracked twice. (User error but still, screen is a weak link)

KoReader made it so snapy I couldn't believe it at first.

Now I have got kindle as I received it as a gift, so I jailbroke it and also installed KoReader on it.

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