It’s not so much what I’m reading, but what I’m reading on.
This is the XTEINK reader - the X4, which isn’t even their smallest. The idea is that it’s small enough to carry everywhere, and you read on it, rather than pulling out your phone. Would be nice if you could sync across all your devices (like a Kindle), but maybe that’s too ambitious.
Yes, the Kobos I’ve been using since 2012 have definitely been getting bigger each time one dies and I have to upgrade. (Fortunately in most situations I can get away with wearing trousers with big thigh pockets. The other side gets the phone.)
The only thing I read ePubs on is the Kobo, so that’s easy. For audio books, where I might be listening in the car or at home, my solution is to break them into five-minute tracks, and make a note of the last track number completed when I get to the end of a listening session.
Got one too. Really like it although getting modern books for it legally can be a bit of a nuisance.
Why what is special about it? There are enough stores that sell books without being bound to a specific device type? Kindle Unlimited is … … of course meh.
It only supports DRM free books. Might be I’m looking in the wrong places but found it harder to find everything you might want.
I use thalia.de and ebooks.com and occasionally get stuff directly from authors website. I put everything in Calibre and my Pocketbook has so far worked well with all of it. Thalia uses the same Adobe Air thing as Kobo but I have had no trouble with the books from them, although I admit I have not bought new ebooks from them since moving to Linux… ebooks.com sometimes offers books with and without drm for more money without….
I have recently bought a few paperbacks again because …
Kindle Unlimited with their exclusive deals is the true problem for readers who don’t want anything to do with Kindles. It feels like ms windows and internet explorer in the 90s…
I feel no remorse at all having made a backup of my old amazon bought ebooks while it was possible.
I wish I had done this
I had a kindle which was very old but still working perfectly well. Amazon stopped supporting it (which I understand) which alone wasn’t enough to piss me off but… when I looked at getting a replacement and they wanted me to pay extra for an advert free version, I picked up an alternative reader.
Our friends recently asked me to help them retain access to their books from their old kindle devices. I was unable to do so. But I did not have the devices in hand and I might have managed to do it … I tried my best. Not sure if they found a way to get the books off them. I mean you can still access them through the app as far as I know… at least on android/iOS that should work–not sure if they support a windows app anylonger. I got rid of my Amazon book dependency quite a few years back and have been happily reading on PocketBook.
After my re-read of Transmetropolitan, I decided to re-read American Vampire, by Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque.
It’s mental, but ot’s a great deal of fun. Up to the last book now, which I’d never read.
I never had a Kindle but had bought quite a few things that were sold exclusively. Some of them I apparently misplaced in repeated computer moves, which is annoying.
My wife saved up and got me a Sony Reader PRS-900 Daily edition years ago. After messing around with a number of different models, this was the one I decided I wanted. The page turning was more responsive than others, and it had built in 3G through AT&T which connected it to Sony’s store, so you could purchase titles on the go. Thing cost about $400, if I remember correctly.
Then a year or so later, Sony left the eReader business. Thankfully they transferred people’s libraries to Kobo, but because of how Kobo does their ebooks, my reader is currently useless, but I can still load ePubs and PDF’s on it, which is great now and then for Humble Bundles and such.
Haven’t used it much lately, so I am a bit worried about the battery. Still glad I have it, though. It is a great eReader.
I really like the Sony readers. The only reason I finally abandoned my PRS-350 is that the battery failed, a replacement battery didn’t work, and the case began to fall apart.
I didn’t know Sony ever had an ereader
Do you know what the specific issue is with the Kobo ebooks? Is it about purchasing, downloading, formats? Just wondering if any of the methods I know would help. I have a Kobo.
Apropos of previous comments, I now have a Kobo CW for my trip to Japan so I can read while on holiday.
As for actual reading, I’m re-reading the Honor Harrington books, near the end of in Enemies Hands. All in paperback, bought back in the day.
I blew through ‘Project Hail Mary’ on holiday recently. I’d half seen the film on a flight when I was trying to get to sleep, and enjoyed it enough to get the book. I was utterly enthralled - I finished it in a couple of days (with some breaks for eating, sleeping, and not being murdered by my wife for ignoring the kids) and enjoyed every bit of it.
I enjoyed the film and intend to rewatch it at some point. But the book was brilliant.
I’m currently reading:
Currently reading The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic by Alan Moore and Steve Moore. Only a short way in but it’s a really, really good introduction to magic and creativity. Recommended.
