After years of trying to avoid ereaders the price and availability of books in leafland finally broke me. Got the kindle basic and I'm going to fill it with pirated legally obtained books.
Gotta say I'm impressed, the screen is super easy on the eyes. What ereaders do you guys use? And where do you get your books?
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https://annas-archive.se/
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Anna's is good but https://libgen.is is better
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Annas mirrors all of libgen and use libgen.gs since it has a way better selection
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Get a kobo, don't be Jeff's b-word.
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Kobo master race
plug and play, accepts any file type, and owned by a helpful japanese conglomerate
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I can't stop thinking about jeffs turgid member.
The kindle was the most reasonably priced tbh
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Had a Kindle Keyboard for close to a decade before it finally died. Received a Paperwhite 11th-gen as a replacement and overall I miss the physical pageturn buttons but love the backlight.
Glad the Keyboard died on a good photo, I have this propped next to my desk
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That's adorable!!
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I have a 2015 model Kindle Paperwhite which I got as a gift back in 2017. 7 years and it still works perfectly, very durable product.
I get my books on archive.org, guttenberg and the Amazon store (I tried Kindle unlimited once but didn't like the catalogue and I typically buy the books which I can't find a free epub).
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You don't use libgen?
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I'm open to suggestions
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It's a (series of) piracy/direct download sites for books. Very comprehensive.
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Does the paperwhite do manga? I could see myself splurging on a reader that does if I end up actually using my kindle
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As long as it's in a standard format it will. It won't have colour pages though since eink is greyscale only.
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https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc
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There are colour einks out there. Supposedly the con is that the screen is a bit grainier. Could be a good option though.
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For manga id probably get one of the 10 inch epaper tablets that released recently
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https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc
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Woah!!!
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I think so.
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I use a Kobo
It supports more file types 
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I've got a Kindle Paperwhite. I tried a kobo Libra but didn't like it at all so I switched back.
For legally obtaining books, your local library is a good option. For illegally obtaining books, I'd still recommend your local library and the deDrm plugin (or whatever it's called now). Easier to avoid downloading books with typos in them from a bad OCR.
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Do libraries loan out ebooks? How does that work??
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It's the same process as lending physical books, but there's DRM that makes the book inaccessible after the borrowing period ends.
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You download an app and link it with a library card. Check out your library's website and you'll see what they use.
The business model is that libraries purchase licenses for ebooks. They're either paying for a certain number of circulations (which allows simultaneous checkouts) or paying for a fixed number of copies (books may require a hold if someone else is reading it).
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IRC ebooks channels
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What year is it lmao
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Probably still the fricking easiest way to get them and in my experience has the fricking biggest selection.
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DM a server bb
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https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/2oftbu/guide_the_idiot_proof_guide_to_downloading_ebooks/
Some reditor already spoonfed it.
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One of the few good things about Portland, we got Powell's Books, one of the best bookstores in the world. So I'm still on a backlog of physical books and I'm probably gonna start typing some of this stuff up for you r-slurs soon.
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I'm insanely jealous. I've never once found a book I've really wanted locally. I tried looking for Neuromancer back when I was a kid. Libraries had one copy, waitlisted for a year. Used stores had a list of people waiting for one to show up, and of course the one bookstore chain didnt have it and couldn't get it.
The one good library by my house is overrun with junkies so I don't go there.
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We have wonders that you couldn't dream of. One time in the Purple Room I found a huge book with really good color pictures of everything related to the aerial part of the Iran-Iraq War. It was like $250 so I just turned to a nice Phantom pic and masturbated really quick before they could catch me.
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i play chess on kindle
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I like my kobo libra 2. Much easier to copy books to it than a kindle.
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I'm using Calibre and it's dead easy, converts it to the amazon format too.
Is the libra drag and drop or what?
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Yes. I also use calibre. I just plug it into my computer with a USB cable and click "sync".
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It's the same process with a kindle, but I can also email them directly to all my devices.
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Oh I thought they required you to use their email service.
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Take out kdle idiot and u have the real trueth
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I use a shitty $100 Galaxy tablet that I bought three years ago. I mostly read either on the Libby app (tied to my library card, your library may use another system) or the Kindle app. If I can't get something as a library book, I do pay for it.
For the writoids out there, Amazon lets you just upload Word docs to your Kindle account and read them like any other book you have. I find it a useful tool for simulating a typical readcel experience, catching errors, etc.
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This is rly good advice
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Return it and get a Kobo
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I have a kindle Paperwhite. I love it.
Mostly because I can torrent books and not have to deal with library digital bullshit, or pay for them.
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Kindle app on iphone
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I tried doing this on my phone and laptop but I just cant get into it. Something about the screen
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The ereader screen is the selling point. It's expensive to build and pretty much all ereader companies have the same supplier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink
Super nice on the eyes in my opinion. I use a Chinese Meebook m107 because I also want to use it for typing and note-taking
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j-j-jesus christ that's a fricking full on t-tablet
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If you have a model that can be jail break it. Koreader is miles better than the built in and handles books in most all formats (and can sync over wifi)
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I've been looking at getting a PocketBook as a way to get myself to read more, but never pulled the trigger. Did that work for anyone? I feel like it may end up just collecting dust.
Then there's their model selection with the Inkpad 3, which is old and discontinued, and the Inkpad 4 with no expandable memory, which I feel like I may need for some manga
Any other open and no nonsense devices out there?
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sir this is a kobo forum
Amazon writes better optimized stock software that doesn't crash thoI used to read reddit on my kindle, using the experimental browser. Kobo excitemental browser sucks butt. The stock kobo software is terrible, and lags more than kindles on huge filesize books... unless you drop custom software in (easy drag and drop over usb), then it's faster than any non-rooted kindle I ever had. Shouldn't have to do that though.
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I use my steam deck or phone as an e reader
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How tf do you use a Steam Deck? Do you put it sideways? It honestly sounds so uncomfortable.
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? I read it horizontally as a two page spread. I hate how e readers are vertical. I like my book as a two page spread. I cant imagine reading comics or manga on one as youd have to physically turn the screen to see two page spreads.
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Ebooks don't really make sense as a two page spread, you're only ever reading one page at a time. Yeah it works on the occasional comic picture that spreads across both pages, but how many of those are you seeing? Seems like a lot of wasted space that could be used for bigger text/images imho
Anyway, I'm just surprised at the Deck. It's just such an odd thing to use for reading. The screen's neither that big or high res for text, huge bezels, etc.
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