Thread 105747829

It seems like every eReader locks you into an ecosystem or a subscription. It's seemingly not like photos that you can take on a dedicated camera, then upload to a private network drive. I'm having trouble dealing with the fact that no matter which eReader I choose to use, I'm being locked into an ecosystem - and not one that enables more choice or freedom, but instead requiring me to invest more and more into the same company for no benefit.

My ebook ecosystem is LibGen + Calibre

Cobo Libre Color + koreader + either calibre or any webdav storage.

>>105747849
What device do you use that just lets you load and read pdf/epub/etc.?

>jailbreak kindle
>not locked into shit
pretty much stopped using it through because it was terrible for pdfs

>>105747849
>>105747882
I'm not >>105747849 but my reMarkable can take any PDF/ePub I want but the problem is it's locked down hardware that requires a subscription for sync. that's actually why I made this thread, not wanting to pay that subscription to keep my data synced.

>>105747882
I convert ebooks into azw3 in Calibre and don't read PDFs

>>105747829 (OP)
Kindle Paperwhite ad-supported + Calibre + MyAnonaMouse + LibGen

And you just never turn on the internet. The ads go away after a while and there's no benefit to turning on the network function as it deletes the covers of any book that wasn't bought from Amazon and you can only buy books or post reviews on books you bought from Amazon, plus it wastes battery and the web browser sucks.

But I'm happy with it.

>>105747829 (OP)
i have a boox page and I've been liking it a lot. i put niagara launcher on it and load my un-DRM'ed epubs onto a microsd card (through wifi transfer) and read them with koreader. can't really get much comfier than that desu

sounds like most people are advocating for jailbreak and libgen, only thing is that a jailbroken device still isn't one with backup technically (although I guess you could just have a master drive with all the eBook content on it, then load onto the reader at will?)

I have a kobo and after they force you to pick some random free books you can load anything on it and it'll just werk I got a refurbished one that arrived with a broken power button though

Are you all retarded??? Get a Kobo and install KOreader and your good to go

>>105747829 (OP)
Kindle take pirated epub just fine.

>>105747829 (OP)
I have a Kobo and pirate all my books. Before that I had a Kindle and pirated all my books. Before that I had a Palm Pilot and pirated all my books.

>>105747829 (OP)
>seems like every eReader locks you into an ecosystem or a subscription
just buy one that doesn't. I use kobo clara E2 and I can just use calibre to manage everything with a click of a button, And since update format is just a compressed archive that gets extracted over the root (/) there are bunch of mods floating around, some messing with default reader, some installing a different reader.
Just be aware, dont try to soft reset while it's charging because it will actually hard reset. Some fuckhead at rakuten decided that same action should do both but depending on whether you're plugged to wall or not. I am still salty about losing my notes.

>>105747829 (OP)
>It seems like every eReader locks you into an ecosystem or a subscription.
Not even Kindle which is by far the absolutely worse and most locked down eReader out there locks you into anything.
t. owner of 3 different kindles that never saw a single non-pirated book ever

>>105747829 (OP)
I've been putting fanfiction on my old ass kindle for years

>>105747829 (OP)
>>105747882
Kobo lets you sideload EPUBs/PDFs/etc and read them no problem without any bullshit.
You don't need a Kobo account either, you can use sideloaded mode. To do so:
>Mount your Kobo and open .kobo/Kobo/Koboreader.conf in a text editor
>Under [ApplicationPreferences], write on a new line: SideloadedMode=true
It's a better experience if you install KOReader on a Kobo, but it's not necessary.

you can use a kindle and just upload whatever from wherever using their website or app, does conversion on the fly

getting pirated books on it is a non issue

Too bad the Kindle has such a janky browser. E-ink is so cool.

koreader just werks

>>105750374
Neat. I might try it on my old Kindle.

i have a kindle voyage from 2014 that has served me very well, i love having forward and back buttons on both sides but annoyingly they're like haptic feedback buttons and they register double inputs a little too often.
i will also say, i wish i had a bigger screen. can anyone recommend a good 7-8" ereader?

>It seems like every eReader locks you into an ecosystem or a subscription.
Where do people pick up such nonsense? The only devices that lock you down with a subscription are Remarkable and Lenovo Smart Paper, which are both fairly niche. Everything else has the full features available without payments.
If you want to buy from multiple ebook stores, get an Android based e-ink device and install the respective applications.

>>105747849
Fpbp. I haven't yet encountered an ereader that doesn't work with calibre, even the giga-pozzed amazon ones

I just charged my nook simple touch from 15 years ago or something like that and it works fine.
Its rubber coating is all sticky and shit though, used tape to mask all rubber parts, it's pretty ghetto, I love it.

>>105747829 (OP)
>It seems like every eReader locks you into an ecosystem or subscription
How about you stop looking at the ones from amazon and just take one that is not from amazon?

>>105751388
Even for Kindle it's not true, at least not yet.
The issue is that there's a lot of shitty reviewers that focus on "ecosystems" and they also limit themselves to Kindle and Kobo and ignore most of the other options that don't include a shop of their own.