On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued “Download and Transfer via USB” feature to archive your Kindle library.

  • @[email protected]English
    7•5 days ago

    Hi. Thank you for the info.

    I am looking for a new e-reader. Is there any reason why I should buy a Kindle and jailbreak it rather than get a PineNote, SuperNote, Nook device, Boox device, or a Kobo Libra?

    Or would you recommend something else?

    • @[email protected]English
      3•5 days ago

      I was looking at the PineNote myself, but they stopped selling the developer version due to low demand. I’m afraid that it won’t be back until those who do own it finish writing the software for it.

      • @SilentRampage34English
        2•5 days ago

        According to their site and a couple others, they have recently started selling again and with what looks to be some variant of Debian on it.

          • @SilentRampage34English
            2•4 days ago

            Ahh, the regular store has it listed in stock, not the EU. Don’t know if they stock it anywhere else unless someone is reselling.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•5 days ago

      I have a Boox Palma 2 - their cellphone-sized thing that doesn’t have a cellular radio. I love it. They’re more expensive than kindles, though, since they’re not subsidizing their cost with ebook sales. I haven’t actually tried jailbreaking a kindle so I can’t say how good an experience that would be, but you could probably pick up a kindle of some description on the used market for dirt cheap to try it out.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•5 days ago

        The Palma was one of my top choices but I was thinking it might be a little small for me. It is one of the better looking devices.

        I didn’t even think getting a used Kindle. New Kindle prices seem a little high for getting a locked system, so a used one is probably the most cost effective method.

        Thanks for the suggestion.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•5 days ago

        And I have a bigger reader, since most of my library are pdf/djvu scans and they’d look unreadable on a screen any smaller.