I’m looking for an eReader that doesn’t lock me into a particular ecosystem or format. Ideally I came just copy files over to it and have them work.

Other than that, small physical dimensions and a backlight would be great!

It’s been years since I had one but in the market again and I’m not sure the current state of things. My old one was a Kobo and took files just fine.

  • infectoidEnglish
    4•2 years ago

    Well this thread seems loaded with kobo shills.

    On that note, my kobo is solid and I’d recommend the brand to anyone looking.

    However I think Pocket support will be removed soon. Not really a deal breaker for me.

    • DuskEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      Nods in kobo.

    • Random DentEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      Haha I was coming in to say Kobo too. But yeah, Calbre + DeDRM + Kobo lets you pretty much drop any eBook you like in there and you’re good to go I think.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•2 years ago

      What made you choose Kobo over a kindle? I’m interested in switching to Kobo myself because I think I can view DRM free books on it and the smaller size seems nice.

      • DuskEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        I think it was price originally for me since there were sales.

        I wasn’t too sure about how moving ebooks to the kindle would work and had mostly seen information surrounding kobo for it so I just tried it.

        Reason I went with the smaller model first.

        Edit* I think you can convert to .azw and just import to the kindle but I’m not entirely sure.