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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

My Kindle won't boot anymore and keeps getting stuck in boot screen, so I thought this might be a good time to get away from Amazon, even though that device was great.

So, what non-kindle readers would you recommend?

It should have color and background light and it shouldn't be huge so I can keep it in the back pocket.

And, since I don't have any experience outside the Amazon ecosystem: how is the experience of buying and transferring books to non Kindle readers?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Kobo is the way. Open system. Not locked like kindle. You can "jailbreak" it in 5 seconds. Linux based. They send you firmware updates even when it's "jailbroken". You can bring your own books and they won't fuck with your book covers like kindle does (I would use calibre to convert your books to kepub to get all the features on a book). No ads on the lock screen. I love my kobo Sage. I'm waiting for them to release a 10" one with high PPI so I can buy it. In all honesty, even the android ones are better than kindle. Basically, almost all non-kindles are good, except for a few random Chinese brands that have their own weird OS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I read some tests about Kobo. Nice to know people are satisfied. Definitely will look at it again.