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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] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Im running a Kobo Libra Colour before that an old model Kindle that crapped itself.

Lots to like

Things I don't like

  • No charging LED so you know when it's fully charged
  • My books are sidleloaded from Calibre and 70% of the time when i go to start reading a book that I'm part way through, it opens on a different page , often 20-40 pages away, so much confusion. Not sure if it also does this to books sourced from the Kobo bookstore, or its a Calibre thing
  • Used to piss me off the power button being on the back, flip the cover over to read, it covers the power button. Put the Libra down, come back to it, the kobo cover covered the power switch, DOH! . They have since allowed a work around in the firmware where you can press the page turn button to restart reading, so it's no longer really an issue.