sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 5 months agoKobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150www.pocket-lint.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkKobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150www.pocket-lint.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 5 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareViper_NZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIt happily uses epub and not proprietary formats. The only downside to my Kobo is Amazon’s walled garden exclusive books being unavailable.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoHonestly I never felt the need to modify my Kobo Aura, it just works, I load books by connecting it to my laptop, and that’s it.
minus-squarenick@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI finally figured out calibre and dedrm. Spent a weekend downloading each Amazon ebook purchase, one by one, and stripping out the drm. Now I have 500 sone epubs in my library that I can use some books or a kobo to read.
It happily uses epub and not proprietary formats.
The only downside to my Kobo is Amazon’s walled garden exclusive books being unavailable.
Honestly I never felt the need to modify my Kobo Aura, it just works, I load books by connecting it to my laptop, and that’s it.
I finally figured out calibre and dedrm. Spent a weekend downloading each Amazon ebook purchase, one by one, and stripping out the drm. Now I have 500 sone epubs in my library that I can use some books or a kobo to read.