Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market?

MiyamotoKnows@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• _spiffy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I love my Kobo Clara. I’ve read more in the past few years of ownership than I did the 10 years before. Plus I have a calibre-web server that it syncs with so I don’t have to manually move things over.

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  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I switched to Kavita. More modern and supports OPDS, so it connects to readers just like Caliber does. It was originally designed for comics, which is why it probably looks so good.

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    • generallynonsensical@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m currently running Komga and Komf (metadata) docker containers with the Komelia app on my devices.

      I have used kavita in the past but found Komga more robust with its processing/organizing of my comic collection. Komga doesn’t do all that well with epub/PDF.

      Have there been recent changes to Kavita to make it more eBook friendly? It was a while back when I tried. I’m open to switching servers. It’d be nice to have everything written processed in one place.

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      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        How long ago? I ran both side by side and felt the same way at first, but eventually dropped Komga.

        I personally dont like rhe folder structure required for Kavita comics, so I have Mylar sort them and then create a symlink structure Kavita uses. Kavita handles Epub great, with the same structure as Calibre.

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  • Albbi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Calibre web server sounds amazing!

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    • generallynonsensical@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Calibre-web-automated

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• N0t_5ure@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have a Kobo Clara I’m super happy with. Way better than the buggy Kindle I had.

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• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Thanks.

  I had a feeling it would be the Kobo, I was a little taken aback by the price but I’ll likely take your advice and get one of these, when the time is right.

  I also added the book to my reading list, an LLM said it’s like a modern retelling of Cane and Abel, which sounds interesting. It also said it’s the authors magnum opus, so really had to add it.

  To be honest I wanted to get back into reading to read about the history of the Middle East, but with adhd reading is tough and the only time i remember being gripped was with The Millenium Trilogy by Steig Larsson so might find more thrillers to read to get back into it before hitting the hard history stuff.

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  • natecox@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    FWIW I have the color and the non-color libra, and if you’re just interested in reading books where color isn’t a huge part of the experience I highly recommend the non-color version. The contrast ratio and legibility are simply far better.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thanks this helps as I have no interest in colour as I never got into comics or anything so it’s a no brainier.

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah, I read a lot of comics, so the Kobo Libra Color has been amazing. But there’s no doubting that the color screen compromises on clarity and contrast.

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  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    FWIW, the price is largely due to patent issues; The company that owns the patent to produce e-ink screens has started exorbitantly jacking up prices for device makers. Ironically, e-ink used to be much cheaper, before that e-ink company started messing with the supply.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Interstate good to know. Thanks dude.

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  • barryamelton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If you are in Germany, the Thalia Tolinos are rebranded Kobos.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I am not in Germany. I just joined this instance not knowing any better but never had an issue even when I see subs in German that I don’t understand.

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• apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Seconded.

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