E-reader general
>Price
>year
>display
>supported format
>specs
What does /g/ use?
What about kindle? bitch
>>46682338
>45$
>2013
>800x600,, 7", pearl eink
>close to everything, something doesn't work - I look for an app on google
>dunno, 1 ghz I think, somethingsomething ram, it just works mate.
>>46682897
name?
Kobo Aura HD
>about 160€
>2014
>1080x1440
>epub, cbz/cbr, pdf, blablabla
>not sure. SD slot though, put a 32gb card in it
>>46682432
Kindle a shit
>>46683148
wtf are you reading m8? fucking insane japanese bastards
>>46682338
>Price
New around $90 when new. Personally bought used for equivalent of $20.
>Year
Introduced in April 2012. Bought around December 2013.
>Display
6 in (152 mm), 600 x 800 pixel, 167 PPI, E Ink.
Infrared touchscreen (works with anything)
LED light from upper side through dispersive layer.
>Supported format
Unrooted: epub & PDF
Rooted: PDF, epub, mobi, fb2, txt, doc, docx, xml, rtf, djvu, html, chm, tcr, pdb, jpg, bmp, png and more.
>Specs:
CPU: 800 MHz TI OMAP 3621
RAM : 256 MB
Storage: 2 GB internal, microSD expands up to 32 GB
WIFI b/g/n
- Four configurable physical buttons + two not so much configurable.
- Runs Android 2.1 with quite many apps when rooted.
>>46682998
That is Nook Simple Touch (no light version)
>>46683202
Gyo by Junji Ito.
>>46683148
>Kindle a shit
why?
lol nobody read fucking novels?
any ereader that supports fucking colors?
>>46683369
Try a tablet.
>>46683392
pls no. I just need to see colors on fucking pictures
>>46683407
use a tablet to read your Donald Duck magazines, this is black'n'white country
>tfw I want one of these but I never read
>>46683349
that image always makes me lol.
>>46683469
a lot of essay have images
also I use to read grphic design magazine, I don't wanna waste money in tablet with 1000 of shit on like games and craps. I need something for reading.
Also I read a few marvel a french comics, so.
>>46683148
How did you get cbz files loading off the sd card? Mine's refusing to add them to library.
Still, it is by far the best ereader on the market ( disregarding the dire state of its book store).
Get some KCC'd sadpanda torrents on there. But use png output because it doesn't dither the palette properly for jpegs
>>46683469
>your Donald Duck magazines
keked
>$70
>2013
>6-inch, 758×1024
>only read epub/mobi, PDF experience is shit
>>46683515
Get an ipad or another >8.9" tablet. Colour e-ink displays haven't really happened yet
>>46683349
Nah. Novels and textbooks are 98% of my lectures. Just showed comics, because with PDFs they are one of the most difficult for the ereaders to properly display. Pic related for you with an old, a bit cracked Nook Classic as a bonus.
>>46683369
They exist but are extremely rare, expensive and colors they display are like a shirt washed 2000 times in a shitty detergent. For color things stick to the tablets.
>>46683576
I fucking hate tablets. I'll buy paper magazines, can't waste money in that way. (I'm also poor lol)
>>46683537
I do all my adding with drag'n'drop, haven't had anything not load yet.
Don't delete directly from the folder though
>>46682338
None, I pirate everything and have them made into ~5euro booklets. Comfy as fuck to read and I just give them away when I'm done.
>>46683716
Like ereaders were not suitable for piracy.... ;)
Man, I've bought it specifically for that purpose. Never paid for a single ebook. :->
>>46683749
>Never paid for a single ebook.
;^)
>>46683716
How do you make 5€ booklets?
>>46683819
You go to a print shop and ask them to print it in booklet format and put in on spiral. A 250~ page book is around that price to make. Not to mention they print you a cover too.
>>46683843
sounds really nice, never asked them about it, thank you.
>>46683794
>>46683749
[lenny face] kill each other
>>46683858
Better go to one that is used to have students copy whole textbooks, otherwise depending on where you live you might get some'' but dats illegal I cant do that sir'' bullshit. Never happened to me though.
>>46683864
Oh, I'm not in the mood today, darling.
>>46683716
you avoid the upfront cost of the ereader, but 5€ pr. 250 pages quickly adds up.
I personally got mine to pirate and enjoy books as easily and hassle-free as with movies/series or games.
The idea is good for school books though, most of the pdfs of books I use to study look fucking atrocious on this reader
>>46682897
>7"
pretty sure the nook is 6"
anyway I use a kindle 4 but I'd like a Kobo Aura HD for my mangu, except fuck spending 160€ for an e-reader
pic related, except not mine
>>46683920
yup he probably spend more money but still cheaper than buy actual books and paper still nicer comfy etc than ebooks
I've got an Aura HD but the touchscreen is shit. Some times it locks up and doesn't recognize any touch until you put it to sleep and wake it up again (then it may or may not recognize all your touches at once) or just jumps two pages at once instead of one.
I wish this thing had fucking buttons.
>>46683976
I just got one second hand for £90 (RRP £129.99) and have had no issues thus far. I've been marathoning Kodomo no Jikan on there via a torrent from nyaa which I fed through Kindle Comic Converter which has a preset for for the Kobo Aura HD. It looks absolutely tremendous, though for that particular ereader I'd recommend PNG output as it is incapable of dithering a JPEG for some reason. It is truly comparable to reading print text (especially when you turn the light off) and has a larger screen than most other ereaders.
Got an Aura HD too bit expensive so I just pirate all the books I read.
The screen is pretty good and works well for my chinese comics, SD card slot is really sweet too.
The case can't handle fingerprints and I wish it had some buttons to flip pages but other than that I'm really happy with it.
Need to get some protective case still.
>>46684086
>pirate all the books
This. It is the only real option given the absolute shit the encompasses the entire store. Its either womens shit, military/spy shit or melodramatic/stupidly inaccurate legal shit.
>>46683976
Oh yeah, sorry. I misscliked, it is 6" indeed.
*back to reading Neomancer*
Kindle keyboard 3rd gen
>Bought second hand for £15
>Introduced in 2010
>Display
6 inch, 600x800 resolution, E ink
Regular screen, physical controls
>supported formats
Azw, Mobi
Doc, Docx, PDF, txt
>Specs
Storage: 4gb internal, no capacity for upgrading
Wifi enabled
RAM: 256mb
I use it quite frequently, both for books and for university work, preloading notes on to it and bringing them with me is much more hassle free than printing the things
>>46684205
>Neomancer
Neuromancer
>>46684265
Yes! Indeed it is! *throws him a cookie for the good job he does*
>>46684277
kill yourself
Kobo aura, I paid a fucking lot for it because it was kind of hard getting it to my country only using cash.
Any alternative to the built in cbz reader?
>>46684334
Koreader, check the Mobiread forum for instructions.
>>46684221
same as this anon, bought in september 2011 for €150
pirated lots of books which motivated me to read a lot, best money i've ever spent
>>46684362
Love you man :')
>>46683576
Nook HD+ (fuck why did they not update it to JB I don't know)
It looks great on color things, only problem is that when you turn off the backlight it works just like a regular ereader.
>>46684406
>only problem is that when you turn off the backlight it works just like a regular ereader.
Can you explain? It seems impossible, since it has and LCD and not an e-paper screen.
>>46684434
It is what it is, if you really put the backlight to the lowest setting, it would seem that it doesn't have any light coming from it.
You can still read it okay if you have a good light source though.
>>46684086
>expensive
Tell me about it, had to pay ~240 dollars for the aura, I don't regret it at all.
>>46682897
is that bitch sensei?
>>46684492
Sure it is. Pic is from a few months ago as you can see so this may be some old chapter.
Mango sure is great.
>>46684434
Have you never been in possession of a game boy?
>>46683537
>KCC'd sadpanda torrents
There was an anon who made a script with node.js to view sadpanda from e-books, any idea what happened?
Kindle Paperwhite 1st Ed right now. Before that, a BQ Avant. Pretty good both them. 1st time I see Kindle, I love it.
>>46684540
wow, that sounds amazing? I used to get my h-manga off nyaa until a year or so ago so I've never really come across it in the threads on /a/
I have a tablet since I read a lot of PDFs.
But I buy books by pound which is about 1$.
Does it worth getting an E-reader if I have a tablet?
>>46684537
Nope. Played on monochrome one though. But I cannot remember a colour LCD display, that without backlight is readable effortlessly.
Yeah, I have even used a laptop with broken CCFL lamp in the screen, but it was a pain in the ass.
>>46684454
Can you post a photo of that Nook in no backlight state?
the Nook Simple looks sweet.
should i go for it?
or do i have better options?
>(i am a poorfag)
>>46684591
do you care about your eyesight?
>>46684492
Yeah, that's the chapter that she wanted to give something to Cool-sensei
>>46684602
This is probably the cheapest option giving you so many possibilities.
>>46684591
E ink screens are sexy as fuck and have way better battery life
You can get a kindle second hand for the price of a bottle of vodka
>>46684605
Myth. You lose eyesight no matter what the screen is.
People reading books in the 17th century would be myopic. It's all about looking at a thing right next to you all day for years on end.
Advantages of e-ink are:
Much higher battery life
Readable in any light condition that real paper is readable in with one caveat- some have backlights so that range is extended even into darkness.
Kindle DX represent here, if there was a superior model to it, I'd upgrade, but it seems like nobody on the market is interested in making the next 10" e-reader.
>>46684598
I will. Give me 30 mins though since another problem of that is that it takes too damn long to charge. I just got my peripherals and will upload pic once it's turned on.
>>46684640
>not including the capacity to read manga that would never get a western release in print quality.
>>46684640
>mfw myopia has nothing to do with screens
>>46684073
>Kindle Comic Converter
what's linux equivalent or does it run in WINE?
>>46684681
Feature #1 right here
>>46684640
>>People reading books in the 17th century would be myopic
they used to read by candles tho.
>>46684657
Onyx Boox M96 has 9.7 inches. Not enough?
And there is a Sony 13" but its sales are limited as fuck to selected clients.
>>46684675
No problem, mate. I am going out, be back in about 90mins anyway ;)
>>46684703
I was able to run it natively.
>>46684703
It's developed in python so runs on anything with an interpreter/other dependencies.
http://kcc.iosphe.re/
>>46684714
Cool. It should be good to open by then. Will stay in this thread just for you. disclaimer though: I have a 5s and I'm not really sure about camera quality.
>>46684714
It doesn't have a better screen than the DX, though.
Hey /g/, where do you weebs get your manga at?
>>46684781
>>>/google/
>>46684781
>munga
Hey /g/, where do you weebs get your books at?
>>46684781
>Hey /g/, where do you weebs get your manga at?
/a/
>>46684745
True, but Android 4.0 gives it a huge advantage in reading about any file format possible.
>>46684781
Japan
>>46684681
That's not so much an advantage so much a feature.
We're talking vs tablets here. You can read mango on tablets.
>>46684807
Not worth 310€ to me.
>>46684629
>price of a bottle of vodka
I don't drink.
>>46684640
>Readable in any light condition that real paper is readable in with one caveat- some have backlights so that range is extended even into darkness.
Then it's not useful if I do a lot of comfy bedtime reading.
>>46684681
Isn't that what is 7" tablets for?
>>46684719
>python
How do I know if I have the requirements, and how do I download what's missing?
>>46684781
Probably I'll be the only helpful answer, Dom dom manga downloader. Thank me later pleb.
>>46684855
Google "kindle comic converter <distro>"
>>46684864
This is a botnet, isn't it?
>>46684855
>Then it's not useful if I do a lot of comfy bedtime reading.
I do a LOT of comfy bedtime reading with my kobo glo. It's great. You should have a bedside lamp on, since reading from a glowing screen isn't very comfortable. I could turn it off, but the lamp is too dark to read from it with the backlight off, but it's bright enough just to provide some comfy atmospheric lighting.
Also so I can see where to put my glasses.
Guys I think this is the most peaceful/helpful thread in /g/
>>46684855
>tablets
>print quality
Yeah right. There is more to quality than mere pixel density. E-ink is far more comparable to the printed page than a glowing lcd.
>>46684885
I'd just check nyaa.eu first man. Plenty of weeb shit there.
>>46684890
What else could one expect? comfy devices make for comfy threads.
>>46684885
Dunno, it rips Manga from online Manga in a decent quality tho, if anything just search nyaa
Anyone know a good e reader with android or can be hacked to have android?
Preferably 7 inch or less with optional backlight
>>46684926
Onyx T68, native Android, uses the same screen as Aura HD
>>46684781
Non-H:
>look for batches on nyaa
>look for releases on bato.to and click the link to translator's site then scour their site for downloads
H-manga
>exhentai torrents
>sukeibei
Kindle Paperwhite 2
It's fucking glorious
>>46684926
Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, Kobo Aura HD.
Both can be hacked to have Android, Nook's is more mature.
>>46684967
>click the link to translator's site
Use batoto crawler
fucking mungus.
I read comics too (mangas are just fucking comics, try to translate it) but please, you guys should read real book sometimes.
Weeacunt
>>46684977
that's what they all say until they try a kobo aura HD/h2o
That being said, if you despise piracy/hate manga then an amazon device is best for you (glorious kindle store)
>>46685000
Most scanslation teams have a mega.co.nz or mediafire folder. Once you find than on their site it's a lot faster and more convenient
What are you reading now /g/?
>>46684886
>glasses
How many here wear them?
>>46684926
You could also buy a Kobo Aura HD or Glo and flash it with an Android 2.3 build since the boards are similar enough to the Tolino Shine for its partition dump to be bootable.
How laggy is the Kindle Paperwhite? My Kobo Aura is pretty responsive but the web browser constantly flashes its screen while scrolling and tapping and it takes about five seconds to open a book from the home screen.
>>46685048
Manga
>Kodomo no Jikan
>DDD's DDDD
>Onepunch-man
>Bambino Secondo
>Watamote
>I am a hero
Literature (as an ebook)
>When Google Met WikiLeaks
>Free Software,Free Societs: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
>Pale Fire
Academic Literature (Physical)
>Lisp, Lore and Logic
>Elementary Real and Complex Analysis
>>46685048
>manga
Beelzebub
>novels
night sins
>academic
Davidson's principle of medicine.
>Glasses
Only when reading, I'm 25
>>46685048
Manga
>Nozoki no ana
>Taiyou no ie
>Hiyokoi
>Claymore
Ebooks
>The Demon-Haunted World by C. Sagan
>Rayuela by Cortázar
Textbooks
>Mechanics of materials
>Dynamics
>>46685325
Also wear glasses, always, can't see shit without them.
Those who read manga with their e-readers- how do you deal with two page spreads?
>>46685403
Approach No.1: Split into 2
Approach No.2: Rotate (Requires larger, higher resolution display)
>>46685403
Fit to width, there's usually no text on the ones I've read, and when it is I just zoom :/
yeah it's called a smartphone lel
I've downloaded and read entire textbooks on a 5inch screen
>>46685474
Any imagemagick inputs to
1. Detect dual page spreads
2. split them automatically
?
I could go write a script myself but I'd like to know if one already exists.
I'm forming how to do it in my head already; split them based on image ratio. Find the width of the first image (or a sample image in the folder) to use that as a reference, and then use that width to split in half any image that is roughly double that width.
Naming them is pretty trivial.
>>46684073
Try reporting that on KCC github page - maybe somebody will fit it.
>>46685403
zoom and slide around, rudimentary and not pleasant on an eink display but what I read rarely have those two page pages
