does anybody on /g/ still use a dedicated e-reader, or are we all using shitty tablets now?
(or god forbid, actual paper books)
I use iBooks on my iPhone.
>>53926281
I still use a kindle keyboard. E-ink is lovely for reading outdoors. Unfortunately amazon's DRM prevents me from buying too many books, and converting from epub is annoying. PDFs look like shit also.
I may get a kobo reader at some point and give this thing to a friend or family member.
>>53926281
I read on my phone. Note series so the screen is sufficiently big, amoled display so it's bright enough to see comfortably outdoors.
>>53926281
Kindle PW2
>>53926370
Try using Calibre with the drm removal plug in. Works well for me.
>>53926420
I do. I just don't like having to do it every time i get new books. I know i'm a whiny-ass bitch but i just want to read with minimal bullshit.
welp
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/4/11362412/amazon-kindle-8th-generation-announcement-next-week
>>53926435
It literally does it in the background. That being said I kinda want a Kobo too if they still have removable internal micro SD cards and Android support.
>>53926281
If I wanted to get one now, What should I get? (Kindle?, Kobo?..)
>Not using an actual book
Enjoy your inferior information retention, pleb.
>>53926480
>Android support
ie runs android? Why would you want that? Seems like doing shit on an e-reader would be pretty tedious.
>>53926481
Get the waterproof kobo and make a thread testing it in a pool
I actually have a dedicated phablet for reading/browsing the web at home. It's a zte warp elite and I picked it up for $80 when it was on sale. Battery life is ridiculous, I only charge the thing every 2-3 days but to be fair it's on wifi (airplane mode on) 24/7.
>>53926533
There was a version for the Tolino Shine that was ported to a series of Kobos, supposedly wasn't too bad. I just want a terminal over USB.
Still using the Kindle Keyboard 3G. If you're fine screwing with calibre then you're golden. If you want God tier TTS though, put the British voices on there. The Americans sound cancerous.
It's cool to not have to pay for books
so edgy, OP
>>53926481
kindle paperwhite and get the rockbox-equivalent (forgot the name) on it.
Otherwise just get a Kobo Glo (HD or not) or something, H2O is too expensive for an ereader from a company with really shitty customer support. It's just for reading text, no need for something fancy. If you want PDFs, stick to tablets because ereaders are snails in comparison.
I have the Kobo HD myself and it's great for commuting to work.
>>53926281
>The god delusion
>fedora: the book
>>53926642
and to be able to find rare books
>>53926281
I have a nook, but yes I have switched over to a '''''''shitty'''''' tablet
>>53926281
I'm still using my first generation Kindle & Nook.
>>53926281
But anon, I already have a phone.
>>53927089
Doesn't the glare hurt like fuck when reading at night?
>>53927089
This
>>53927197
Brightness and color controls exist anon
>>53926281
I use an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. The new revision. It is okay after the recent firmware update. For awhile it was pretty shit. The front lighting is still trash though.
I was gonna buy a Kobo H2O, but I wanted store access (using Kindle to help learn a language) and my phone and tablet are already waterproof, so it was kinfa redundant.
My PRS-T2 was way better.
>>53926370
Amazon's DRM can be stripped.
I do it every few months or so with everything I buy.
>>53927197
Most decent e-readers have a built in screen dimmer like f.lux
>>53927197
White on black + night light mode. Feels good man
>>53927229
>>53927089
What application is this?
>>53927289
Google play books
>>53927289
One is Moon Reader, the other appears to be Google Play Books
>>53927269
When reading in fully dark it still hurts :/. Maybe your eyes are already bad so you dont notice it?
>>53927321
You experience pain when you look at normal shit and you think the problem is with other people?
Your eyes are shit. Not his.
I have a Nook simple touch from 2012 I think. Battery is incredible, eink is great, and so was torrenting 25gb of books.
>>53927321
You can't look at a screen without your eyes hurting? Are you a mole person?
I have 20/20 uncorrected vision, anon.
>>53927089
I recently started reading on my phone, and it's surprisingly nice. Somehow I prefer it to reading on a laptop or desktop monitor.
>>53926281
I'd kind of like to get my hands on one for storing manuals and other documentation, e-ink is neat as fuck.
I had a Kindle but I recently broke it while traveling
Back to paper books until I get a new one because there's no way I'm going to read an entire book using a phone or tablet
Im using your mom
>>53927465
Pixel density, anon. This screen has over 500ppi. Makes for very smooth,crisp lettering.
>>53926281
using a shitty tablet personally
got a Kobo vox for $40 and it's good enough
>>53927298
It's now safe to turn off your computer.
>>53927345
>mole person
well i am a rated m person
I use a kindle paperwhite
One of the best purchases I ever did.
>>53926281
Still reading on the 3rd gen kindle, the basic one. E-ink is nice, reading on phone/tablet is awful
Kobo Glo HD master race
accept no substitutes
only problem is WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE GAMES WHY DID THEY REMOVE THEM REEEE
Use my old kindle 4. Pirate books. It's pretty dandy.
I like e ink but im poor so im burning my eyes with my phone
>>53929151
a nook simple touch is $30 dumbass
How good are these things at displaying graphic novels?
>>53926281
kindle + external light or printed books here
I actively avoided e-readers with illumination to avoit blasting lights in my face at night, even if technically it's not backlit and shouldn't burn your retinas aniway.
nexus 7 2013 or paper
>>53926481
Whos the girl?
>>53929372
So buy one for me faggot
>>53926498
>>Not using an actual book
>Enjoy your inferior information retention, pleb.
I can see that. Using the same device for communication, casual interneting, entertainment, etc, you may be more susceptible to only temporarily chewing on the information just as you do that dank maymay your friend sent you.
I used to have bad insomnia and one of the most common pieces of advice I got was to only use my bed for sleeping and sex. That way your mind subconsciously associates that situation the way you want it to.
Interdasting.
>>53926281
>(or god forbid, actual paper books)
But they're so comfy senpai
e-ink 4lyfe. fuck lcd eye cancer.
I pirate my books and print the good ones at a local print shop
Costs $0.025 per page printed on both sides.
>>53926281
I fucking love my Kobo Aura. Best tech I've bought in a long time.
>>53926420
My man
>>53926281
Either my galaxy S7 (FB reader), or actual paper books.
>>53929680
what?
post pics I'm curious
>>53929403
https://medium.com/@downtohoerth/i-love-vr-but-hundreds-of-thousands-of-people-think-i-hate-it-5a3e803ea3e0#.h0b3fpz3d
>>53929778
I have the kindle paperwhite but I couldn't found epub/azw format for that book and pdfs are rendered horribly so I went ahead and printed it.
Costed me about $12 to print and cover. It retails for $40 on amazon
obviously I can not sell after I'm done with it but it's grammar book and it handy to keep around anyway
About to pull the trigger on a kobo mini for £25 is it worth it /g/?
No expandable storage and only 2GB space...
I need an ereader though...
>>53930680
2GB is a huge amount of space, if your books aren't pdf.
Go for it.
>>53929391
The front lighting doesn't really blast your eyes at night.
It is, however, an uneven, blotchy mess that is considerably worse to read on than a properly lit page.
I try to get all books I want to read as paper books. Manuals/textbooks/shit like that preferably as PDF so I can find shit faster.
>>53926281
Why won't they make any a4 sized readers with at least 1080p resolution. All the ones on the market are vga resolution 6'' shit wich are pretty much useless for pdf documents or scanned pages
I prefer paper books, but they are pretty expensive. Tend to buy those I actually end up reading from frequently on the tablet.
>>53926281
Should I get an e-reader?
I have a tablet that I use it, mostly medical books.
I was thinking of getting something small and to keep it in my pocket whenever I want to go over a subject.
>>53926370
This
I got my mother one of these when they first came out, and she still uses it to this day.
>>53926455
Cool, maybe they'll drop the price of the Paperwhite and I'll consider buying it
>>53926281
I have all 3.
When it comes to the most dense books I learn shit from especially math I need the damn book.
Home come e-readers have such gargantuan bezels?
>>53931514
Not true. I study math from pdfs and kindles. You just have to get used to it.
Use it on my phone with blue filter. Small screen but it is ok. Rather read an actual book though but free portablr library >
is there a way to turn pdfs to azw or whatever ereaders use? thats the only thing keeping me from an ereader, all my books are in pdf format.
>>53926370
My old kindle keyboard do doesn't have a backlight. Did they add that now?
>>53931668
Only the shittiest tier one that I own doesn't have it.
So, is there any cheap ones that deal well with PDF's or shit like that?
I want one for reading a lot of older books that are free online, but if bought in book form would cost upwards to 100 bucks.
I don't give a flying fuck about a market, 3G/wifi or anything like that. I just want to read things on a screen that doesn't make my eyes bleed.
I use an e-reader. Life would be very hard without it. One of my favorite purchases. Well, gifts.
e-readers are only a meme if you don't actually like reading. Shit changed my life and I can only laugh at the detractors.
>>53931700
I started reading books only after I got an ereader.
I love it. Although I got the cheapest one, it is one of the most useful technologies I bought.
>>53931700
>>53931712
My big scare would be not finding the time to actually read through stuff. If you have like a million books at your disposal to read whenever you want, for free, I would feel like reading new things all the time, instead of sticking with something and reading it, especially since I'm a fairly slow reader.
I don't buy that many books since I'm a poorfag, so right now it's like being a kid and picking up a video game you would play hours on end because you had nothing else.
>tfw no backlight on your e-reader.
Worthless, went back to a tablet, could just get one with a backlight but I already had the tablet.
>>53931757
This has never been a problem for me. I can't relate to this at all.
>>53931712
As long as you have a backlight on there, you're not really missing out on much. The more expensive models are simply bigger and that's kind of it. Sure, the resolution is higher, but come the fuck on, it's good enough on pretty much anything. I have a Kobo Glo HD with it's stupid high 300 PPI. I wanna say that's nice, but it's not like I'd notice a truly relevant difference if it were half of that.
If there's one thing I dislike, it's the lack of ability to see which page I'm exactly on. With epubs, I get a "page" I'm on, but that page is not defined as a single screen but something arbitrary defined on god knows what. I have this OCD about accidentally skipping pages so I always go back and forth when flipping to "make sure".
>>53931834
>This has never been a problem for me. I can't relate to this at all.
I suppose I'm just overthinking things.
Anyone have experience with a Kobo N647?
It's the cheapest e-reader I've found, at around 35 bucks.
>>53926642
>It's cool to not have to pay for books
Sadly the books I look for I never find it.
>>53931757
If you buy the books, it's not a problem.
>>53927197
Screen filter app.
At 23% brightness, reading is very comfy.
>>53931868
fuck kobo
cheap pieces of shit
>>53931757
Don't worry about that. If you get a stack of books to read you will eventually work your way through them. Even if the stack is massive.
>>53926455
I got a voyage last year, I wonder what will they announce now, pixel density is already pretty good and the front light is good too. Probably water-resistance which is nice for reading in the tub I guess.
>>53926281
Kindle PW3
if only it was a little bit larger...
>>53930170
>Er tut ja immer noch essen
>Tust du mich auch verstehen?
>Ich täte gern ins Kino gehen
Just fyi, nobody in Germany would speak like that
>>53926314
You use a deprecated notebook on your phone?
>>53926281
been considering getting one, what's the current best e-reader with a backlight, i only ready inside.
>>53930170
Should have bought a book on arabic
Old school, original $250 B&N nook coming through from 2009.
Decided to pick up the paper write for 50 used on ebay, a few months ago, hasn't failed me but sucks I can't use amazon rewards/gift cards on there, and most books are 3 bucks used physically shipped compared to 12 in eBook.
>>53932540
shit but hopefully it's grammatically correct at least?
>>53932623
why?
What is a good e-reader to read Manga?
>>53932882
e-kys my man
I have a paperwhite, but I prefer my phone. I usually just use my paperwhite if I'm reading in the sun.
>>53932704
yes, it just sounds a bit weird
the rest is fine though
Got a refurbished kobo glo for 50 euro. As new. Happy with it.
Hey guys, i have and old kindle i think 4th or 5th generation, but it sucks with pdfs, everything is small, the zoom makes it worse, the font dimension isn't available or something.
PDF are pretty important for me because i have a lot of them that i can't find in epub or similar format.
Is kobo good with pdf? Or should i buy a tablet and get over with it?
>god forbid, actual paper books
I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of me having a simple, easy to use method of moving back and forth and rapidly looking through a book. Your little eshitbooks might be good for baby stories, but when you grow up and start needing tech manuals and books with real substance, your little toys are woefully inadequate.
>>53932882
You can browse websites and load pdfs on kindle
>>53928944
kek
>>53930928
not on the Kobo :^)
