Mastodawn

Waker Jul 20, 2023

Which kindle(?) to buy for downloaded books

Which kindle(?) to buy for downloaded books - Lemmy Português

Hi! I want to get more into reading but books can be expensive and bulky. I thought I’d buy a Kindle (or similar) since those screens are pleasant to read on, but I don’t know if there’s anything specific I should be looking for piracy wise. Apparently amazon has added support for epubs so I’m hoping it’ll make it easier to load with my own downloaded books? Also, the version names/models of kindles are crap.

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nivenkos Jul 20, 2023

Any of them I think.

One of my friends had the newer one and Calibre still worked fine.

I’ve had the 2 earlier models (original and paperwhite) and both worked fine.

Just make sure to download epub or mobi files as they’ll have decent formatting compared to PDF, txt, etc.

With the epub support on the new model you can even email epubs to it IIRC, but I never tried it, Calibre is the best.

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crohnenberg

I convert my files to az3w as it displays the book cover on the lock screen. Not a big deal if you don’t pay for the ad free device or you don’t care, but I don’t think EPUB or mobi have that capability