So what's the best, most open, e-reader to get?
I'm being pushed out of one increasingly locked-down corporate ebook racket and I don't want to sign up to another one.
So:
- Who's making the best e-readers that'll allow me to buy ebooks from different providers?
- Who's selling eBooks that aren't locked down to a single brand of device?
(I'm in the UK)
@TeaKayB Boox readers run android, so you can install as many ereader apps as you want.
Kobo makes sideloading non-Kobo books easy, and it integrates natively with library Overdrive services. You can even install KOReader alongside the native software and connect to Calibre, for example.
I love my Kobo, but Boox may be the easiest if you want to run a bunch of different store apps on the same device without fiddling.
For my pocketbook, Boox is crazy expensive (colored by my desire for a 13" e-ink device for reading music) but even outside of that, only a couple models are below $200US.
I found a like new Kobo Aura HD which has served me very well for $60. It's just old enough to avoid "features" I don;t want, and just new enough to be useable.
Kobo does have weird corporate roots in Rakuten, but the hardware are good.
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
My source for e-reader info. Quite a lot of info in the forums, in addition to the wiki, and LOTS of user submitted PD e-books, which may be better that commercially available editions.
Also the place to go for info re: modding devices with other firmware/OS, if you're into that kind of thing.
Tommaths (he/him)
Cherizilla
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