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[-] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Amazon kindle. It didnt let me plug it into my computer and upload books to use it without internet access. Everything needed sending through amazon. I should have expected this but it was so locked down and filled with ads to the point it was unusable. I attempted to jailbreak it and it bricked so i threw it away and went back to using calibre on my computer. I would really like an offline open source ebook reader.

[-] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I found a paper weight at Goodwill about 2 years ago, and haven't seen one ad, and I have an email address for it that I can mail any file format. I have not had any issues.. maybe because I was a late adopter?

I'm a huge book reader, and I love it,

[-] constantokra@lemmy.one 2 points 2 months ago

Nah, I had the kindle keyboard and it was great. Still is, if I don't want to read with a backlight. My first one stopped working after at least a decade, and a couple months later I came across one in a thrift store for like 10 bucks and it still works great.

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