Reading Tablets?
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
There are cheaper options, but I love my phone sized Boox Palma 2. It runs android on a midrange spec chip, so you can do pretty much whatever you want with it, including Libby and old libraries that might be locked to an app.
If you want to go smaller and the other direction on functionality, the Xteink X4 is cheap and really interesting. It runs on a hackable esp32 and will magsafe to the back of your phone.
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
Supernote has two sizes, I use the smaller one as an e reader successfully. About the height and width of a largish novel, but much thinner, and it runs a very open android fork that lets you treat it as a USB, along with various cloud sync options including self hosting. It’s primarily geared towards writing, but it natively supports kindle app for library books and is pretty easy to side load other apps onto. My one big caveat is that it isn’t backlit which makes night reading a pain, but some random person on reddit just started selling a light that clips directly into the pogo pins on that back and it works pretty well, though it’s annoying that it isn’t directly integrated so it’s another thing to keep track of
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
I am still using a Nook (Barnes and Noble’s brand) ereader from 2009. It was in storage in a damp basement for a year, and the fake leather case it was in literally disintegrated around it, but it was fine. The battery turned spicy pillow, so I replaced it for a few bucks, but other than that, it’s still working great. I haven’t connected it to wifi in like 10 years, so I have no clue how well transferring books from a library works. It has a micro SD card slot that makes it capable of holding a huge amount of books, so I just drag/drop a hundred books on every few years by plugging it into my computer. The only complaint is no backlight.
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There are cheaper options, but I love my phone sized Boox Palma 2. It runs android on a midrange spec chip, so you can do pretty much whatever you want with it, including Libby and old libraries that might be locked to an app.
If you want to go smaller and the other direction on functionality, the Xteink X4 is cheap and really interesting. It runs on a hackable esp32 and will magsafe to the back of your phone.
I’ve had the X4 for a few weeks now, put the CrossPoint firmware on it & really like it so far. I like having a smaller device that I can just attach through MagSafe & read whenever instead of figuring out how to carry my jailbroken Kindle. And especially for the price of the X4… definitely worth it for me.
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I have an old pocketbook. Works awesome
I have a slighly newer Era. I love it. In fact its one of the first items I pack.
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I am still using a Nook (Barnes and Noble’s brand) ereader from 2009. It was in storage in a damp basement for a year, and the fake leather case it was in literally disintegrated around it, but it was fine. The battery turned spicy pillow, so I replaced it for a few bucks, but other than that, it’s still working great. I haven’t connected it to wifi in like 10 years, so I have no clue how well transferring books from a library works. It has a micro SD card slot that makes it capable of holding a huge amount of books, so I just drag/drop a hundred books on every few years by plugging it into my computer. The only complaint is no backlight.
that’s impressive, mine crapped itself years ago and wouldn’t charge. Went to a Kindle, now on a Kobo Libra Colour (fuck Amazon) use Calibre for self hosted ebooks and Overdrive for Library’s Books.
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
Supernote! Repairable, excellent pen feel, sustainable company, excellent software.
The tradeoff is that you do need to pay a lot for it
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
As others have said, Kobo is the goat.
I have a ClaraHD. It’s not huge, but is about the size of a paperback, and you can probably pick one up pretty cheap these days. I’ve had mine since 2020 and it’s still going strong.
As an added bonus; while it’s a bit of fiddle to set up, if you already have a server at home, you can run something like Grimmory, which will enable you add books to it and sync them wirelessly with a Kobo. These days I literally only ever plug mine in to charge it once every few weeks.
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
I have an old Sony PRS-650. Drag and drop files, has a stylus, and you can listen to soundtracks and music on it while reading. I love it. It’s still in perfect shape after 15 years and the battery is user-replaceable, but the downside is because spare parts are slightly hard to find. I’m still holding out for a screen protector to appear on ebay.
I second all the Kobo recommendations, but definitely get yourself a few backup batteries too before they upgrade to a new model or go out of business.
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
Onyx boox also has good android e-ink
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I need a new reading tablet. I’m not entirely sure but I heard people talking about how a lot of new tablets are becoming difficult to put pirated books onto.
Need suggestions. Cheap too maybe? Please.
I have a venerable Kobo Aura H2O that is still like new, works with calibre web automated (syncs over wifi) and accepts ebook even by just drag-and-dropping them.
The only thing that broke is the folio case I bought with it, it sorta decomposed… And I can’t find another.
