@arthur@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoWhat single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)message-square163fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down14
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhat single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)@arthur@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-square@TheMinions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•1 year agoIs it something specific about a Kobo e-reader that is amazing or would any e-reader have turned you into an avid bookworm you think?
minus-square@ludwig@reddthat.comlinkfedilink17•1 year agoI have a Kobo and my wife has a Kindle - I like the Kobo way better, primarily because the Kindle is trying to sell me stuff all the time.
minus-square@Creamatine@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoThat’s why you never connect the kindle to the internet and simply upload copies of the books into it
minus-square@BorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoI prefer the Kindle because it’s so easy and cheap to buy books I don’t need to bother pirating.
minus-square@Zana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoIt’s just as easy on Kobo and it has a price match guarantee.
minus-square@WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink13•1 year agoIt’s likely because kobo’s can be flashed with a custom OS https://inkbox.ddns.net/, which can sync with https://calibre-ebook.com/
minus-square@TheMinions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoI’ve just been downloading books from Anna’s Archive and throwing the azw3 files on my kindle. How easy is Calibre?
minus-square@Creamatine@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoVery once you figure out the few steps to do conversions. But if you are simply adding an azw3 file, it’s 2 clicks
minus-square@wth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoMy unmodified kobo syncs with calibre.
Is it something specific about a Kobo e-reader that is amazing or would any e-reader have turned you into an avid bookworm you think?
I have a Kobo and my wife has a Kindle - I like the Kobo way better, primarily because the Kindle is trying to sell me stuff all the time.
That’s why you never connect the kindle to the internet and simply upload copies of the books into it
I prefer the Kindle because it’s so easy and cheap to buy books I don’t need to bother pirating.
It’s just as easy on Kobo and it has a price match guarantee.
Does it have the same selection as Amazon?
It’s likely because kobo’s can be flashed with a custom OS https://inkbox.ddns.net/, which can sync with https://calibre-ebook.com/
I am using Calibre to fill my Kindle
I’ve just been downloading books from Anna’s Archive and throwing the azw3 files on my kindle.
How easy is Calibre?
Very once you figure out the few steps to do conversions. But if you are simply adding an azw3 file, it’s 2 clicks
My unmodified kobo syncs with calibre.