Post #2542734

2026-05-02 16:17 UTC

Anybody looking to get into reading more this summer and are eyeing e-readers as a convenient way to do that, some advice: 1. Good on you, read more no matter the medium (paper, e-ink, braillle, etc.) 2. Do not get a new kindle, amazon funds ICE and inhumane working conditions 3. Find a way to get notified about daily e-book sales, personally I use BookBub 4. Do Not Get a New Kindle, the platform pushes AI slop and will replace your 10 y/o e-book with more current censored versions 5. DO NOT GET A NEW KINDLE, any other brand of e-reader can read multiple file types and uses open formats like e-pub where kindle uses proprietary file formats and can&#39;t read anything else but their shitty filetype and PDFs, and does PDFs poorly 6. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT BUY A NEW KINDLE, they just pushed a new format policy that can&#39;t be read by older kindles just so current users will have to upgrade to the newest hardware just to read books released after 2025 7. DON&#39;T FUCKING BUY INTO KINDLE!

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@NickKnack@chitter.xyz 2026-05-02 16:32

Kindle alternatives I have used: Kobo has much better hardware at a reasonable price and even sells some books as DRM-free e-pubs, and is much more friendly to digital library lending like Libby (my model: Libra Colour) Boox sells android tablets with e-ink screens, so they work just like an android phone/tablet, can use pressure sensitive EMR styluses, and some models have high refresh rate displays that can even handle video playback; not a great video experience but it exists (my model: Note Air 4C) I got a Kindle Paperwhite a few years back because I have built up a substantial library on kindle over the past decade and a half, but only because I intended to jailbreak it and take it with me kayaking (it's rated for seawater). I am no longer building a library on kindle, it's offline-only and mainly used for titles unavailable on other platforms. There are e-readers in all shapes and sizes (palm/micro e-readers are becoming popular options), anything is better than a Kindle!

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