• justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    A Kobo e-reader. I now read much more than before because of the convenience, and I also became a book pirate. It has paid itself multiple times on the money I’ve saved in physical books.

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        1 year ago

        Everywhere I go suggests Lemmy returned the pictures feature, but then I try it and it still won’t work. What’s going on here?

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            1 year ago

            Tested it again just now. It says “uploaded image is too large”. Tried it again with a picture that was one pixel by one pixel. Still I get the same warning.

            It’s been like this for a month (due to Lemmy disabling the feature to combat people posting risque material). They did this by reducing the maximum image size to zero.

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                1 year ago

                The picture I tested it with was 49kb. I just tested it again to make sure, it still doesn’t work.

                I know it plays a role though, and it kinda sucks too, Lemmy told me specifically to sign up for this instance because when I was making this account, the other instances were becoming overbooked with people trying to sign up and it was causing too much server stress. And it’s not like I can just transfer everything to a new account.

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      1 year ago

      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?

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        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.

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            1 year ago

            I’ve just been downloading books from Anna’s Archive and throwing the azw3 files on my kindle.

            How easy is Calibre?

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              1 year ago

              Very once you figure out the few steps to do conversions. But if you are simply adding an azw3 file, it’s 2 clicks

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            1 year ago

            Have a very old nook (with light!) Got it mainly because it handles epub, but getting books from my server to it is a pain. Can kobo connect to my calibre server and grab books automatically? Or does it need plugging in to sync up?

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        1 year ago

        I have a kobo as well and I I did a lot of research before selecting it. Imho it’s the best on the market for my personal needs and that definitely changed how often I use it vs an alternative. Some of the things I like about it are direct integration with the library and the ability to do audiobooks. I also like that it is only an ereader and I can’t play games or surf the web on it. I think knowing what’s gonna help you as an individual is the most important thing. If you’re more likely to take a fully fledged tablet with you somewhere because of the versatility, and would otherwise leave a plain ereader at home, then a tablet is better because if you decide to read at least you have it with you. Like a lot of tech, I think it really depends on the user.

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        For me it’s the ability to read outside in bright days, so I can take care of kids in the beach/pool.

        I went for a boox since it’s an Android and can run not only my favorite e reader app but also dictionary, browser for Wikipedia, and any apps for Android such as news Guardian, DW etc.

        Obviously it also runs official apps such as Kobo, kindle etc, so I can try/ buy the book wherever and later I de DRM it and upload epub.

        Oh also I have severe dust allergy from physical books, and moved countries a couple times leaving behind lots of unread stuff.