• @ravynstoneabbey@lemmy.world
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    12 years ago

    I used an Asus Android tablet (Android 7, it was OLD) with a giant SD card +& Moon+ Pro reader app. It syncs reading progress & bookmarks via Dropbox, WebDAV, or Google Drive. I moved to a Fire 10 that I added Google Play Services to. It can sync with my phone or any other Android device. I don’t bother with calibre-web as I don’t have a PC I can keep turned on 24/7 yet, so I just copy over my Calibre library to the SD card. 15k books, 512 GB SD card with ~300 GB left. Moon+ does take a bit to add new books to its database after I think 10k books.

  • lckdscl [they/them]
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    42 years ago

    Not the answer you’re looking for, but I have a self-hosted Calibre server and I stuck to a second hand Kindle I got. It would be neat to be able to browse my remote library like on the Kobo, but I’d rather buy what’s second-hand, cheap and readily available (lots of these perfectly working pre-loved Kindles and Kobos). Transfer lots of books at once and I rarely have to do it since I read slowly. If you use it for magazines/news/comics, then other more libre and open recommendations seem quite good.

  • @exixx@lemmy.world
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    92 years ago

    I use an iPad. Apple doesn’t seem to care where the file came from, they just make it readable. I was somewhat mad about it, as I have never been an Apple fan, but the actual experience of using the iPad as a reader converted me.

  • pacoboyd
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    52 years ago

    I use a Kobo Libre 2 with Calibre Web to sync.

    • AbsurdityAccelerator
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      12 years ago

      Do you use koreader? I primarily want to be able to switch between reading on my phone and my kobo.

      • pacoboyd
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        No, I just use the built-in reader. I tried a couple of additional third party ones and my battery drain was pretty bad. Might have been a me problem though.

  • @somedaysoon@lemmy.world
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    32 years ago

    I have a Paperwhite 2015 version that I got back in 2016 for only $30 when they had a big sale on them to unload for their new version. Looks like on eBay that 2015 version goes for $30-50 today.

    I transfer books to it via a USB using Calibre. It doesn’t need nor do I connect it to WiFi. Newer models might also be able to work via USB only, I don’t know, but I know my 2015 works that way.

    • @daninet@lemmy.worldOP
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      12 years ago

      True,you dont need daily connection to an ebook server. I’m using an old kindle but I wish i could sync my progress across multiple devices without amazon.

  • @johnydoe666@lemmy.world
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    72 years ago

    I’m interested as well. I hope there’s a different answer than Amazon Kindle, as I refuse to buy anything from them

  • @YellowtoOrange@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I use a kobo- has a blue light filter, waterproof, backlight. Not sure about the selfhosted library, I throw everything into memory which is enough for thousands of books.

    Anything but amazon.

  • @VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world
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    My boy pointed me to this one the other day, it’s like completely open. Does not care where you get the book from and can do books and comics ( even though this particular model has a smaller screen)

    Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 | E-Book Reader | Glare-Free & Eye-Friendly E-Ink Technology | 6ʺ Touchscreen with HD Resolution | Wi-Fi | Adjustable SMARTlight | Micro-SD Slot | E-Reader in Ink Black https://a.co/d/gXY8b2e

  • @Damxshadow@lemmy.world
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    Been enjoying using my Boox Nova Air that connects to my Kavita through Moon Reader+. I just download my epub or PDF to read. That flow has been working like a charm to me.

    Keep in mind that it’s an e-reader, so it’s black and white only. May be fine with you or you may want an iPad or an Android tablet for color and speed

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    Have read also from my Kindle and Kobo library as it is an Android device and have both apps downloaded

    • @i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de
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      22 years ago

      I have a Kobo Forma and a Boox Lumi.

      The Lumi is huge and works well for manga, especially considering the sad state of legally obtainable manga in the United States where everything requires proprietary Android apps, or if you want to do workbooks or something using the stylus. It’s surprisingly good, even for things you wouldn’t normally do an an ebook device. I’ve never used any of the smaller Boox devices so I can’t say whether it’s the same for all of them.

      The Forma is a normal size so it’s much more portable.

      Both of them have wifi and you can run your own software on them, but I think running your own software on Kobo devices is less well supported than running your own software on Boox devices.

  • @Jabbo@lemmy.world
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    My Kobo Libra works perfectly with my self-hosted Calibre-Web, it syncs directly with it in the same way as it would sync with their online platform. You can also use both as it uses the later one as fallback.

    • @slug@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      as in it pulls everything you add to the calibre library on a schedule rather than pulling individually/manually like from OPDS? how do you pull this off?

      • @Jabbo@lemmy.world
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        42 years ago

        You basically replace the URL that the reader uses to connect to their cloud platform with the one from your self hosted instance. Then the Kobo will just sync normally like it would do with their platform, the queries not understood by Calibre-Web (usually books not stored there or requests to the Kobo Store) are proxied by Calibre-Web to the Kobo Cloud.

        More info here

    • garrett
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      22 years ago

      I’ve been trying to run this with a Libra but the calibre-web sync has been borked for awhile. Kinda frustrating, tbh.

    • @vd1n@lemmy.ml
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      12 years ago

      I like mine. But I have to admit I’m not a frequent reader and only synced a few times.

    • Outcide
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      12 years ago

      I’ve tried this and get weird errors. I followed the instructions carefully (I think!), do you have to do anything special to get it to work?

      • @Jabbo@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        Not really, I did have to install and setup kepubify and i always convert the epub files to kepub manually (from the Calibre-Web page) after I upload new books, so far I only had minor issues when removing books from Kobo and suffered a random reset of the reading hours stat.

      • @redemon@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        I also use a Kobo with Calibre-web and it syncs fine. It’s been about a year so I can’t remember specifics. I remember modifying settings in my Kobo to point to my Calibre-web URL and in Calibre-web settings allow Kobo sync and then make a Kobo shelf. All the books in Kobo shelf are what it syncs too

        • Outcide
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          12 years ago

          Thanks, will try again. Maybe I just missed something …

    • @kaato@lemmy.world
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      102 years ago

      Agree, I would also recommend Kobo. In addition, at my Kobo I can also borrow books directly from our public library for free in Sweden. Very convenient.

  • Baut [she/her] auf.
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    12 years ago

    I think the major ones are actually just android. If you were to jailbreak them I don’t see why you couldn’t just use any app then.