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Originally Posted by jackie_w
If you want a simple method of synching reading progress on devices which include an eink device I think Amazon offer the simplest solution as they allow you to sync Amazon-bought plus your own sideloaded mobi/azw3 books. With Kobo eink devices you can only sync your Kobo-bought books.
If you only own Android devices then there are several reading apps which will allow you to sync your epub reading position via your cloud account (e.g. Dropbox).
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Yes! My primary devices are a Windows laptop and Android smartphone and tablets. I just now playing with this idea of an e ink tablet but if want it to be usable with whatever eco system I end up using. Could you please expound upon which apps on Android can sync reading location? Are any other than Amazon cross platform?
I'm giving some thought to looking at one of the Android based e ink readers and then using with an Android app or even possibly the Kindle app for reading and syncing. At least I'd have full control of my context and device. I think I can even use Kindle as normal but without being locked into its eco system and dealing with jailbreaking. The truth is, I want something fairly simple and usable. I hate having to make it so darn complex. It's why I eventually gave in and went Google (even before Android) back in the day. It just worked (email, contacts, etc). Heck, I'd go with that for books in a flash in it didn't have the 1000 book limit. I'm definitely concerned about privacy but I'm not crazy about it. I realize some tradeoffs have to be made for usability. If I'm straight up about it, my concern is if anyone has had trouble loading non DRM books into their Amazon account that they (Amazon) sells DRM'd. It's obviously the only way to get everything into one location (or reversing it and using the Apprentice Alf on Kindle books to put elsewhere). It's crap that the sellers have put us in this situation. Bitty I want to figure out a workable solution and overcome it.