Thread: Looking for a more open (Android?) version of the Paperwhite 2/3
View Single Post
Old 02-25-2018, 05:57 PM   #5
ilovejedd
hopeless n00b
ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ilovejedd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
ilovejedd's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,110
Karma: 19597086
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: in the middle of nowhere
Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pajamaman View Post
If you jailbreak it you can install non-cloud based collections software. I imagine you can jailbreak without registering though I'm not sure.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...=107746&page=2

Otherwise it will probably have to be a kobo.
edit: kobo must be registered.

You can just set up dummy accounts, but I guess you know that.
Can't jailbreak unfortunately. I never disable wifi so it auto updated on me and firmware is at 5.9.4.

I'd prefer not to create dummy Amazon accounts so as not to run afoul of their ToS. I've got a ton of purchases on my Amazon (seller) account including probably thousands of dollars accumulated worth of comics via both Kindle and comiXology so I'd rather not take any risks.

I'd like to keep my sideloaded ebooks completely separate from actual ebook purchases which is part of my issue with Kindle and Kobo. Granted, I have DRM-free backups of my Kobo purchases and haven't used that in forever so I guess for Kobo, it doesn't matter if I use a dummy account.

Question though, I had an Aura HD before and one of the reasons I switched to Kindle is because the tap zone for next page on the Aura was too small (only the right 33% of the screen width was available for next page). I read one-handed and frequently switch hands while reading so page navigation when I'm using my left hand was a pain. Has that changed in recent versions?
ilovejedd is offline   Reply With Quote