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newbie_01 · 11-16-2020, 06:44 AM

Hello everyone, I'm searching for my first e-book reader.

I decided to buy one some days ago, since I don't read as much as I want, and I'm sure I would boost my reading activity with an e-book reader.

I don't have a "classic scenario" of use, also due to the fact these are uncertain times (right now I spend 99,9% of the time at home, but I bet in the future the things will change, not only for the pandemic stuff), but I guess I don't need something extremely portable but extremely big neither.

I don't need waterproof, and I don't need OverDrive support (living in Italy &#127829

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I like to have (the illusion of?) control on my devices; just as an example, I run custom ROMs on my Android device and I have Win-Linux dual boot on my laptop. So I read about that Calibre stuff with plugins and stuff and I'm liking it

So, I'd like to stay low with the budget (I actually thought e-book readers would cost less that what I saw), and after some research maybe the Kobo Clara HD could fit my needs, especially with some black friday deal since right now is around 130€.
What do you think? Are there better alternatives for a price ~80/100€?

Thank you so much for all the information in the forum!

11-16-2020, 06:44 AM	#1
newbie_01 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Italy Device: Kobo Clara HD (maybe)	My first e-book reader Hello everyone, I'm searching for my first e-book reader. I decided to buy one some days ago, since I don't read as much as I want, and I'm sure I would boost my reading activity with an e-book reader. I don't have a "classic scenario" of use, also due to the fact these are uncertain times (right now I spend 99,9% of the time at home, but I bet in the future the things will change, not only for the pandemic stuff), but I guess I don't need something extremely portable but extremely big neither. I don't need waterproof, and I don't need OverDrive support (living in Italy &#127829. I like to have (the illusion of?) control on my devices; just as an example, I run custom ROMs on my Android device and I have Win-Linux dual boot on my laptop. So I read about that Calibre stuff with plugins and stuff and I'm liking it So, I'd like to stay low with the budget (I actually thought e-book readers would cost less that what I saw), and after some research maybe the Kobo Clara HD could fit my needs, especially with some black friday deal since right now is around 130€. What do you think? Are there better alternatives for a price ~80/100€? Thank you so much for all the information in the forum!