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Old 09-01-2021, 12:47 PM   #1
KimberlyTheZebra
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First reader for student? Vitalsource compatible?

Hi all,

I’ve essentially been forced to go completely digital this year to read my text books, and I’m wondering about getting an eReader to help me along the transition. I struggle with eye fatigue as it is and the idea of having to read all my. Textbooks on my iPad is very unappealing.

Unfortunately uni texts typically use the vitalsource app, which makes choosing a reader hard as I’m not sure what would be compatible. It can be downloaded for android, iOS, or chrome OS.

At first glance stuff by onyx and boyue look like a good fit, but I’m extremely worried about the customer service issues, as if something happens I am essentially hooped.

I’ve also been looking at supernote, Fujitsu a5x, quirklogic papyr, kobo elipsa and a few others. But my concern with these is that I don’t know if I can access my texts on them, or if they are hackable to allow me to use them as needed?

My other thought is to get something like an amazon fire and wait till tech in North America catches up, but I’m not sure my eyes like the idea.

I want something with web browsing as I use a web based note taking app, and being able to take a screen shot of a diagram on my reader and dropping it straight into remnote would be awesome.

I need something with at least a 10 inch screen for my eyes.
I’m just not sure if there’s anything available yet that really meets my needs. Any ideas?
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