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Originally Posted by polymerwitch
Hi all, this is my first post on the forums as I'm just now diving back into the world of ereaders with the Libra 2.
I had one ereader that was an early kindle around 2010-ish. At some point it broke, and the hoops I had to jump through in Amazon's ecosystem really turned me off from it, so I went back to paper books. I've been craving after the PineNote, but I wanted something that would be single purpose for reading and I found out about the Libra 2. Anyways, it showed up today, and I love it!
Pros: It's a sleek and sturdy device. Yeah it's plastic, but it is well designed, feels solid, and I think I could drop it a meter without worrying about. The physical buttons are great. The front light is very even (I had heard from a few reviews that this was a concern but mine looks great). I can just pipe my books directly from Calibre and it works out of the box! The text is very clear on the screen. I just read a 60 page chapter and "staining" was very minimal before the 60 page refresh.
Cons: With the sleep cover it is a lil heavy. Maybe about the weight of a 300 page paperback. I wish the weight was a little more shifted toward the gripping side, but I can make it work one handed without really being conscious of it. As cool as e-ink is the "white" of the screen is a tint of greenish-gray-blue which bugs me, but it looks a bit better with the front-light and yellow-light turned up just a little bit.
All in all I'm super excited and enthusiastic to find a place like this forum. As a Linux user/admin for 20 years, some experience in developing C++ QT apps, and general tinkerer lady I eventually will probably hack this thing into my perfect reading device. I can't wait  |
when reading and the light is turned completely off is the screen greenish-gray-blue?
best wishes koboy
