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Originally Posted by wakkaday
if i am coming from a kindle and my books are in calibre
is kor reader a good option?
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There isn't a perfect solution on the Onyx imho. I'm a Moon+ Pro user and have been for many years I'm real particular with dictionaries like @Question Mark and a deeply set in my ways grump and I'm still not sure I like Neo or KOReader. Moon+ has your Calibre OPDS option in-built too if you're not all on local HDD. No matter how I optimise I can't always get rid of screen artifacts tho.
Despite my grumpage, Onyx's in-build default app (NeoReader - you won't see its icon on your launcher but it is there) and KOReader are purpose-built for E-Ink unlike Moon+ or ReadEra or any of those popular Android apps and therefore they give the least screen artifacts and are the fastest in response with page turn and bluetooth remotes too imho. Some remotes the speed is massively different.
KOReader you can connect to Calibre via Wireless Server within the app too I believe and has a bunch of features which sort of mimic things I use in Moon+ though its dictionaries are more limited but still probably better than Neo. I think KOReader is much better than NeoReader for customisation too.
I notice you're looking for PDF, PDF in general doesn't look amazeballs on an 8inch of anything E-Ink or not but E-Ink specific apps might be your best bet there given screen-size. I'd love to see what Moon+ Pro looked like on the Note Air C though especially as I can nightmode PDFs on that.
The cool thing about Onyx is you can just have any Android apps on their either through enabling Google Play Store or just APKMirror > sideloading. Road test, see what suits your needs most.
You can also add public library apps which is handy for free content - Libby and BorrowBox plus PressReader for magazines and papers if your library offers that as a service.