Thread: Kobo elipsa 2e without syncing - easy or pain?
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Old 09-14-2023, 02:34 PM   #7
marinheiro
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Device: Sony PRS-T1, Pocketbook, Kobo Aura, Kobo Elipsa
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Originally Posted by HLS View Post
Why bother buying the device if you are not going to allow it to work for you.
I have a lot of mainly 19th century texts in PDF format, plus some modern academic PDFs I want to read. My sight is not brilliant and I struggle reading them on a shiny laptop screen, and find them completely unmanageable on a smaller ebook reader. A 10 inch e-ink screen is ideal.

I don't want to buy anything for this reader from the Kobo store, don't want any adverts, and don't see why they should accumulate data about me: I don't call any of those 'working for me'.

I also buy regular books from amazon, but since I read those on smaller devices (Pocketbook and a smaller Kobo - I don't want to carry the Elipsa around away from home) which use Epub format, I manage them in Calibre and convert them to epub there, which I think is another valid reason for sideloading. Not that I should have to justify it
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