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Quoth · 07-21-2024, 05:59 AM

The majority read ebooks on phones and tablets.
Amazon has over 90% of English language market.

Amazon won't discontinue the apps.

Kobo would only discontinue the app if they closed the bookstore and only made ereaders.

Barnes & Noble would more likely discontinue the Nook, than the app, and might ditch ebooks completely.

The Windows / Mac apps are unimportant as almost no-one reads ebooks on a computer/laptop, but on phones, tablets and ereaders. One original reason for them was lack of WiFi on ereader or home, so when Sony had a bookshop you downloaded on PC and managed with App. They didn't have wifi models for long before transferring bookshop customers to Kobo and then ceasing ereaders. The Sony DPT models were not ereaders but PDF tablets (Digital paper Tablets).

Any eink that has Android and can install the Nook app will work, but Boox is maybe the best Android eink ereader. In general the non-Android eink ereaders are better.

Also there are matt screen phones and tablets better than color eink and nearly as good as mono eink and all will run the Nook app.

However the Android Nook App isn't available in most countries because Barnes & Noble only sells ebooks to those with a USA address. The Nook was supported for a while in the UK.
So the actual eink Nook is of little use if you don't have a USA address, though free titles might download.

You are best to remove DRM from all your existing Nook titles, or only use a matt screen tablet for the Nook and in the future use other suppliers.

Then you have choice of Kobo, Pocketbook or Onyx Boox for ebooks. The Kobo works best with Calibre and the largest of those companies. Kobo is Canadian and owned by Japanese Rakuten and has a bookshop. Pocketbook is Ukrainian company in Switzerland with a bookshop.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...eader&hl=en_US

Onyx is a small Chinese company doing ereaders only. The other Chinese companies are smaller (Bigme, Meebook formerly Boyue) and others.

Amazon's Kindle is massive and change down the back of the sofa for Amazon, but it's in some respects a tighter walled garden than Apple, especially for the Scribe.

Also, Boox, like all Android after 3.x, uses USB MTP which is horrible.

Barnes & Noble can't seem to make up their mind on supporting ebooks. They could more easily ditch the Nook reader and only have an app, or ditch ebooks entirely. Waterstones is owned by the same people and ditched the Nook and ebooks.·

07-21-2024, 05:59 AM	#23
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,431 Karma: 107078855 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	The majority read ebooks on phones and tablets. Amazon has over 90% of English language market. Amazon won't discontinue the apps. Kobo would only discontinue the app if they closed the bookstore and only made ereaders. Barnes & Noble would more likely discontinue the Nook, than the app, and might ditch ebooks completely. The Windows / Mac apps are unimportant as almost no-one reads ebooks on a computer/laptop, but on phones, tablets and ereaders. One original reason for them was lack of WiFi on ereader or home, so when Sony had a bookshop you downloaded on PC and managed with App. They didn't have wifi models for long before transferring bookshop customers to Kobo and then ceasing ereaders. The Sony DPT models were not ereaders but PDF tablets (Digital paper Tablets). Any eink that has Android and can install the Nook app will work, but Boox is maybe the best Android eink ereader. In general the non-Android eink ereaders are better. Also there are matt screen phones and tablets better than color eink and nearly as good as mono eink and all will run the Nook app. However the Android Nook App isn't available in most countries because Barnes & Noble only sells ebooks to those with a USA address. The Nook was supported for a while in the UK. So the actual eink Nook is of little use if you don't have a USA address, though free titles might download. You are best to remove DRM from all your existing Nook titles, or only use a matt screen tablet for the Nook and in the future use other suppliers. Then you have choice of Kobo, Pocketbook or Onyx Boox for ebooks. The Kobo works best with Calibre and the largest of those companies. Kobo is Canadian and owned by Japanese Rakuten and has a bookshop. Pocketbook is Ukrainian company in Switzerland with a bookshop. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...eader&hl=en_US Onyx is a small Chinese company doing ereaders only. The other Chinese companies are smaller (Bigme, Meebook formerly Boyue) and others. Amazon's Kindle is massive and change down the back of the sofa for Amazon, but it's in some respects a tighter walled garden than Apple, especially for the Scribe. Also, Boox, like all Android after 3.x, uses USB MTP which is horrible. Barnes & Noble can't seem to make up their mind on supporting ebooks. They could more easily ditch the Nook reader and only have an app, or ditch ebooks entirely. Waterstones is owned by the same people and ditched the Nook and ebooks.· Last edited by Quoth; 07-21-2024 at 06:02 AM.