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Originally Posted by abbynormal52
Thank you for the info on the e-ink tech. No, I don't want to do anything illegal. I was watching something on youtube about the way to use "developer" options to side load, but I honestly just want to use the tablet as is.
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I don't know if you and your sister like sci/fi or fantasy, but books from Tor and Baen publishers are DRM-free ... those can be downloaded as DRM-free epub from the Kobo site and therefore, potentially can be shared. It's possible to scroll down to book details in the Kobo store and find out if something is DRM-free or not. Here's an example, from a mystery series I have been reading for a while:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/wea...the-watermelon
If you scroll down to the end of the page, you'll see the book details, like so:
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eBook Details
Valley Publishing Ltd.
Release Date: December 2, 2025
Book ID: 9781778866944
Language: English
Download options: EPUB 2 (DRM-Free)
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That's a book that can be downloaded and shared with your sister. There are others, but you'd have to seek out the genres and sorts of reading you and your sister would like.
Technically, even DRM-free ebooks are not strictly speaking,
supposed to be shared, but I suspect most authors would not mind sharing between siblings, or between wife and husband, or parent/child. Just don't be sending the ebook to every friend and relative you have or uploading it to pirate sites!
Anything in the public domain can be shared legally, and the public domain contains a great deal of
excellent reading. The books on StandardEbook.org tend to be nicely done, but they are not the only source of public domain titles.
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Originally Posted by abbynormal52
To get real honest, I saw yet another video and wondered why I was spending so much on a stylus, so I cancelled that order. I really wonder if I might have been better off waiting a bit to order the KLC because of color. I don't need the color. Oh well, the pros are it's small but I don't like the way the screen flashes "black" when you turn a page.
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You do not have to buy the official Kobo stylus. There are other third-party styluses that will work. I believe the Metapen M1 or M2 would. I have a Kobo Sage and have both an official stylus (given to me) and a Metapen M1 and they work pretty similarly. The Metapens go on sale every so often, and are considerably cheaper than the official option.
Good luck, and I hope you end up with a reader you love! I'm also up here in the Pacific NW.
I would encourage trying out an e-ink reader of some sort eventually, even if you pick up a budget used one from eBay. Just to see what they are like and whether you prefer it to reading on a tablet or not.