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Old 10-17-2024, 03:56 PM   #151
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Um.... Think it will support .cbr files? I do have hundreds of comics. i was excited to order this as I think it will be a lot better than the Color Pocketbook I have been using. But I am a bit concerned neither of the major comic book formats are mentioned. Anyone know what is going on with this?
If the formats are not listed in the specifications, they are not supported. You may have to find yourself getting familiar with KCC. See the Kindle Comic Converter - Convert comics/manga to MOBI/EPUB in the Amazon Kindle Forum.
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Old 10-17-2024, 03:58 PM   #152
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No buttons. Well, I guess once my original Oasis really kicks the bucket, I'll be going to kobo or pocketbook.
Not looking forward to learning a new system, sigh...
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Does anyone here actually have a PW6, PW6SE, or Colorsoft in their hands? I'm morbidly curious what the firmware version it ships with is.
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No buttons. Well, I guess once my original Oasis really kicks the bucket, I'll be going to kobo or pocketbook.
Not looking forward to learning a new system, sigh...
I do not require buttons, but have recent PocketBook and Kobo devices. PocketBook has a much friendlier to third party content ecosystem, has TTS for both apps and devices, and I like the way they do buttons (4 of them, with customizable actions). There if and when I find it comfortable or convenient to use them.

My Kobo Clara Colour has no buttons and I do not think I would find the ones with buttons comfortable. They look very much like Oasis's, which I never found comfortable. And I did not like having to flip to change hands. You can side load, but it does not become part of your library. I'm using it mostly for library borrowing; those do merge with your Kobo library.

I have not tried library borrowing with PocketBook but creates an Adobe ID that is shared across devices and apps registered with your PB account so it should be possible to side load or download .acsm file with the browser, and that will get added to PB cloud for the borrowing period.

In terms of purchasing ebooks, Kobo has a USA storefront and PB does not. PB doesn't have a credit card on file for me so I don't even know if it is possible to purchase and presumably it would involve currency conversion to do so. Not a problem really and I've removed the Store icon (no hack needed) so there is nothing resembling recommendations, which I like. Kobo is a lot more like Kindle in that the Store and recommendations are always there.

Both support AZW3 (DRM free) but I always convert that to ePub (or KePub in case of Kobo).
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Old 10-17-2024, 04:49 PM   #156
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Does anyone here actually have a PW6, PW6SE, or Colorsoft in their hands? I'm morbidly curious what the firmware version it ships with is.
And I want to know if any of those use MTP for USB file transfer, like Scribe.
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If the formats are not listed in the specifications, they are not supported. You may have to find yourself getting familiar with KCC. See the Kindle Comic Converter - Convert comics/manga to MOBI/EPUB in the Amazon Kindle Forum.
Of course, Amazon could easily add CBR functionality to Kindles either natively or via send-to-kindle.

(If they do it, I'd guess it's via send-to-kindle like they did with epubs)
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Kobo is a lot more like Kindle in that the Store and recommendations are always there.
Just a note, on a Kobo you can remove both the store and recommendations very easily with patching. Doesn't require any rooting or jailbreaking.

And Kobo is very friendly to sideloading. You just can't sync your sideloaded books between different devices, that's the only disadvantage.
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I know that color is not necessary for just reading books, but I love looking at my colorful covers on my iPad.
I have a Clara Color (well, my kid has one) and the color covers are neat for, like, ten seconds. I wouldn't mind reading on a color reader. They are less contrast-y in black and white, but not enough to bother me anyway. It's just that in my experience, the color really didn't add much. And the price for the Colorsoft feels pretty steep.

Even the color cover on the sleep screen, when I open the sleep cover, it usually disappears before I could even see it.
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Nothing here that's compelling to me. But given that my Kindle Keyboard still works, I expect to be using my Oasis 3 for a good long time.
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honestly outside of the Colorsoft it looks like the new Kindles are basically minor revisions from a user standpoint.

If I had just bought an older model and could return it and basically get the new ones for the same price I would.

The Colorsoft is tempting but not at the cost of trading in a device and $224+tax-trade in value
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They are less contrast-y in black and white, but not enough to bother me anyway.
When I got my Go6 I thought that I'd keep reading on my Poke5 until I'd plumbed all the depth of software on the Go6. But I switched over to the Go6 (with Carta 1300) as soon as I got rid of the worst software flaws. Contrast matters.
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Does anyone here actually have a PW6, PW6SE, or Colorsoft in their hands? I'm morbidly curious what the firmware version it ships with is.
Someone on Reddit got the new Paperwhite and said it came with firmware 5.17.0.

Edit: Also confirmed by forum member Mr.Toad here.
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Yeah, but the Colorsoft comes without ads...
Personally the ads have never bothered me and I have in fact started some book series that I saw as ads on my Voyage that I probably wouldn't have found. I'm not paying extra in ads removal or in MSRP. Does Kobo do ads? If they do, they're still cheaper. Boox doesn't do ads and if they're more expensive, the devices can do more than just read.
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And yes officially not planning on buttons again, unless they change their minds one day

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/...ysical-buttons

I saw that article too and it's a bummer. I'm going to baby my K3 and Voyage even more now so I can have my buttons for a long time. Hopefully by the time they're ready for retirement, Amazon will have come back to buttons. If not then I'll hop on another brand with buttons.
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