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Old 10-18-2024, 10:03 AM   #181
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Why not? Do they regularly flash or scream at you?
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Old 10-18-2024, 10:20 AM   #182
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I've said it before, but try clickers, either finger, keyfob or remote style. You may come over to the dark side.
Can't. I read holding my ereader in my hand, as I'm nearsighted. A clicker would be an additional device to hold and would leave no hands free to pet a cat or eat an apple, for example.

BTW, not petting a cat when it wants petting is a crime!
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Old 10-18-2024, 10:22 AM   #183
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Why not? Do they regularly flash or scream at you?
No. They just stare at you to make you feel guilty. HOW DARE YOU IGNORE US!
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Old 10-18-2024, 10:36 AM   #184
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So amathong upgrade their stock 6" etag by ONE inch, riddled with colored ads. While everyone else is moving to 8".

Speechless.
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Old 10-18-2024, 11:53 AM   #185
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convert to 200mb epub with kcc
Is there any difference to converting it via Calibre?
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Old 10-18-2024, 01:37 PM   #186
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So amathong upgrade their stock 6" etag by ONE inch, riddled with colored ads. While everyone else is moving to 8".

Speechless.
You're years out of the loop. The PW5 was moved up to 6.8" and the 7" Oasis from 2019 was finally discontinued before this refresh. It's not a race for size, as Amazon already has the Scribe. That was the most affordable 10" device *and* the only 300dpi one at 10" for a long time. Kobo out there dropping a new color in 7" and Boox also with the Go 7 shows me that the market for 7" is thriving.
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Old 10-18-2024, 01:42 PM   #187
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BTW, not petting a cat when it wants petting is a crime!
And dangerous.
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Old 10-18-2024, 01:59 PM   #188
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Why not? Do they regularly flash or scream at you?
I have a Libra Color and don't really like the buttons. It really wants you to hold by the "spine" where the buttons are and it makes it harder to use the touchscreen to flip when you do.
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Old 10-18-2024, 02:01 PM   #189
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Is there any difference to converting it via Calibre?
Calibre doesn't do a good job with comics. KCC makes output where every page is full screen as it should be, Calibre, at least last time I tried, doesn't so you end up with a header and footer where they shouldn't be.
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Old 10-18-2024, 03:15 PM   #190
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Is there any difference to converting it via Calibre?
calibre is terrible with image based formats. kcc is the way to go for comics, manga, etc
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Old 10-18-2024, 03:33 PM   #191
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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...
As someone who owns Oasis 2, Kobo Sage, and a Pocketbook Era, I'd say that the Kobo UI is easiest to learn between Kobo and Pocketbook.

Pocketbook is a little tougher, because there are quite a few customization options, but overall, the basic reading interface is not bad at all. There are really nice options for sorting one's library. And the audiobook support and TTS can be useful.

With Pocketbook, you'll definitely want to learn to remove DRM, so you can shop where you want. But once you can do that, between the Pocketbook Cloud or Dropbox, getting books on the device is pretty easy.

Meanwhile, enjoy your Oasis, and who knows what'll be out when it dies. New learnings are good for our brains, after all!
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Your Kobo Touch has advertising displayed on it's screensaver? Or did Kobo charge you to remove those ads from your screensaver?
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Old 10-18-2024, 11:12 PM   #193
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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.
Thanks, I prefer to play it as it lies. "When in Rome" and all of that.
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Something to be aware of: there are reports that the new Paperwhite does not have the option of "download & transfer via USB". I would not be surprised if all these 2024 models are the same.
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Old 10-19-2024, 07:02 AM   #195
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Something to be aware of: there are reports that the new Paperwhite does not have the option of "download & transfer via USB". I would not be surprised if all these 2024 models are the same.
That would be MTP presumably?
Getting rid of that would be a deal breaker for me. Except for the fact that I wouldn't touch a Kindle anyway.

Without USB you'd probably end up leaving your WiFi on and giving Amazon unfettered access to your device.
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