Thinking of getting a Boox 7 BW. I have a Paperwhite and a Clara BW on order...

majordude · 04-28-2026, 09:39 PM

The Boox interests me because i like the form factor. I am tired of Amazon and buying books at full price only to have them locked behind DRM and linked to a reader that can be disabled.

So Kobo was my first thought. I am expecting a Clara BW tomorrow.

But I saw the Boox last night. The only thing I see that I might dislike is that Kindle and Kobo books need apps to view.

Is there a native format for the Boox? If so, which ones rock? I have a collection of epub and PDF books that I store in Colibre.

Aleron Ives · 04-29-2026, 12:25 AM

Boox does not have a native format. It's just an Android tablet. You can download the Kindle and Kobo apps from Google Play and read DRM-locked books, or you can read unencrypted books using any app of your choice. The default reader is NeoReader, but you can download others from Google Play, too. You can then transfer your Calibre library over to the internal Boox storage.

04-28-2026, 09:39 PM	#1
majordude Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2026 Device: Kobo Clara BW	Thinking of getting a Boox 7 BW. I have a Paperwhite and a Clara BW on order... The Boox interests me because i like the form factor. I am tired of Amazon and buying books at full price only to have them locked behind DRM and linked to a reader that can be disabled. So Kobo was my first thought. I am expecting a Clara BW tomorrow. But I saw the Boox last night. The only thing I see that I might dislike is that Kindle and Kobo books need apps to view. Is there a native format for the Boox? If so, which ones rock? I have a collection of epub and PDF books that I store in Colibre.

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04-29-2026, 12:25 AM	#2
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,885 Karma: 17565272 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Boox does not have a native format. It's just an Android tablet. You can download the Kindle and Kobo apps from Google Play and read DRM-locked books, or you can read unencrypted books using any app of your choice. The default reader is NeoReader, but you can download others from Google Play, too. You can then transfer your Calibre library over to the internal Boox storage.