Looking for my 1st eBook

[surangama]

Originally Posted by crich70

The Kindle PaperWhite is a good reader as well. The one downside from some people's points of view is that epubs can't be read as is on it. Calibre is your friend there along with Apprentice Alf (whom you have to google as detailed discussion of how to remove DRM is verboten here at MR). I've had one for about two yrs and have never had any trouble with it.

So, you're saying, epubs can't be read on the Kindle unless the DRM (some sort of copywrite protection thing) is removed from the epub with Calibre and/or Apprentice Alf, at which point they can be?

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by surangama

So, you're saying, epubs can't be read on the Kindle unless the DRM (some sort of copywrite protection thing) is removed from the epub with Calibre and/or Apprentice Alf, at which point they can be?

If the EPUB has no DRM, then calibre will convert the book to the formats that the Kindle does support. It will even do so automatically when you hit send-to-device and there are no Kindle-compatible formats.

DRM prevents calibre from reading it for the conversion.

[markom]

Originally Posted by surangama

So, you're saying, epubs can't be read on the Kindle unless the DRM (some sort of copywrite protection thing) is removed from the epub with Calibre and/or Apprentice Alf, at which point they can be?

You can install 3rd party apps like KPV(KOReader) on eink Kindles, though, and read epub and djvu books thereon, if they are without DRM.

KOReader is also a better pdf reader than Kindle's native one.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=209276

[BadBilly]

Forget the Kindle. Amazon fanboys will always tell you just how easy it is to take all the extra steps needed so that you can read non-Amazon books on a Kindle, but it's never as easy as taking no extra steps.

http://www.factorydirect.ca/Categori...aders/Ereaders

I'd suggest picking up a Sony here because the Sony has the easiest integration with the public library, allowing you to borrow books from the reader itself and requiring no extra steps and loading the borrowed book directly into the reader. Kindle is not supported in Canadian libraries, so, unless you want to pay for all the non-public domain books you read, the Kindle is a terrible choice for a Canadian. Kobo should probably be your second choice. I've only played with those a bit and prefer my Sony, but it should work reasonably well. According to the instructions from the Toronto Public Library, borrowing books on a Kobo requires that you first download them to your computer and then transfer them to the Kobo reader.

As for PDFs, on the small screens you find on these readers, none of them are going to be a lot of fun to read. I'd suggest getting ePubs from the library here on MobileRead, from Project Gutenburg, and the public library if you want free books.

Now, if you've got a pile of money and want to pay for every book, a Kindle will do just fine.

[susan_cassidy]

Of course, Sony no longer sells ereaders, so that is a problem with trying to get a Sony. You'd have to buy a used one, and that's always a crapshoot.

[BadBilly]

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Of course, Sony no longer sells ereaders, so that is a problem with trying to get a Sony. You'd have to buy a used one, and that's always a crapshoot.

Or one could click on the link I provided in my comment to a store that is selling refurbished Sonys for good prices and providing a 90-day warranty. A one-year warranty from the vendor is an extra five to eight bucks, depending on the model. Certainly a good, affordable way to test out e-reading.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Of course, Sony no longer sells ereaders, so that is a problem with trying to get a Sony. You'd have to buy a used one, and that's always a crapshoot.

There's still some new ones available and they still have factory warranties. I recently (a couple months ago) bought a refurbished T2 with a 12 month warranty from Sony.