Cured of Kobo

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by WillW

I don't really understand any of that. All I do, when buying books from Amazon, is have them delivered to Kindle for Mac. Then I add them to Calibre library. From there, with device plugged in to USB, I "send to device". That's all I require really. Very straightforward. I never use wifi on the Kindle, and shan't on the Kobo.

I believe FrustratedReader was giving you an alternative way to download Kindle books when/if Kindle for PC/Mac 1.17 stops working.

Kindle for PC already doesn't work on Linux at all, so they had to find another way to save Kindle books.

Frustrated, if I'm wrong, please do correct me.

[WillW]

Ah, I didn't realise.
I'm old and none too sharp ..

[Barbara1955]

Originally Posted by WillW

There are a lot of variations. The Aura 1 (N709) looks interesting, but seemingly unavailable.

I got that Nice ereader but for my poor old eyes. Been trying to sell it since I got my 1st Clara.... No one local seems to want it I refuse to ship to some one I don't know. Check out your local FaceBook Sale sites. Maybe some one near you will have one for sale.

[WillW]

I decided the Aura 1 was a bit bigger than ideal - the 6.8 screen of the h20 feels about right to me.
Currently awaiting arrival from Amazon (edition1)

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by WillW

I decided the Aura 1 was a bit bigger than ideal - the 6.8 screen of the h20 feels about right to me.
Currently awaiting arrival from Amazon (edition1)

I do home the H2O shows up and is the perfect piece of hardware.

I've only owned two Kobos, the original 6" Aura and the Clara and both have been great. I sweated bullets waiting on the Clara because of the light bleed, but mine was perfect out of the box.

My Aura was rock solid. I used it for four years without issue. I only replaced it because I got antsy for something new.

The Clara is not quite as nicely designed as that 6" Aura (it was considered premium in its day), but it is a great little reader.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I believe FrustratedReader was giving you an alternative way to download Kindle books when/if Kindle for PC/Mac 1.17 stops working.

Kindle for PC already doesn't work on Linux at all, so they had to find another way to save Kindle books.

Frustrated, if I'm wrong, please do correct me.

Yes, 100%.
Also I don't trust ANYONE's Cloud. So I download to laptop and backup to a least two different things.
What I said applies to Mac or Tablets or Fire too. "Download to PC and transfer via USB" doesn't mean Windows. In the next step after purchase and before actual download, Amazon ask which registered Kindle or App the book is for.

You can go to your account and do this for previously bought books. Currently it delivers AZW files as the main point of the KFX is to reduce delivery costs of 2G/3G/4G mobile built into readers. Obviously it doesn't affect WiFi cost for Amazon (zero), but they treat WiFi delivery to a reader as if it's using their Mobile account. Whereas "Download to PC and transfer via USB" is treated like an ordinary download (even if your Mac, Windows, Linux, Tablet etc is using WiFi or your own Mobile account).

Conversion of AZW to ePub (using kindle serial number) is easier than KFX. Also some Publishers / Authors on Amazon don't use DRM. It's optional. So then the AZW can be converted without mysterious extra plugins.
Do respect Copyright. However DRM is evil and the few countries that forbid circumvention are breaking the intent of Copyright and cheating consumers.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Barbara1955

I got that Nice ereader but for my poor old eyes. Been trying to sell it since I got my 1st Clara.... No one local seems to want it I refuse to ship to some one I don't know. Check out your local FaceBook Sale sites. Maybe some one near you will have one for sale.

Ah, sure Barbara, don't you know us folks here well enough?

Most countries have far better national buy & sell websites than toxic Facebook. Even eBay is better.

[Pajamaman]

Originally Posted by WillW

Kindle really isn't closed and limited if you use it with Calibre. I've never downloaded a book directly onto my Kindle PW2 - the only time it was ever connected to wifi was to register it, years ago. Everything on the device, hundreds of books, has been side loaded via Calibre. That includes many converted epubs from many sources.
I've not found it any more "closed and limited" than Kobo.

Yeah, it is really closed and limited. You can't organize collections without either doing it on the cloud or via jail-breaked systems, and they're a pita (no disservice meant to the developers.) I mean, hey, why can't we just use folders that is a feature of the base operating system, like in Koreader? And then you have to have a big old margin around the text. I like my text to use the whole screen. Maybe you can recompile the aw3 to do it in Calibre, but I don't want to have to. I just want to do a quick recompile of the epub and dump it on. No fuss.

To say Kindle is not "any more "closed and limited" than Kobo" is just plain wrong. Kobo doesn't even need rooting, so you can install what you want on it. Whereas Amazon has spent huge sums of cash limiting root on Kindles, to the point where it looks like the battle is lost and Kindle users will be limited to the standard UI whether they like it or not. Bye Koreader for Kindles

In short, Kindle, nice hardware, crappy company policy. Kobo, slightly crappy hardware, much better company policy. Choose your poison. I bought an Onyx, but there's always the danger you'll get a lemon and have to send it back to Asia (unless you're in Europe, where you can get decent support from the German re-seller.)

[Barbara1955]

Originally Posted by FrustratedReader

Ah, sure Barbara, don't you know us folks here well enough?

Most countries have far better national buy & sell websites than toxic Facebook. Even eBay is better.

FB has Local Yard Sale sites. You meet people they check the item out Pay Cash. No Shipping cost....No one saying the item Not what they wanted or broken. Easy!

[Pajamaman]

Originally Posted by Frenzie

Open is a big word. It's probably more accurate to say it's not closed. I could leave my door open with a sign that says everyone welcome, or I could simply not bother locking my door or forget to. Kobo is closer to the latter, except that we're neither morally nor legally wrong in messing with our own devices.

Compare https://blog.bq.com/es/bq-ereaders-developers-program/

It has no root password. That's about as open as it gets without releasing the source code.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Barbara1955

FB has Local Yard Sale sites. You meet people they check the item out Pay Cash. No Shipping cost....No one saying the item Not what they wanted or broken. Easy!

No, FB has no such thing, it's victims using FB to comunicate. It's a parasite illegally stealing and sharing personal information.

The US is fining FB peanuts compared to fines that will come from the EU.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/0...de_commission/

There are plenty of communication channels about local sales etc. No need to promote Facebook.

Also
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/0...j_probes_tech/

[Barbara1955]

Originally Posted by FrustratedReader

No, FB has no such thing, it's victims using FB to comunicate. It's a parasite illegally stealing and sharing personal information.

The US is fining FB peanuts compared to fines that will come from the EU.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/0...de_commission/

There are plenty of communication channels about local sales etc. No need to promote Facebook.

Also
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/0...j_probes_tech/

Cant steal what they don't have. FB Doesn't have ANY of my information beyond my name. City/State. IF you don't like FB Fine ..... I don't love it but then I don't like Not knowing folks face to face.

[WillW]

You can't organize collections without either doing it on the cloud or via jail-breaked systems,

I keep books in collections on my Kindle, just by creating a new collection in settings, then adding the books to it. No cloud or jailbreaking.
That's pretty much all the organising I require, otherwise I I just read books on it.
It's a PITA doing this if there are already hundreds of books on board, you have to trawl through them and tick the ones you want added, but it only needs to be done once. Easy enough when adding new books, theyre at the top of the list.

[Ripplinger]

Originally Posted by WillW

You can't organize collections without either doing it on the cloud or via jail-breaked systems,

I keep books in collections on my Kindle, just by creating a new collection in settings, then adding the books to it. No cloud or jailbreaking.

But with Kobo it automatically picks up the collection or series or whatever tag you wish and puts it into the correct collection when you send the books to your reader. No manual fiddling within the reader at all.

I can't imagine doing a couple thousand books manually on any reader, in fact there's no way in the world I would bother doing collections manually. I'd set Calibre to change the names to include the book series and number only.

[lumpynose]

Originally Posted by WillW

It's a PITA doing this if there are already hundreds of books on board

I've been going buck wild adding public domain books to my e-reader and currently have just a few short of 6,000 books. All nicely set up in collections on the Kobo. Doing that on the Kindle was such a hassle that I didn't even try.