02-26-2018, 12:13 AM | #16 | |
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02-26-2018, 12:25 AM | #17 | ||
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Also, you can swipe to turn the page and a recent update added an option to turn tapping off. Quote:
Also, there are no rumours yet, but, my bet is that Kobo releases something new in April/May. Personally, I'm hoping for a 6", 300DPI device with the same features as the Aura ONE. And to answer another post, "nickel" is the Kobo application on their devices that does everything. It is what you see whenever you use it. |
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02-26-2018, 01:01 AM | #18 | |
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I hate swiping to turn pages. Hence, I prefer to have huge tap zones for next page. At this point I'm leaning towards the Boyue. I'll get the Tolino Shine first, though. At $30, it's worth a try before I get something more expensive. This is just gonna be secondary to my tablet anyway. The tablet's just easier to use for in-progress fanfics. |
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02-26-2018, 11:18 AM | #19 | |
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03-01-2018, 02:05 PM | #20 |
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03-01-2018, 09:40 PM | #21 |
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Just received the Tolino Shine. Page navigation isn't customizable (left 33%-prev, middle 33%-menu, right 33%-next). Will try the Boyue T65/s from Banggood.
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03-06-2018, 03:41 AM | #22 |
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Pocketbook Touch HD and HD 2 have a 6" 300ppi screen and microSD slot to expand the storage 32GB. The only difference between HD and HD 2 is that the 2 has tinted frontlight called Smartlight.
Any non-Kindle with microSD slot (or even with no slot) will allow you to "sideload" because this is the main kind of loading for them. Kobo and Onyx and Pocketbook are the most available non-Kindle devices, in that order I guess, and they are not centred around their own cloud service the way Kindle is. They are devices that know that people can already have an existing e-library from other sources. |
03-06-2018, 12:26 PM | #23 | |
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03-06-2018, 12:51 PM | #24 | |
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Anyway, Amazon is running a trade-in promo on Kindles so after promo credit and trade-in gift card, my net cost is $35 + $7 sales tax. I'm hoping the new PW3 I receive is jailbreakable. If not, still undecided on Kobo or Boyue/JDRead. The Onyx and Pocketbook, hard to find places to buy them at a good price (for delivery to US). |
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Storage is expanded by microSD and file formats by installing a different reader app or by converting the existing files. Or does "limited collections support" mean something totally different? Quote:
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For the Kindle, Amazon requires users to register their Kindle in order for collections to work and the collections information is stored in the cloud. Jailbreaking+LibrarianSync circumvents that requirement. Alas, can't JB. A JB Paperwhite 3 would've been perfect, not to mention inexpensive. Quote:
I'm not sure about ereader.store. They offer free shipping if you spend €200 but I don't plan on buying such an expensive reader and you need to create an account in order to get a shipping quote. By the looks of things, a 6" ONYX BOOX C67 ML Carta 2+ will likely end up costing ~$200 after currency conversion and shipping. I'm also going to need to read up on those make/models to see if they'll do what I want. The Boyue runs Android so I was planning on just installing Moon+ Reader if I don't like the native reader. I'm not sure though but I think the default app may be FBReader which already does support collections (even hierarchical, iirc). |
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03-06-2018, 04:52 PM | #27 |
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03-07-2018, 04:47 PM | #28 | |
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But a visit to the Nook forums tells me I'm lucky. I hope B&N get a more stable version of the Nook OS out. But in their current state, I'm not holding my breath. |
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03-08-2018, 10:09 PM | #29 |
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Amazon's running a promo so before I ordered either Kobo or Boyue, I traded in one of my Kindles (the registered one, apparently a PW2 not a PW3) for a new PW3 for $35 + tax. The new Kindle was jailbreakable so happily, I now have collections support via LibrarianSync on the new unregistered Kindle. I will just register my other, older PW3 and use that for Amazon purchased content.
Thank you all for the recommendations. Certainly was interesting to research even if I ended up going a different route. |
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