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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by xtapa@discuss.tchncs.de to c/books@lemmy.ml
 

Hi,

My Kindle won't boot anymore and keeps getting stuck in boot screen, so I thought this might be a good time to get away from Amazon, even though that device was great.

So, what non-kindle readers would you recommend?

It should have color and background light and it shouldn't be huge so I can keep it in the back pocket.

And, since I don't have any experience outside the Amazon ecosystem: how is the experience of buying and transferring books to non Kindle readers?

Update: I did research based on your recommendations. Thanks for all the input, that was way more than I expected! I settled for the Kobo Clara Color since it seemed to almost perfectly match my needs and Kobo and the model itself got heavily recommended here and on the web.

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[โ€“] PineRune@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A lot of people will recommend Kobo readers, but also look into Pocketbook readers. I have their Basic Lux, which is a barebones eReader with a black and white screen. Even though it's lower screen size and resolution, I use it for manga and I think it looks great. They have color ereaders, and some that even run on android (but that takes away from battery life).

[โ€“] bob_lemon@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

Seconding Pocketbook. I'm using the older Touch3HD, which works just wonderfully and comes 100% without any DRM BS.

They do have their own store but I haven't used it yet.

https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/catalog