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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 23 hours 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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[–] jamie_oliver@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

A month sounds nice lol.

I think it comes down to use case a lot. I use it (aside for regular reading) for PDFs from school, I can't risk not having fast transfer of anything they send me or having to use USB to transfer would be tedious. I could use a tablet, but I like reading with a normal lamp and never use backlight. Enough screen time already really.

Also for anyone reading manga having an app means new releases quick!