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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by tdTrX@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not a fan of being locked in to a company ecosystem, I went for a Kobo because they can be activated (with some simple file editing) outside of the Kobo servers and run KOreader, an open source e-book app on top. It's so nice to be able to hook it up to my self-hosted Wallabag server instead of being stuck on Pocket or Paper or whatever.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Also very good support for cbzs in koreader if you like reading manga. Got Kobo for the same reason myself.

Edit: I think OP is more concerned with deDRMing ebooks from Amazon rather than sideloading them.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't know that. I used to read comics on my previous e-book, but since it was only grey scale I opted for a tablet. This was back in the day when colour e-ink was a dream lol.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

colour eink is still pretty expensive. another problem with reading comic books and graphic novels is that their page size is much bigger than the average ebook reader screen size. So the text becomes illegible after zooming out. Mangas are usually smaller in dimension so this isn't a problem with them. Plus koreader has a mode where it crops out monochrome boundaries out of view which helps.

[–] mmhmm@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Can you please share any guides you used? You just described my ideal way of reading web content. I have a kobo in hand

Edit: Did some research. Will attempt soon https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3797096&postcount=2

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

IIRC Plato is another overlay, something halfway between KOreader and the built-in software in features and focus. It was bundled with the pack I downloaded. At a quick glance your link looks legit, it's basically just opening a file on the Kobo, editing it and then saving it. It's stupid easy even when done manually. Good luck!