I have been wanting to have an e-reader so I can stop piling up physical books (takes a lot of space) and im not sure if i should straight buy an e-reader (do they have programmed obsolence issues too?) or an affordable and durable netbook/notebook/tablet

  • :David@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I never truly understood the use of epubs to be honest, I usually convert them to PDF. Also I didn’t know you could do crossword puzzles on E ink that does sound very nice, so I assume you could do Sudoku as well? I have heard of reMarkable and it sounds perfect for me but its not within my reach atm unfortunately. I never heard of Boox so I will check it out. Is Kobo durable too?

    • Vinny_93@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Well me and my wife both have Kobo and I’m very impressed with the build quality and battery usage. You could definitely do sudoku on the Libra, although at 350 plus stylus makes 410 it’s a bit more expensive than the Clara, but you can’t do puzzles on that.

      • :David@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Good to know, I appreciate you taking the time to clarify it to me, thanks

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      4 days ago

      ePubs are generally a bit smaller than PDF’s, and more critically, allow the text to reflow to fit the screen of any device, or to your personal preference (such as spacing, font size, ragged edge vs full justification, etc). It’s the best open-source format for reading on a device, IMHO.