Kinda surprised they even still exist. Bought one for my mom years ago. She used it a lot but thought 10-15 bucks for an ebook was too much. So i had to download a bunch of public domain stuff for her. Kept her occupied for a good while
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Why at you surprised? You can have 10000 books in the space of a single folder.
I know. Mama was very picky though
You can also sideload epubs, borrow books from libraries on Overdrive and read articles online, etc. It's way easier on the eyes than screens that rely on refresh rates (which also make them better to use before sleep), they have long battery life. And it's a lot lighter than carrying books around.
They have a lot of advantages over other platforms for reading.
I just wish the tech was there for Graphic Novels.
Why would you be surprised? And why would 15$ for a book be too much?
Because we are/were not j.p. gotrocks kin
It might depend on which part of the world they live in. In the West? Not so much. But in a third world country? It might very well be a day's work wage.
Believe it or not there are lots of pockets in "the west" where money is that tight. Fixed incomes didnt and dont stretch that far
I like my Kobo, but wish it had a bit better of a storefront. I want to get my books from more than just the kobo store. Overdrive support is nice. It sometimes loses my page just like a real book, ironically.
Still, I find myself still letting it collect dust due to it's limited storefront and long book checkout times at the library. Physical books and newspapers are a bit bigger and stable software-wise.
I really wish epaper displays were more common. It's a really cool technology. I'd love an inexpensive epaper monitor or maybe an alarm clock?
pebble smartwatch with ePaper please!
The Watchy exists ;D
Install Calibre on a computer and use that. Browse online sailing forums for your favourite books and new releases. Then support the authors financially by buying their paper books directly from them or their publishers.
If you buy your books from them digitally use a DRM remover (Like the plugin available on Calibre) so you can forever own your books and move them to any device you want in any format you want. Forever.
Interesting, I might look into that! Thanks.
Have a few ebooks and audiobooks in calibre that have been removed from Amazon/Audible. Nothing dramatic drama wise as far as I can tell other than the license expiring/moving.
It's nice not having to worry about it.
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