People of the Fediverse, I need your advice.
My FIL undergoes dialysis every other day. He reads on an ereader during the therapy to pass time, because he can hold the device with a single hand and it is usually lighter than a book.

He's also an eldery person, he has issues adapting to touch interfaces.

I have collected all the button based kindles I could from fleamarkets. I repair them where possible, but their batteries are all dying.

I need advice on a **button based** ereader that is either economical (risk of drop is real) so I can buy spares, or resistant enough to survive drops. #ebook #ereader #kindle #accessibility

People of the Fediverse, I need your advice.
My FIL undergoes dialysis every other day. He reads on an ereader during the therapy to pass time, because he can hold the device with a single hand and it is usually lighter than a book.

He's also an eldery person, he has issues adapting to touch interfaces.

I have collected all the button based kindles I could from fleamarkets. I repair them where possible, but their batteries are all dying.

I need advice on a **button based** ereader that is either economical (risk of drop is real) so I can buy spares, or resistant enough to survive drops. #ebook #ereader #kindle #accessibility

The AI brand of #Enshitification has come for #Calibre.

https://www.howtogeek.com/calibre-has-finally-given-into-the-ai-trend

Anyone started a fork yet?

Anyone got a workflow for decrypting #Kobo #ebooks without Calibre? #ebook #ereader

Mam Amazon Prime polski i hiszpański, bo to nie działa na konto, tylko na kraj. Nawet rozumiem, bo w PL 50 zł a w ES 50€. Ok, płacę w PL i za te miesiące kiedy jestem w ES.
Chciałam Kindla z okazji Black Frajdeja, za tydzień lecę, myślę, kupię w Hiszpanii.
Dodatkowo okazało się, że w euro Kindle malinowy jest tańszy od czarnego, a po przeliceniu oba są trochę tańsze niż w PL
black: €140 (593) vs 599 zł
rapsberry: €128 (542) vs 679,99 (serio, ponad stówa taniej).
Dogaduję z kumplem, że zgarnie z punktu dostawy, klikam.
A tu komunikat, że mój malinowy Kindle jest niebezpieczny i mogę na nim czytać tylko książki o hazardzie.

@rdrozd popatrz
@swiatczytnikow
#kindle #ereader

PS. Kumpel mi wyklikał z Hiszpanii.

8/x I was wondering what the color epaper of my #ereader ( #kobo Libra Color) looks like in #microscope closeup. It's kinda interesting to see how the color and grey tones are two different layers and resolutions.

75x magnification.

All issues my wife's old #Kindle suffered from disappeared the moment I installed #KOReader. It's fast again, the faded screen is gone and, since she got a new #ereader, it's (synced with) mine now - until the eldest claims it.

I'm looking for a non-amazon reader for e-books. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Open to all suggestions but ideally something that doesn't tie me into a particular platform and lets me read indie-published as well as mainstream published books.

I'm an author so have no issue paying for ebooks through online bookshops. While I am trying to avoid giving money to amazon, I am very happy to keep paying authors and publishers!

#ereader #bookstodon #books #reading

I'm looking for a non-amazon reader for e-books. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Open to all suggestions but ideally something that doesn't tie me into a particular platform and lets me read indie-published as well as mainstream published books.

I'm an author so have no issue paying for ebooks through online bookshops. While I am trying to avoid giving money to amazon, I am very happy to keep paying authors and publishers!

#ereader #bookstodon #books #reading

BOOX is the Chinese e-reader company that out-innovated Amazon's Kindle by embracing open Android systems while everyone else stayed locked down. They developed revolutionary screen tech (BSR) that eliminated e-ink lag, creating devices that are less about just reading and more about full digital productivity.

https://pandayoo.com/post/the-full-story-of-boox-how-a-chinese-startup-revolutionized-the-global-e-reader-market/

#china #technology #ereader

There's a new jailbreaking method for Kindle devices running firmware versions 5.18.1 through 5.18.5. Called AdBreak, it *only* works on Kindles with "special offers" (ads) enabled, so the Kindle Colorsoft and Scribe aren't supported. #Kindle #AmazonKindle #eReader #Jailbreak #AdBreak https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2025/09/26/new-kindle-jailbreak-released/

Ça existe une liseuse noir et blanc format disons A5, qui ne soit produite ni par Amazon ni par Rakuten, qui tourne sur un OS libre et qui soit facilement réparable ?

#eReader#eBook#eBookReader #liseuse

Ça existe une liseuse noir et blanc format disons A5, qui ne soit produite ni par Amazon ni par Rakuten, qui tourne sur un OS libre et qui soit facilement réparable ?

#eReader#eBook#eBookReader #liseuse

FYI: KOReader just got a version update to 2025.08 nicknamed "Parasol" and the inline/OTA update for my Kobo Libra 2 ereader went fine. It should reach F-Droid at some point soon for Android-based devices (Boox, older Tolino, etc.). Wallabag seems fine with the update though I didn't check all of the installed plugins.
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases

#KOReader #ereader #kobo #tolino #boox #fdroid #books #wallabag

FYI: KOReader just got a version update to 2025.08 nicknamed "Parasol" and the inline/OTA update for my Kobo Libra 2 ereader went fine. It should reach F-Droid at some point soon for Android-based devices (Boox, older Tolino, etc.). Wallabag seems fine with the update though I didn't check all of the installed plugins.
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases

#KOReader #ereader #kobo #tolino #boox #fdroid #books #wallabag

Bon bah l'installation de #koreader il y a quelques semaines sur ma Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 (Vivlio, ex TEA), ça avait l'ait de s'être bien passé ...

Mais je sais pas ce que j'ai fait, la mémoire interne semble maintenant corrompue et je ne peux plus rien ajouter / supprimer dessus.

Même la réinitialisation d’usine ne fonctionne pas.
J'ai cette liseuse depuis plus de 9 ans ... et je viens d'en faire un truc inutilisable ...

Personne n'a une idée de comment on peut réinstaller l'OS de base ?

#vivlio #pocketbook #ereader