- Territorial@piefed.caEnglish1 hour
I had a kobo reader once, and when I had questions about repairing it they refused to help in any shape or form. They told me to buy a new one, and I did - but never again a kobo. Maybe this is a step in the right direction, maybe it’s too little, too late.
- XLE@piefed.socialEnglish3 hours
I’m not saying there’s anything untoward here, but at what point do we start looking at these partnerships and start to wonder if it affects the repairability ratings?
HMD partnered with iFixit and created a very repairable phone… Except in the software realm, where the bootloader is locked, it’s still on Android 15, and allegedly the next major update will be its last (giving it a shorter security shelf life than a glued-up Samsung).
- Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish37 minutes
You can buy some parts for the steamdeck but not the mainboard despite them claiming you could buy every part when they announced the partnership. iFixit has been getting just a littttttle bit sus honestly
- jnod4@lemmy.caEnglish2 hours
Yeah, time, I got all the books I need and none of the time of yesteryears
- SaneMartigan@lemmy.worldEnglish4 hours
Donating to calibre and annas if you’ve got a few extra bucks to spare.
5 hoursHow would you say Calibre is better than just putting the epubs straight on the ereader?
- ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldEnglish5 hours
Calibre just provides a little management on top. I use it for doing things like cleaning up metadata (making sure all books in a series have the same series name, for example), and transferring books over wifi (calibre can spin up a mini web server that I can access on the kobo).
I could get by without it, but it’s nice sometimes.
that makes sense, I might try it sometime soon.
A lot of the books I acquire 100% legally have messed up cover metadata
It also does some niceties around fonts when you do a conversion. Some ebook readers dont come with specific fonts so they just use the inbuilt one(s).
- Echolynx@lemmy.zipEnglish4 hours
Wait, you can use calibre over wifi? I’ve been using it for years and never realized…
- ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldEnglish2 hours
One of the options under the connect/share button is “Start content server”. Then you can access that page in a browser on the ebook.
- herrvogel@lemmy.worldEnglish5 hours
Because calibre also allows me to convert other formats into epub.
Some files are unreadable garbage because of bad OCR or bad formatting or whatever. I use calibre to preview files in its built-in viewer, to see how they would be rendered on my actual reader. Helps a ton.
Some files have messed up metadata. Calibre helps with fixing that. I have encountered files that would appear as documents on my Kindle rather than books, for example. Easy fix with calibre.
Even if it is not messed up per se, I still sometimes use calibre to sometimes edit metadata to tidy them up. So that the author information between different books of the same series is the same, for example. “Banks, Iain M.” for all the Culture books, rather than a wild mess of various different variations of the same name. I have also added missing pieces of information to help group books in my library etc.
It’s a super useful tool. I just wish it didn’t spam so many system notifications though.
- misery mansion@lemmy.worldEnglish5 hours
I think that’s probably what they’re using Calibre for. That’s what I do
Direct link to article: I’m never buying another Kindle, and neither should you
Just FYI, older Kobos are exceptionally easy to repair and modify. They used to have an SD card as the hd you could remove and do all sorts of cool things with. They also published the version of the linux kernel they used and any modifications they (Kobo) devs had to do to get things working. It was awesome for a time. Its more locked down now… :(
I used to play around with https://quill-os.org/ and it worked decently well on kobo until the newer versions started to crack down on the mod scene.
Nowadays im thinking the open book or Diptyx E-Reader might be a better bet for long term sustainability. Its great ifixit is working with kobo, but the software is still locked down.
For a bigger list take a look: https://itsfoss.com/open-source-ebook-readers-options/
I just recently bought the Kobo Calibra BW. I just watched that Diptyx video and I. Have. A MIGHTY NEED!!!
- 6 hours
Big fan of my Kobo as well. I wish the software was swappable, if just so I could try other stuff out, but Koreader is alright when I don’t want the default setup.
- brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.caEnglish5 hours
Sweet, this makes me immediately want to go buy a kobo! I love ifixit.
- sronweb@lemmy.worldEnglish5 hours
Using Kindle Paperwhite from some years as my first ebook reader, but I’m tired about the DRM stuffs and I will move to Kobo as soon it will be time to replace it.
If you have an original Paperwhite, your device is going to lose internet access next month, so make sure you make a backup of all your ebooks before then.
Luckily I have the Paperwhite 2 from 2013 so I’ll be able to keep using mine for now. But I’ll be backing up everything anyway because it’s only a matter of time before Amazon comes for my device too. I’ll not be buying another Kindle once mine is no longer functional.
Before you do, make sure to backup your Kindle library and remove DRM from your library by entering your Kindle’s device key into Calibre after installing the De-DRM plugin. I deleted my Amazon (Kindle) account before switching to Kobo + Anna’s Archive, and there are some books that I found on Kindle that aren’t found anywhere else.
- ALoafOfBread@lemmy.mlEnglish6 hours
Kobo is pretty good. I like mine. Is it as nice and user friendly as Kindle? Probably not. Do I own it, not rent it, am not served ads, and don’t have to deal with shitty DRM? Yes. Zero regrets. Got one for my sister and my wife, too. They also really like them.
