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submitted 2 months ago by bubbalu@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

My old one got squished in moving. It was a Kobo Klara I got as a gift. Before, I had a refurbished kindle paperwhite 7th gen that I liked the UI of much more but didn't like having an Amazon product.

Wondering what is out there now.

My main desiderata is that it has warm backlighting and is small. Would also like better .pdf reading than the Kobo that was basically non-doable.

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[-] Frank@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

I jailbreaked an older Kindle, installed Ko Reader, put it in airplane mode, and yoho'd a lot of books on it. I think that 7th gen Kindles can still be jailbroken but you'd really have to do some research to make sure.

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[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I really like my Kindle Oasis. Picked it up eBay, looks like a lot of them are over $100, but you can check a few times and sort by price. Try doing some bidding or making an offer. Might take a little bit to find one, but it's a good one. 6 or 7 inch screen, really consistent backlighting, and you can message support and they'll just remove ads for you.

[-] SpookyGenderCommunist@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

If you're not wedded to an e-ink display, I bought a cheap android tablet for about $50, and set it to auto run an e-reader app called Moon+ Reader. You'll have to fork over a couple bucks for the ad free version, but it's a solid piece of software.

[-] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Can probably pirate the ad-free version of Moon+ Reader, even.

[-] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

Another one I've seen out there that seems decent is PocketBook, but I've never bought one. You might be able to find a used one for $100.

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