Kobo Libra 2, Is It still worth it?

Hi all, I am planning to buy a Kobo Libra 2, and I want to know if I can get anything better (I’m thinking about the Boox page, but I want to learn if there is something else with similar dimensions).

I have an original Aura ( almost 10 years old!) that I still use and appreciate. I am very satisfied with Kobo support, they still send updates to this old device. But the touchscreen lost sensitivity in a small area and this is bothering me.

I want mainly a “pure” e-reader for EPUBs, and from time to time some pdfs (I use koreader for that on the Aura). The reason my choice right now is a new Kobo is that my experience with the Aura has been very good.

What do you think? I would like to hear some different opinion

SteelCorrelation,

I really enjoy my Libra 2, especially syncing it wirelessly to my Calibre library. Good battery life, good screen, etc.

lgsp,

syncing it wirelessly to my Calibre library

This sounds really interesting. How do you do that? I still use the usb cable with my Aura

SteelCorrelation,

I have Calibre Web set up in a Docker container and it has a Kobo sync functionality built in. You basically go into the main Kobo config file on your e-reader, input your server’s URL with an API key (that you get from Calibre Web), and then you sync it there instead of the Kobo store. It’s a lot simpler than it sounds. So now, I add a book to my Calibre server, go to Calibre Web and tell it which books to sync to my Kobo (since I don’t want every book synced), and bam, there it goes. Hundreds of DRM-free books without a USB cable, except for the one time I needed it to tweak my config file.

lgsp,

Having Koreader installed, I exit the config file directly on the Kobo itself 😉

So this is a different solution to uncaged which is what I found when I read your answer

github.com/shermp/Kobo-UNCaGED

I actually use the Kobo store, so maybe uncaged us better for me, I will consider both btw

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