@LadyMarth01 I use my kobos (I have two) a lot. I’m not too optimistic about comic reading on this, the BOOX that I tried sucked for that. My smaller kobo is falling apart so I figured why not upgrade to colour for the book covers mainly.
I’m really interested in NXTPAPER 3, that’s not really e-ink but it it’s a matte screen that looks very much like it. In full colour no less.
@LadyMarth01@Sobtanian I’ve found that any screen size smaller than, say, 12” is just not big enough to read comics on. Having to constantly pan and zoom to read individual frames is just not a fun experience.
I had a 12.9” iPad which was the perfect size to take in all the detail at full page size, but not e-ink so too much reflection. I think we are a long way off devices like that.
@Sobtanian@matt I'm glad to see advancement in the technology, but to be honest, I'll probably stick with physical comics for the most part. Not anywhere near as cheap, but then I'm not exactly an avid comic reader, making it less of a problem.
@LadyMarth01@Sobtanian yeah I’ve largely gone back to physical items for all sorts of things now anyway. I just don’t trust the platform holders any longer.
@Sobtanian I was just telling my wife today that I'll eventually buy a new ereader. Mine broke a few years ago, and since then I've been using an old Kindle of hers. The thing is, in my brain it is a borrowed device and I feel like I have to return it, so I don't feel like using it all the time as I would with an ereader that was "mine". It's absurd, but sometimes my brain brains weirdly.
Can you load your own epubs in a Kobo? How open are they?
@hk@Sobtanian another vote for Kobo from me. Was on a Kindle Oasis but moved to a Libra 2. Less of a premium feel to the shell but absolutely every other aspect is much better for me. It’s just a pleasure to read from
@Sobtanian I’m really curious to see how they are! I might actually grab one… I’m still rocking a Kindle Paperwhite, which I actually like quite a lot.
@britt it was. Not very good at all. Colours were just very faint. And it had terrible app support. I returned it.
I used to use Kindle but then discovered Kobo, so much better: bigger devices and no need to mess about with custom firmwares, you can load anything onto them, including Amazon’s own amazing bookerly font ;)
I’m kinda more interested in NXTPAPER 3.0. It’s not really e-ink but it does a damn fine job at pretending to be, and it’s full colour when you need it also.
@Sobtanian@britt I have always been a Kobo person since the Aura H2O became the first 'waterproof' reader.
The screen was so sharp, so clear, and it was so easy to just pop in my 5k ebooks and magazines on a microSD, that it was a no brainer.
I've since been using a 10" android more just because I have to do so much PDF work anymore.
I wish so very much that I didn’t have hundreds of books on the Amazon platform accumulated over the years. I’ve still got my eye on Kobo and might check it out one day :)
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