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Absurd. Glad I have a Kobo.

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Yep. Not to gloat, but I never touched Amazon’s ebook marketplace.

My current e-reader is a second-hand Kindle that has a permanent message asking if I would just please connect to a WiFi network just one time just for a moment PLEEEEEASE.

I get my books from libgen, Gutenberg, or Kobo, and keep them on my computer. They’re organized in Calibre, and I transfer them over on a USB cable.

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I know I switched ages ago but I’ve never managed to port my existing library of ebooks off the kindle

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Do you want help?

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It’s been a while since I tried it but from memory I had managed to extract the device keys from my kindle for DeDRM and then it wouldn’t decrypt the files with them

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I switched to Kobo a few years and couldn’t be happier. I hated supporting Amazon.

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Wow, I just bought it last year before they discontinued it then. Interesting that only colour screens are available now. It must mean that they are at least as good though? Edit: after reading reviews, apparently not… that sucks.

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The Kobo Clara Color’s screen doesn’t look any different to me with non-color eBooks than their non-color version. The only thing that’s really different is that the book cover you see when it’s powered off is in color. Now I will admit that e-ink color is not very good, but it doesn’t ruin the experience of reading just a regular book.

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Just swapped to a Libra Colour last month and I’m feeling better about the choice every day

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