I’m looking for an eReader that doesn’t lock me into a particular ecosystem or format. Ideally I came just copy files over to it and have them work.
Other than that, small physical dimensions and a backlight would be great!
It’s been years since I had one but in the market again and I’m not sure the current state of things. My old one was a Kobo and took files just fine.
I still see Kobo recommended these days, so an upgrade might be a good option for you. I use a Kindle, but that obviously locks you in with Amazon. I wish I’d have gotten a Kobo myself.
Can you read books checked out from libby on kobo?
My daughter reads a lot of books checked out via overdrive on her kobo (in Canada), though the search feature on the kobo itself is kind of garbage. We have better luck doing a search with the Libby app on a phone, checking it out, then syncing the kobo.
I use a Kindle myself (purchased on one of the good sales for roughly half price), though primarily via epub files transferred to the Kindle using Calibre. It’s a busy UI, but it does work well and has lots of features. Pretty good as an archive of your ebook library.
It occasionally takes some doing, but my wife does! She reads lots of Libby on Kobo and even manga from Libby.
I’m not sure if it’s the same everywhere but in Canada you can for sure. Kindle has a very slightly better selection (small press horror lit tends to be missing from Kobo) but doesn’t support Overdrive here.
This makes it seem like you can, but I don’t know for sure.
https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/4477058367895-About-the-Libby-app**___**
That’s cool, I tried a kindle paperwhite, but returned it because I kept accidentally hitting that stupid power button they put on the bottom right where you hold it while reading.
Ha, yeah I do that all the time. I’m still considering switching to a Kobo once I read all the books in my queue.
I have a kobo Clara hd and it has the button on the bottom and i do this, its very annoying
Weird - literally never happened to me because I hold it 4 fingers on the back and thumb on the left edge.
Absolutely! Rakuten makes both the Libby app and the Kobo e-readers. One might say Libby works best on Kobo e-readers.
On my old Kindle I could connect it to USB and put any books I wanted on it. It supports TXT and MOBI on top of AZW. Is that no longer the case for newer Kindle models?
I’m not sure. Sounds like I have a project to try this weekend!