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Ebooks: Ereader or phone? (lemmy.world)
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Just wondering how people read ebooks.

Do you have a dedicated Ereader device such as a kindle or Kobo, or do you use an ebook reader app on your phone?

I have Kobo Clara BW but I find my phone is more convenient. I do the majority of my reading on my iPhone using the Kobo app.

However if I’m flying out on a long train journey, I tend to bring my Kobo, mainly because of the much better battery life and bigger screen (with better reading ergonomics).

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

kindle, which I never told my wifi password. When you're reading, it is good to be offline, too easy to get sidetracked into a backstory or such. You can have all the dictionaries you need and a few bilingual ones if needed and the chapter list, read %. :3

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Ohh yeah. I have an ancient kindle with ads. But once it's 6 months or so without internet it will drop them.

And just to be clear I'm not endorsing amazon. Get something else. I'm just wearing that one out.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

Mine is 10 years old by now...never had ads...if it connected to the internet it would probably get bricked.