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What's your go to e-reader these days? (beehaw.org)

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I'm just re-discovering the 2015 Kindle paper white I bought years ago and had stopped using...because overall I had started reading less. I'm using it with a new appreciation for how great of a form factor it is for my hands + a pop socket. Carry it with me everywhere, tucks into my jacket pocket or backpack when I'm heading to work.

I'm not the biggest fan of Amazon, but I load it with Calibre so where possible I try to get my ebooks from elsewhere.

Anyway Im wondering what you all are reading on and why. What're the latest advances in ereader technology since 2015? Am I missing out on something?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have a PocketBook HD somethingorother that I bought last year, which I choose specifically because PocketBook is Swiss and doesn't lock me into any ecosystem, and while I don't regret my purchase or anything I think there's a lot to improve on the model I got, among them:

the device is clearly underpowered and the OS stutters so badly that even powering the device back up from sleep can be a challenge at times as it will lag-out.
it only has 16-gigs of built-in storage with no microSD-support.
it supports audiobooks...but only supports audio-playback via a dongle.
auto-brightness simply doesn't work at all on my unit.
it has micro-USB and not USB-C.