What does Veeky Forums make of ebooks and ebook reader devices? While a big bookshelf is always nice to have around, it's hard not to avoid e-books as a voracious reader. Because instant digital gratification, and piracy if you know where to look.
If you feel absolutely no shame pirating e-books, go for a Kobo reader instead of a Kindle. It's the most open platform out there when it comes to sideloading ebook files (mainly .epubs, but also .mobi and .pdf). The 4GB nonexpandable storage might be off-putting, but get this, if you're willing to void your warranty you can actually replace the storage inside, it's all on an internal MicroSD card that can be dislodged and replaced with careful attention to correct firmware.
Also, there's no DRM on cracked, local .epub files. Your copy of 1984 isn't going to disappear over a copyright dispute (This actually happened with Amazon Kindle - buyer fucking beware.)
Brandon Long
After having to move twice in the same year, in and out of a 2nd story apartment, with a couple hundred pounds of books I am pretty dead-set on picking up a Kobo on Cyber Monday
Justin Hughes
>4GB nonexpandable storage
Why would anyone need more? No point in having over 2000 books on one device at one time.
Nolan Gomez
>no physical buttons No, just no. Just get kindle 4 in stead. It's open as opposed to newer kindles, and you truly don't see the difference in resolution on six inchers.
Wyatt Garcia
Who the fuck buys an e-book with no backlight
Caleb Rodriguez
You'll see the difference in resolution on my six incher you dirty boy.
Daniel Baker
Might as well ask here: I have a million pdfs on my comp and I hate reading on my comp, would an e-reader be better? I've hard that pdfs look like ass on an e-reader which is why I'm hesitant.
William Miller
my 2c: e-readers are great for reading all the great book of human history free of charge and zero space in your shelf, but, there's a catch. I enjoy longer novels and postmodern ones with lots of stories and footnotes, etc. And I've found that going through sections and just "browing" a real book can NOT be replaced with an ebook. It just much more difficult and clumsy. With that aside, I'm all for e-reading, I've been doing it for ten years. But now I've found a middle ground where, when I REALLY want a book and I positively love it, I'll read it in paper
Easton Gomez
It depends on which e-reader. Reading them on my Kobo is pants, but I've heard others are better at handling them (and scaling them).
