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.

  • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I use a Kindle, but that obviously locks you in with Amazon.

    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?

    • minorsecondEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m not sure. Sounds like I have a project to try this weekend!

    • Ben@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s only ‘locked’ if you use it online with Amazon.

      I have all my own books (from Annie’s Archive - latest book is a 4-book bundle on hard disk, polished and transferred by Calibre/USB.

    • GrappleHatEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have a Paperwhite 4 (from 2018) and I always transfer my books by USB (using MOBI format). Works great, and I don’t use the built-in Amazon store for anything.

    • GrappleHatEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have a Paperwhite 4 (from 2018) and I always transfer my books by USB (using MOBI format). Works great, and I don’t use the built-in Amazon store for anything.