Hi sailors,

I’m trying to get into the habit of reading but books are often expensive and cumbersome. However I don’t particularly like reading on my phone screen since I’ll get distracted eventually.

So, e-readers seems to me a perfect fit. It’s tech enough that I find it interesting. Not too expensive. Gorgeous paper white display.

So, essentially what I want to know is, which kindle (or other device) is best for cracking/exploiting/moding, and overall just your opinion on it.

Edit3: I’ve decided I’ll buy a paperwhite kindle (2020 version). I found a 2nd hand one, like new, for 80€ with a screen protector + magnetic cover. This way I’m still not supporting amazon :)

Edit 2: I’m from the EU 🇪🇺 so, if you have EU specific tips it’d be great. Also my country doesn’t really care about piracy so I’m not really worried about VPNs

Edit: I didn’t expect so many people to reply! Thanks everyone!

Also I don’t remember writing half of the things on this post? Might just install a monoxide detector… If some admin edited it, thanks. It’s a lot clearer now, probably why it got so much traction.

  • veroxii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    Buy any kindle you prefer. Install calibre. Connect USB cable between kindle and computer.

    Done.

    Now download ebooks from anywhere, import into calibre and sync to your Kindle.

    I have the paper white touch screen one.

    • chesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      When you buy a Kindle you get an email address for it (find it in your Amazon account in the device information section). You can add that email address to Calibre and just email the pirated books to it. It will auto-convert to the appropriate format (though they keep on sending me an email saying this is going away) and keep it in your Amazon cloud library. That way the books don’t have to stay on the device and you can download them to any Kindle you own in the future or anywhere you have the Kindle app installed.

      • biddy@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It used to be that kindle supported mobi not epub, now they are transitioning to support epub not mobi. This makes it even easier since most ebooks are epub, so now there’s no need to convert in Calibre.

      • jayemecee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Do you know if there’s a way to auto mail them as soon as they’re added to calibre? Does it work with kobo?

        • chesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          There’s a checkmark option next to your email account to auto-send when a book is added. As for Kobo, I don’t have any experience with those devices.

      • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Whoa, I never thought about combining Calibre with the email functionality. Didn’t even know that was possible. Now if only Calibre had a mobile version I wouldn’t even need to open the laptop.