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I love my kobo. It's more open than kindles (you just mount it and shlep books over), and I like the kobo bookstore. That said, I had a kindle paperwhite and it

I love my kobo. It's more open than kindles (you just mount it and shlep books over), and I like the kobo bookstore. That said, I had a kindle paperwhite and it was nice as well. If you want to run android apps then check out Boox. I immediately bought one after playing around with one in person. But that's more of a tablet that can be used for reading than just an ereader.

unethical_ban 4y ago
Can you use Calibre to strip the DRM off Kobo e-books? Being able to own my books outright is the only reason I went with Kindle over Kobo in 2014.
- wishfish 4y ago
  You can. It's slightly more involved than the Kindle DRM stripping, but it's not bad. I was able to do it and I don't even own a Kobo. I found a book I wanted that was for sale on the Kobo store but not offered by Amazon. For those who want to try this at home, you're looking for the Calibre Obok Plugin. I think it's usually part of the DeDRM package which you probably already have. I can't remember where I found instructions but this page seems more or less accurate: https://www.epubor.com/calibre-kobo-drm-removal-plugin-obokplugin.html https://www.epubor.com/calibre-kobo-drm-removal-plugin-obokp... There is one simpler way of accomplishing the same thing: just go to LibGen and look for the book you bought. And download a fresh copy from there. That might be the best solution.
  - unethical_ban 4y ago
    I just discovered libgen... interesting. Okay, relevant to the discussions of e-reader formats: Why, on my 2014 kindle, do MOBI files converted from ePub not support all the fonts on my Kindle? A native purchase, or even at times a non-native MOBI direct, looks better than an epub->mobi conversion. I had to create a new preset on the Kindle for font and margin to make it look tolerable.
    - wishfish 4y ago
      Good question. I don't know the answer. I think the 2014s supported AZW3 so you might want to try that as your output format from Calibre. I say that because I've never seen any unavailable fonts in an epub > azw3 conversion.

unethical_ban 4y ago

Can you use Calibre to strip the DRM off Kobo e-books? Being able to own my books outright is the only reason I went with Kindle over Kobo in 2014.

wishfish 4y ago
You can. It's slightly more involved than the Kindle DRM stripping, but it's not bad. I was able to do it and I don't even own a Kobo. I found a book I wanted that was for sale on the Kobo store but not offered by Amazon. For those who want to try this at home, you're looking for the Calibre Obok Plugin. I think it's usually part of the DeDRM package which you probably already have. I can't remember where I found instructions but this page seems more or less accurate: https://www.epubor.com/calibre-kobo-drm-removal-plugin-obokplugin.html https://www.epubor.com/calibre-kobo-drm-removal-plugin-obokp... There is one simpler way of accomplishing the same thing: just go to LibGen and look for the book you bought. And download a fresh copy from there. That might be the best solution.
- unethical_ban 4y ago
  I just discovered libgen... interesting. Okay, relevant to the discussions of e-reader formats: Why, on my 2014 kindle, do MOBI files converted from ePub not support all the fonts on my Kindle? A native purchase, or even at times a non-native MOBI direct, looks better than an epub->mobi conversion. I had to create a new preset on the Kindle for font and margin to make it look tolerable.
  - wishfish 4y ago
    Good question. I don't know the answer. I think the 2014s supported AZW3 so you might want to try that as your output format from Calibre. I say that because I've never seen any unavailable fonts in an epub > azw3 conversion.