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Ever since I stopped having a public transit commute to work, I have basically stopped reading. I have a Kobo Libra H2O but have been struggling to make it part
by iamjackg 2y ago
Ever since I stopped having a public transit commute to work, I have basically stopped reading. I have a Kobo Libra H2O but have been struggling to make it part of my daily routine. It sits on my nightstand, but I often end up staying up late and only going to bed when it's time to sleep.
One thing I do do a lot of, though, is waste time browsing Lemmy/Twitter on my phone, because I always have it in my pocket. I bought a Moaan InkPalm Pro in the hopes of replacing the habit with book reading, and it definitely worked. It's so light that I just keep it in my pocket together with my phone, and whenever I feel like filling up some downtime I pull that out instead of my phone.
The battery lasts 1 week+, it has customizable warm/cool front lighting, it can run all Android ebook reading apps (so I can read all my Kindle/Kobo purchases), and it can always be on me. It's the happiest I've been with an ebook reader since I got my first Kindle back in 2009.
- kjs3 2y agoI read books on my phone, because it's always in my pocket. Just open the e-reader app instead of twitter.
- card_zero 2y agoYou can also buy a book made of paper and carry it around in a bag, but that would be inconceivable. Anyway I don't get the guilt about not reading books. Lately I've been reading Edgar Wallace, and before that, Raymond Chandler, in editions printed in the 1950s and 1980s respectively, but these are still unmitigated trash, because they're pulp thrillers designed to titillate. I should feel guilty for not looking at social media.
- kjs3 2y agoI didn't say a real book isn't an option (tho my phone is smaller, lighter and carries more than one book...YMMV). But don't let me stop you from grinding your little axe to a fine edge.
- dsr_ 2y agoI read books on my phone, and also on a couple of cheap Android tablets -- one hangs out on a stand over my bed, and the other floats around the house. They're all sync'ed by KOreader, which is nice.
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- skydhash 2y agoMy kobo spends more time with me than my phone. On my phone are utility apps and WhatsApp, nothing else. But I have my whole fiction library on the Kobo and starting to read is as easy as pressing the power button to get out of standby mode. My phone browser is pretty much only for hacker news for when I'm on the couch or my bed.
- RCitronsBroker 2y agoi can recommend the app Voice Dream, if you can stand TTS synth voices, it’s great for audio-fying ebooks.
- t0bia_s 2y agoI wish there is a compact eink smartphone with android that is actually available in EU.