I want to download books and read them on the go. First, where can I get books? I know about libgen, but I rarely find anything I want. Second, where can I read them on the go. I like the concept of e-ink. It doesn’t strain the eyes as much. Are there good cheap tablets I can load my books onto?

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    You might like Anna’s archive. It isn’t a quick way to get heaps of ebooks, but I bet you can download them faster than you read them. Haven’t kept up on e readers in the last several years, I’m sure you can find a decent one on your own though. Avoid Amazon on general principles, and the kobo ones have Walmart integration FYI (bad)

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    Join my Myanonamouse. They have the largest collection of ebooks and audiobooks. It’s 100% worth it. You can find nearly any title you’re looking for on there. You can only join during a certain weekly window, and have to pass a test that is based on their rules, but it is absolutely worth it, my friend.

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      What kind of e-Reader. I only know about kindle, but I imagine it is not easy to get my on downloaded books on there. Also, the new ones are a bit to expensive for my price range.

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        I have Kindle, simply download the file and share to Kindle. Bluefire reader can handle most formats, but for PDF, especially magazines, I use Sidebooks, displays them great on my iPad in landscape.

        Edit: Try Mobilism for mags and books

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        You simply cannot go wrong with the new Kobo Clara BW. Cheap, fast, repairable. It’s my favourite object.

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        I use my Kobo with Calibre, an open-source piece of software to manage your library. Only had to log in once to the official Kobo account (when I first bought it).

        Edit : not as awesome as the long-discontinued Sony e-reader, but I’m perfectly happy with it.

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        I use a 2011 second hand kindle. I convert the books with calibre to awz3 format and copy them over USB to the kindle. No amazon account needed.

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    Are you open to audiobooks? I find I can listen a lot more often than I can read. There’s a few good recommendations already here but for audiobooks, Audiobook Bay is pretty good.

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    Mobilism dot org and myanonymouse

    I’ve never not been able to find what I want