I’ve had a kobo Aura HD that a friend sold me for about 10 years now. I liked it way more than the old nook I was using (although I missed the page turn buttons) and the fact I got both of these readers for less than $30 meant I was always reluctant to spend the money a new one would cost. However I finally got so fed up with the Aura being so slow I could only really turn pages and often it would get in a mode where each page turn forward took it back a page and I’d have to reboot. So I got myself a new reader with page turn buttons and that meant the Kobo Libra Color. I don’t regret it one bit.
I’ve been filling it up with kepub files from standard ebooks. kepub files use a better renderer and are much faster. I converted all my old .epub files into kepub by using kepubify. They even have a web version if you can’t install the command line one.
I got a cheap case from aliexpress and it’s great. I also got some screen protectors too. I also orderd various bluetooth ring page turners and I’ll report back when I find one I like I’m trying this and this
To use the page turners I’m using btpt which allows you to specify commands for each button. I also installed nickelmenu to quickly allow me to turn on bluetooth with a menu item. It’s early days and I needed to get a nightly build for bluetooth support. To install the nightly version get one of the artifacts from a green build on this page. I followed the instructions in this thread.
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I’ve also got on board with some of the connected features of the kobo platform. I now keep all my kepub books in dropbox and have them sync to the device automatically. I would keep them in Google Drive (where I had them previously stored), but it seems to need access to all your google drive files rather than just a single directory like it does with dropbox. I did have to flatten my very organized directory structure since dropbox seems to only sync the root directory unless you tell it to sync seach subdirectory one by one.
I also got on board with pocket to save web articles and then read them later. I found the official pocket chrome extension to want too many permissions (all websites!) but the save to pocket privacy edition Chrome Extension only gets permission when you click on it. I also use the feedly pocket integration to save long rss articles for reading later.
I haven’t yet played with koreader but I might give that a go at some future date.
Posted Friday 6 December 2024 Share