• justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    A Kobo e-reader. I now read much more than before because of the convenience, and I also became a book pirate. It has paid itself multiple times on the money I’ve saved in physical books.

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        1 year ago

        Everywhere I go suggests Lemmy returned the pictures feature, but then I try it and it still won’t work. What’s going on here?

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            1 year ago

            Tested it again just now. It says “uploaded image is too large”. Tried it again with a picture that was one pixel by one pixel. Still I get the same warning.

            It’s been like this for a month (due to Lemmy disabling the feature to combat people posting risque material). They did this by reducing the maximum image size to zero.

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                1 year ago

                The picture I tested it with was 49kb. I just tested it again to make sure, it still doesn’t work.

                I know it plays a role though, and it kinda sucks too, Lemmy told me specifically to sign up for this instance because when I was making this account, the other instances were becoming overbooked with people trying to sign up and it was causing too much server stress. And it’s not like I can just transfer everything to a new account.

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      1 year ago

      Is it something specific about a Kobo e-reader that is amazing or would any e-reader have turned you into an avid bookworm you think?

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        I have a Kobo and my wife has a Kindle - I like the Kobo way better, primarily because the Kindle is trying to sell me stuff all the time.

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            1 year ago

            I’ve just been downloading books from Anna’s Archive and throwing the azw3 files on my kindle.

            How easy is Calibre?

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              1 year ago

              Very once you figure out the few steps to do conversions. But if you are simply adding an azw3 file, it’s 2 clicks

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            1 year ago

            Have a very old nook (with light!) Got it mainly because it handles epub, but getting books from my server to it is a pain. Can kobo connect to my calibre server and grab books automatically? Or does it need plugging in to sync up?

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        1 year ago

        I have a kobo as well and I I did a lot of research before selecting it. Imho it’s the best on the market for my personal needs and that definitely changed how often I use it vs an alternative. Some of the things I like about it are direct integration with the library and the ability to do audiobooks. I also like that it is only an ereader and I can’t play games or surf the web on it. I think knowing what’s gonna help you as an individual is the most important thing. If you’re more likely to take a fully fledged tablet with you somewhere because of the versatility, and would otherwise leave a plain ereader at home, then a tablet is better because if you decide to read at least you have it with you. Like a lot of tech, I think it really depends on the user.