Kindle (Basic)

Things like this are going to continue as long as people are continuing to buy kindles and kindle books through Amazon. They don't have the market cornered the way they think they do. I switched to Kobo last year and will never own another kindle. Much more user friendly and overall better experienc

In recent months Amazon has been cracking down on your ability to move your purchased books library away from their ecosystem. They’ve been changing the drm and eliminating the ability to get the files from your kindle. These old devices are the remaining door for getting your library downloaded. If

Lots of reasons, really. Some people are simply tired of Amazon’s near-monopoly (they’ve worked hard to ensure many people don’t even realise other ereaders exist that aren’t Kindles), or they don’t like Amazon as a company. Some people have genuine issues with Send to Kindle - if you want/need to r

Which kobos or kindles are you looking at? Kobo clara bw isn't much expensive than the kindle basic and it's also waterproof and has warm light which the basic doesn't have, so you're getting extra features. Kobo Libra Colour is cheaper than the kindle colorsoft and it has buttons which are absent i

What your sister is experiencing is pretty common. Kindles aren’t really built for blind users they kind of bolt accessibility on top, and it shows. VoiceView technically works, but the gestures and navigation can get frustrating fast. If you want something that actually works well, there are a few

Despite the price difference i personally thought it was worth going for the Kobo Clara - same size but it's waterproof (kindle basic isnt) and changing the lighting is easier (just swipe on the left hand side instead of having to go into menus). Plus, I may be able to repair the device myself if so

I switched from Kindle to kobo and prefer kobo. It has a better UI, no ads anywhere, and overdrive integration. I downloaded all my kindle books before Amazon got rid of the download feature, so they were easy to de-drm with Calibre. I'd advise that, even if you stay with kindle, you download and ba

Audiobooks on an e-reader technically work, but it’s really not what those devices are built for. E-readers like Kindle are optimized for reading (low-power screens, simple UI) and audio support is kind of an afterthought. The controls tend to be clunky, navigation is slow, and basic things like ski

May I present to you my unedited rant about this atrocity of a plot. Spoilers ahead. May my pain be comedic relief for you, if you manage to get through it. ETA: (ironic, I know) it somehow deleted the spaces between paragraphs, so I hope this helps TL;DR: I'm not a fan I have listened to Brimstone

I’m in the same position. I don’t feel like supporting Amazon, and while the Kindle e-ink devices were pretty unique when they came out, there are tons of choices today. I also don’t want to be locked into buying just Amazon content, or only reading my Amazon content on their devices/apps. The one f