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Biggest Competitor for Amazon Kindle - Kobo - has formed an official Cooperation with iFixit for repair kits & guides (pdx.social)
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[–] sronweb@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Using Kindle Paperwhite from some years as my first ebook reader, but I'm tired about the DRM stuffs and I will move to Kobo as soon it will be time to replace it.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If you have an original Paperwhite, your device is going to lose internet access next month, so make sure you make a backup of all your ebooks before then.

Luckily I have the Paperwhite 2 from 2013 so I'll be able to keep using mine for now. But I'll be backing up everything anyway because it's only a matter of time before Amazon comes for my device too. I'll not be buying another Kindle once mine is no longer functional.

[–] ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 hours ago

KOreader is great. Combined with the readeck plugin it saves you from scrolling

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Before you do, make sure to backup your Kindle library and remove DRM from your library by entering your Kindle's device key into Calibre after installing the De-DRM plugin. I deleted my Amazon (Kindle) account before switching to Kobo + Anna's Archive, and there are some books that I found on Kindle that aren't found anywhere else.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago

Thank kindle unlimited exclusivity bullshit for that...

[–] SaneMartigan@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Calibre software works for Kindle too.

[–] sronweb@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Yes, I'm using it too ;)