<story><title>Kobo announces color e-readers</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24124411/kobo-libra-colour-clara-colour-e-reader-kindle-e-ink</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ashton314</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve had a kindle for years now. A while back I jailbroke it and stuck KOReader which has been so awesome. (Custom fonts? Yes please! Gestures for going to the TOC or bookmarks or back in history? Absolutely!)&lt;p&gt;Problem: it was a lot of work getting my kindle to this state. I&amp;#x27;m terrified to turn on WiFi for fear Amazon will send an OTA update and nuke KOReader from orbit.&lt;p&gt;So, when this kindle dies, I am thinking I&amp;#x27;d like to get something that KOReader runs on without any of the shenanigans I had to go through. Would folks here recommend Kobo? Seems like a nice equivalent.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>teroshan</author><text>Have been using various Kobo&amp;#x27;s for years with KOReader now, it&amp;#x27;s basically as simple as copying files on the device to install it. There is no need to jailbreak it; it&amp;#x27;s an open device. Also, I haven&amp;#x27;t heard any mention of covert update to worry about. So yes, I would absolutely recommend a Kobo for your use case.&lt;p&gt;A few months ago, I attempted to do install KOReader on a kindle, and the experience is definitely not for the faint of heart. Plus, I can&amp;#x27;t use the wireless capabilities for the reason you mentioned. It was (one) of the reason I wanted to install KOReader in the first place, but live and learn.</text></comment>
<story><title>Kobo announces color e-readers</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24124411/kobo-libra-colour-clara-colour-e-reader-kindle-e-ink</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ashton314</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve had a kindle for years now. A while back I jailbroke it and stuck KOReader which has been so awesome. (Custom fonts? Yes please! Gestures for going to the TOC or bookmarks or back in history? Absolutely!)&lt;p&gt;Problem: it was a lot of work getting my kindle to this state. I&amp;#x27;m terrified to turn on WiFi for fear Amazon will send an OTA update and nuke KOReader from orbit.&lt;p&gt;So, when this kindle dies, I am thinking I&amp;#x27;d like to get something that KOReader runs on without any of the shenanigans I had to go through. Would folks here recommend Kobo? Seems like a nice equivalent.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kstrauser</author><text>I love my Kobos (see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=39993062&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=39993062&lt;/a&gt;). When they die, I&amp;#x27;ll replace them with another Kobo. It&amp;#x27;s so easy to get things onto them. For my Libra, plug it into a computer (or iPad) with a USB cable and it shows up as a drive I can drag files onto. The Elipsa supports Dropbox and Google Drive so I can add files those ways, too. It also has built-in Libby integration that lets me reserve and download library books from the device itself.&lt;p&gt;Of course they make it very easy for you to buy books from their own store, but I&amp;#x27;ve never felt like they made it artificially hard to ad content through other methods to benefit their own book sales. That&amp;#x27;s different from what my friends tell me about their Kindles.</text></comment>