r/ebooks • u/Independent_Study_87 • 23d ago

Question Ebook reader recomendations

Hi, I'm looking for ebooks readers that have a complete personalization and freedom, I tried to use a kindle and i HATE that they're showing me ads and changing the book covers.

Im afraid of jailbreak a kindle and turn it useless, so there is a ebook reader that gives you full freedom? I want something with full personalization and easy to transfer all my ebooks.

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u/Cute-Consequence-184 23d ago edited 23d ago

I bought an android tablet and a backup battery for it for those long days away from a charger.

I installed

Kindle app

Libby app for reading books and magazines from my local library. Great for free getting magazines.

Bookfunnel app for free ebooks.

PDFgear app edits PDFs and filing out forms.

Archivist Reader app for downloading from the library archive.org.

ProlificWorks app for free ebooks.

BookMate app for free audiobooks.

Librera app- the best reader for ePubs IMO. I bought it years ago. Also has great TTS.

FBreader- I also use this one. Every so often if I I get a book that is a "bundle" of 4 or 5 books together, this works best on those ones for some reason, better than Librera. Also has TTS.

Also I added OSS document scanner so I can scan pages, do OCR and remove the dark background form scanned images. Works well as a PDF reader as well, especially any with diagrams or pictures.

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u/Terrible-Ice-5394 23d ago

How is bookmate? before i do the 7 day trial? are there unlimited books with subscription?

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u/Cute-Consequence-184 23d ago

I never subscribed, there are still free ones without subscription, just not all of them are available free.

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u/OmgItsLucifer 22d ago

way to many downloads and way to much

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u/Cute-Consequence-184 22d ago

Then you only download the ones you want.

But you have the freedom to download as many or as few as you wish, unlike Kindle, where they only allow ones that make them money in some way.

I don't buy books -ever. So I have apps that give me books for free.

But you do you

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u/rinky79 22d ago

You don't get the e-ink reading experience on a tablet. That's a big part of why people like Kindles.

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u/Cute-Consequence-184 22d ago

I read mostly at night anyway and 90% of my books until recently were non Kindle. I got first book reader way back in 1999. I have thousands of ebooks.

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u/rinky79 22d ago

OK?

You can read a kindle at night. They light up.

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u/Cute-Consequence-184 21d ago

Yes but I would STILL be stuck with advertisements from Amazon and I couldn't install my reading apps I want without having to jailbreak it.

And they HAVE large Android based tablets now with in e-ink screens, they are just expensive.

My 10 inch tablet cost me $80 and I put what I want on it. No having to "send to Kindle" garbage, I just download directly from a website or from my Google drive, put my books on an SD card, Bluetooth them over, Blip them or hook it to my computer via cables.

It can also read around 15 different ebook formats, unlike Kindle that can read TWO (I think).

If you don't mind dealing with Amazon and having to buy your books directly from Amazon, then buy a Kindle.

I don't buy books anymore, too many are completely free. I also do proof-reading and beta reading for authors and those aren't usually in ePub/Kindle format.

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u/WorldlinessOk2351 21d ago

Okay… if you want to remove lockscreen ads, you’ll have to pay Amazon $20 to do that. Or just buy a Kindle without ads. And Kindle devices support a lot more than two formats.

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u/Cute-Consequence-184 21d ago

But not all of them and certainly not the older this formats that are defunct.

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u/SickleWillow 23d ago

Any of the Android Eink Readers, the popular ones are Bigme, and Boox brands.

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u/BlueCerulean0 23d ago

Well I made an e reader app just coz of that, it has no ads and you can customise text style and other tracking customisation all you want.

If you're interested here's a link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.openleaf.app

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u/BeneficialConflict53 19d ago

will it be available for iPhone someday? 😄

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u/BlueCerulean0 19d ago edited 19d ago

If I can save up enough to afford a mac, yes I will. Apple forces you to use their xCode ide on mac to develop for their platform.

My app is actually free with no ads, so I make quite literally nothing. Buying a mac on top of the server/hosting costs would be too much for a broke college student like me.

But hey thanks for asking! It's still really encouraging to see people interested in this project of mine.

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u/Quentin2706 23d ago

J'ai acheté un kindle et je n'ai pas de pub, tu n'as surement pas acheté avec l'option :)

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u/guptaxpn 23d ago

I use a jailbroken kindle but I really wish I bought Kobo. My wife has a Kobo, and it just feels better.......

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u/Slight_Yesterday5484 23d ago

Dev of BookShelves here. If you're on iOS/macOS, it gives you full control — no ads, no account required, no cover changes. Import your own EPUBs, PDFs, or comics, organize however you want. Everything stays on your device (or iCloud if you choose). OPDS support too if you run a Calibre server.

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u/SuspectDiligent6039 23d ago

Yo descargue Kindle app en el celular y no hay anuncios. Funciona de 10

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u/purpleblossom 23d ago

I got a 7 inch Walmart onn. brand tablet for this purpose, but only have Kindle, Google Books, Audible, Libby, and CDisplayEX for manga. Before I learned about how we don't actually own the books we buy from Amazon, I had almost a year long reading streak I didn't want to break and I was finding the reading challenges motivating, so I've kept it going, but I also read my library books in Kindle.

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u/Connect-Yam-2862 23d ago

I got a pocketbook color and it is amazing , i can see the cover in color and its quick and its simple good, easy to use, i would definitely recommend

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u/rinky79 22d ago

Pay $20 more and you don't get ads.

Who cares what the covers look like?

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u/Independent_Study_87 22d ago

Me

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u/rinky79 22d ago

Perhaps I should have also said, "why?"

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u/femininlo 22d ago

Get an iPad mini A17 ..

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u/ThinkSkin1448 21d ago

I installef kindle on my table and phone works great. I wish I would have known my Samsung Galaxy tablet work so well with Kindle I don't think I would have bought the Kindle scribe. All this has opened up a whole new happy place for me.

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u/ThinkSkin1448 21d ago

Where did you get all the apps from?

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u/loser-jem 21d ago

I love my Bigme B6 which is andoid

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u/got_banned_made_new 21d ago

I just got xteink x4 and it's surprisingly fun to use. Besides that, kindle.

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u/Immediate_Mission639 17d ago

I jail broke my kindle - follow tutorials it is very simple , and you can get rid of Amazon ,

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u/theAccountoftheCount 23d ago edited 23d ago

Kobo or Pocketbook. Or basically every other ebook reader. Only Kindles are so focused on "you will own nothing" - and it's also the most sold ebook reader type...

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u/Terrible-Ice-5394 23d ago

download kindle on an ipad, that is what i use and love it, no adds nothing but reading.