Color Kindle in Amazon's new lineup

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But also: fuck Amazon.

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Looks interesting, but ultimately it’s an Amazon device so i just don’t see myself preferring it over its competitors

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I’ve got a colour Kobo, and it’s mostly the same as a B&W Kobo, since most books are black text on a white background.

But it is pretty nice for reading CBR (usually comics) files, and books with colour photos (like a Blade Runner essay from 2017 that I read this week).

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I will now pull the trigger on a Kobo color out of apathy and duty. I sit here in a room surrounded by bookcases stuffed with books, and I won’t ever buy a book from Amazon.

I bought my SO a Kobo Eclipse 2 and it’s magical. I didn’t immediately get a second one for myself because we both rarely read at the same time and the color version that released has slightly lighter blacks, and I don’t really care about color. Christmas is comin’ early I guess.

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Finally, House Of Leaves will look correct!

Real talk:I replaced the battery on my current kindle less than a year ago, but it’s apparently garbage and swiftly loses a charge, so I am definitely in the market for a new paperwhite device. The bits I care about are overdrive/libby integration and SendToKindle is nice. I never side-load anything.

What does breaking out of amazon do for me?

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This

Although “integration” is doing a lot of lifting here. I am a b/w Kobo user. Libby is my book/checkout manager, and my Kobo is my reader. They don’t sync progress with one another.

Still, no Bezos tethering, which is morally very nice.

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I don’t need to sync progress, I just need to “get the files there in a stupid-simple/stupid-easy fashion.”

And the quest for a morally slightly-higher-ground is the basis for this request, so thanks! It sounds like a kobo can do what I need.

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I don’t need a colour Kindle. I need a paperwhite Kindle with a quicker, more robust OS and vastly improved interface design. I regularly get lost in Kindle now, and I’ve been using them for well over 10 years. The interface has only got worse.

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I’m not sure why people spend so much time wondering what the next Kindle will be - all you need to do is look and see what Kobo released six months ago.

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