Requirements:

  • Able to pirate books and load them on
  • Nice if it can integrate with my arr stack (Sonarr, Radarr, etc)
  • reasonably priced
  • not locked down to anything

That’s it really just a simple e-reader that I can add what I want.

Edit: this is the first post where I got a lot of comments where I wasn’t too overwhelmed to reply to them all. Hard when you wake up to so many replies but trying to be better thanking people for their input.

  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    201·
    3 days ago

    I have a Kobo. My wife has kindle. Kindle is better if you want kindle unlimited. Kobo is better for everything else as far as I’m concerned. Especially if you want to sideload your own books via calibre or just dropping them onto the device when plugged into your computer. My kobo hooks up directly with overdrive/libby for borrowing books from the library and does everything i need it to.

    I don’t have a specific model to recommend though. Mine is nearing 8-10 years old and still working

    • ramble81@lemmy.zip
      31·
      3 days ago

      That’s the biggest reason I haven’t suggested anything but a Kindle to my wife. She goes through books like candy and the amount of time to find them and load them are far outweighed by an Unlimited subscription.

    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      I’ve discovered I can still load books on my aged Kindle Keyboard via email. When you register a Kindle you get an email address for that purpose. More fiddly that just dropping files in its Document folder, but it does work. (I’m so bloody annoyed at Amazon for that change to Kindles.)