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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

My Kindle won't boot anymore and keeps getting stuck in boot screen, so I thought this might be a good time to get away from Amazon, even though that device was great.

So, what non-kindle readers would you recommend?

It should have color and background light and it shouldn't be huge so I can keep it in the back pocket.

And, since I don't have any experience outside the Amazon ecosystem: how is the experience of buying and transferring books to non Kindle readers?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I got a Boox about a year ago and am very happy with it. In addition to the built in reader, I have the Kindle, B&N, Kobo and Google Play books apps on it. I only buy epubs without DRM these days, and I've de-DRMed all my purchases from all these platforms and backed them up, but if there's something I want to re-read, I find it's easier to use the apps.

I could put other apps on it, since it's essentially an Android device, but I keep it strictly for reading.