cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42450984

Of course I dream of something with feature parity with the US and Eastern alternatives, but I am not interested in color or touch. Mostly care about format support and rendering.

  • muelltonne@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I have been running german Tolinos for several years now and they seem like what you are searching for. Quite cheap. They are doing what they should. You can buy books from your local bookshop or even lend them from your local library. And that little Flip remote is one of the best things I bought in the last year

    • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Just as a sidenote: Tolino are rebranded Kobos (you can actually switch by editing a config file). And Kobo is a Canadian company. Which is part od Rakuten, a Japanese company.

      • erebion@news.erebion.euEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, but is there anything better fully European yet?

        Buying a Tolino and using it offline might be what people are looking for. Just add files via a USB cable, does not need internet access, even makes the battery last longer.

        • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Tbh, I am fairly happy with the pocket book. They use a custom Linux that e.g. alllows Koreader install(which is nice together with booklore), have public library access.

          And at least they are swiss.