I’ve got a kindle keyboard 3 and want to know if there’s anything better out now. My main requirement is being able to load in my own content and have a nice cover/case

I don’t care about apps or web browsers, but it would be nice to have something that is easy to sync or upload data to.

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    1 year ago

    Try the kobo brand of ereaders. You have access to an online library and can download through Wi-Fi, but can also load your own books in many many file formats.

    I bought the waterproof version to read at the beach, while paddle boarding, in the bathtub.

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      Kobo is also great because you don’t even need an account. That takes away some of the convenience features OP was asking for like syncing, but I love the fact that I don’t need to hand over any personal information to Kobo in order to read my books; nobody knows what’s on my bookshelf but me.

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      While I really dislike Amazon I can email ebooks including pdfs and epubs direct to my kindle, I don’t even need to go get it and plug it in and I can do this from my phone if I want.

      If I have something really funky I can use calibre to convert and then email, or if it’s really big I can always plug it in and transfer directly.

      There are a lot of reasons to not like Amazon products but the kindle is actually pretty good considering who makes it.