The Era data looks nice (Linux 3.10.65, hee hee), if ever I can spare some money again, it might well be my next reader. Ever tried the TTS? Are the voices Piper-quality or just another reincarnation of espeak?
No, I haven’t. I pretty much just read books on it,
Physical books are definitely best. That being said, Foliate is hands-down my favourite app for e-books. It works great in a tablet interface
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For epub books, I use Lithium on the tablet mostly and sometime Baca-ereader on the computer.
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I prefer real books, but I am also currently downloading a ton of comics and going to use Calibre to read them (if they are compatible, which I assume it should be). I just installed Calibre and added it to my dock.
TBH, it has been a while since I have done some serious reading, but I really need to get back into it as I dearly enjoy it. Really fun letting your imagination create worlds/realities inside your head/mind. I am obviously going to read my new comics, but I need to actually read a book, book as well.
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A relatively simple question, but a complex answer the poll doesn’t really capture. I use multiple options depending on the circumstances, in order of…
Android Tablet - most text only or low illustration books (novels mostly) and comics. Usually keep a few recent PDF magazines on it as well. I love having maps (StreetView) and image lookup available on the same device to get a better sense of the locations in books. Currently use the ReadEra app.
Desktop/Laptop PC - mostly for pdf magazines and high illustration content e-books and manuals,
Android Phone - very portable so I always have something to read. Travelling a lot for work often includes a lot of waiting time so it’s great having a book handy. Usually only have one or two books that are easy to put down and come back to after weeks, like Water by Giulio Boccaletti, or Pete Brown’s books on beer history/culture.
Real Paper Books - nothing like a good paper book, my preferred option, but more expensive and less practical these days so mostly limited to things like art/photography books where you want to linger over the pages.
Thanks for starting the thread, there’s some interesting options posted to look up!
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Thanks for participating, and for your detailed answer! This turns out to be a real interesting thread indeed!
I have tried to catch some situations by allowing to choose 2 formats, 2 devices, and 4 apps maximum, but surely a simple poll like this can’t catch everything. 
Wow, what a treasure. I had one 5th edition or so, and I loved that book. One of the best technical books I’ve ever read.
Imagine sitting in a train reading that. Huge nerd vibes.
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I’m a big reader (no TV). When I was in a rehabilitation center 14 years ago, I discovered ebooks because storing real books was complicated.
I really like real books but ebooks allow me to read easily in any situation and I can take Borges’ library with me (just kidding 
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The only thing I don’t like and that makes me angry is DRMs. Good thing I have Calibre under my belt
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I read an insane amount, and I do most of it on the phone through a browser. It’s gotten to the point where I prefer that exact approach to all alternatives, though maybe some readers might be better than a browser, haven’t stumbled on anything special tho. Maybe I could make something 
Interesting poll 
I was a hardcore physical book enthusiast, until one day I had to move cities and I realized I can’t take all my books OR the big pile of handwritten stuff. I haven’t yet “settled” and am likely gonna be moving more cities (career), so shifting all books to new city isn’t viable.
Purchased a samsung tablet where I read PDF and make notes. The included pen was ok, but got a wacom recently.
I still prefer physical books and don’t mind buying one when I’m at the airport. For writing too, I prefer actual rollerball pens much superior to EMR stylus.
I would love to invest in an e-ink reader, but we don’t have many options in my country. I settled on an android tablet because it can do more than just reading (eg. doubling up as a secondary display for my laptop when Im on the move).
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Absolutely I agree, I however have lost touch with this as I spend such a large portion of my day at a job that I can’t afford to use paper books. Most of my “reading” now comes in the form of Audio.
I do like paper books - but living in Bangkok, they’re just not practical and certainly not free…
I managed to get a Kindle, tax free (insanely expensive when they were in shops, like ฿8500, Amazon sell them ฿3500 but if you import them, the price more than doubles with tax and shipping…
So Kindle works, and download books… I read enough books to fill my spare room by now.
On the computer, reading with James when he was younger, I used Foliate.
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Accidentally just stumbled over Mozilla’s Privacy & Security Guide entry for the Pocketbook. A “not creepy” rating, and another good reason to go for this as my next e-reader.
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I used to keep my original DRM free Amazon books copies on Calibre which is kinda ritual to keep original physical books. But recently I converted all of them to epub format because KOReader doesn’t support azw3 and mobi format is dead. As opensource enthusiast I prefer epub format.
(azw4 to pdf for academics books)
DRM removal trick is dying, we’ll see how hacking community reverse engineer it in future. Until then better to purchase physical books or from other ebook stores.
Reading on Kobo and only via KOReader.
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Exactly. Same here. And I strongly prefer shops that sell DRM-free EPUB (there are actually some few).
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Just rediscovered Thorium Reader, after some tme not using it, see What application have you recently discovered? - #1186 by Moonbase59.
Same setup here. My era + koreader was game changer for me, for many many reasons.
I read physical books, I listen audiobooks, I read in my phone, sometimes even in my laptop, but my era is always with me and my library too. 
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