fossilesque@mander.xyz to Academia@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoBookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstoreseu.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down10
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkBookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstoreseu.usatoday.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Academia@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareintheirhead@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days agoIt’s only an alternative if you can read said e-book on an actual e-reader with e-ink. A smartphone is not an e-reader.
minus-squaremodifierlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoI am currently awaiting the arrival of my BOOX Note, which is a kind of Kindle alternative.
minus-squareRickyWars1linkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoDamn is that expensive though. But I think Amazon sells at a discount to make money on the bookstore.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoKobo is also a kindle alternative, and syncs books from your local library!
It’s only an alternative if you can read said e-book on an actual e-reader with e-ink. A smartphone is not an e-reader.
I am currently awaiting the arrival of my BOOX Note, which is a kind of Kindle alternative.
Damn is that expensive though. But I think Amazon sells at a discount to make money on the bookstore.
Kobo is also a kindle alternative, and syncs books from your local library!