Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family

Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by whatatofu on Friday October 02, 2026 @04:02AM (#49931010)

Sadly, my next ebook won't be a Kindle. I'm leaning more towards Kobo when it needs a replacement, as I don't really like that Amazon has the ability to delete all my purchased (or non-purchased) ebooks remotely on the push of a button.

They already deleted my books once so it stays since then in plane mode, and I recovered everything with Calibre.

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by shermozle on Sunday October 04, 2026 @01:20AM (#49950888)

Unfortunately the Kobo software is terrible.

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by BozeWolf on Sunday October 04, 2026 @04:06AM (#49951717)

Care to elaborate? I have a kobo reader for years and i am very happy with it.

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by mavamaarten on Sunday October 04, 2026 @04:55AM (#49951965)

How so? I really can't relate.

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by pipe01 on Monday October 05, 2026 @07:34AM (#49963517)

Disagree, and you can replace it anyways

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by otherme123 on Sunday October 04, 2026 @04:49AM (#49951935)

I liked my Kobo Clara HD for years. A few months ago my wife wanted an ereader, but she reads a lot less books than me. So she offered to inherit my Kobo, and I bougth a Pocketbook Verse Pro. I like it a lot for the physical buttons, the smart ligth is programable with hourly granularity (both intensity and tone), and you get an email address that forwards ebooks attached straight to the device. It is a bit faster turning pages.

Kobo had its store on the home page, and while it was unobstrusive, the Pocketbook has nothing at all. Worth a look, if you are interested.

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by TFNA on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:04AM (#49952017)

I have a Kobo and am not quite sure what is on its home page and don't really care, because the device spends all its time in KOreader. I also am not concerned about corporate schenanigans, because I put the device in airplane mode as soon as I unboxed it. I'd say Kobo is a pretty dependable device for people with such concerns.

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by rlpb on Monday October 05, 2026 @09:30AM (#49964637)

My Kindle was fine, but then Amazon decided I couldn't buy any more eBooks for it without buying a new Kindle. So I bought a Kobo instead.

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