fossilesque@mander.xyz to Academia@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoBookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstoreseu.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1129
arrow-up1129external-linkBookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstoreseu.usatoday.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Academia@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareintheirhead@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months 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-squaremodifier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI am currently awaiting the arrival of my BOOX Note, which is a kind of Kindle alternative.
minus-squareRickyWars1@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoDamn is that expensive though. But I think Amazon sells at a discount to make money on the bookstore.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months 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!