I use a Kobo, sideloaded with KoReader. I use Calibre to manage my ebooks, which takes a bit of a learning curve, but is definitely worth learning!

Kobo for sure. Great devices.

You bought the kindle books, Amazon took away what you bought. Anna’s archive without any guilt - boom, your kindle books are now yours to read on any device of your choosing again.

You don’t need to fiddle with calibre or managing files. This website works great for transferring books to the kobo. https://send.djazz.se/

You’re welcome :)

I’ve heard Kobo makes good ereaders and they have cool stuff like library integration. I’m very happy with my Kindle Oasis (because I largely ignore the Amazon ecosystem 🏴‍☠️), but if I had to replace it I would probably look at Kobo.

i have a kobo which i adore. It’s a great little device. Pretty simple to sideload if that’s your thing. Just plug in, drag and drop to the root folder of the kobo, then eject drive and unplug. it auto imports them and stuff. The draw back though, kobo plus doesn’t have as many books as kindle unlimited, if that’s your thing. but all in all, kobos are great.

As for transferring books from kindle to kobo, i don’t believe you can anymore. amazon closed that process down, and now I believe you can’t do it. Which sucks balls.

Kobo Libra 2 checking in. The ability to directly load epub files (and other formats) directly onto the drive and bypass the store is a game changer.

Kobo is the way. Open system. Not locked like kindle. You can “jailbreak” it in 5 seconds. Linux based. They send you firmware updates even when it’s “jailbroken”. You can bring your own books and they won’t fuck with your book covers like kindle does (I would use calibre to convert your books to kepub to get all the features on a book). No ads on the lock screen. I love my kobo Sage. I’m waiting for them to release a 10" one with high PPI so I can buy it. In all honesty, even the android ones are better than kindle. Basically, almost all non-kindles are good, except for a few random Chinese brands that have their own weird OS.

I’d recommend a Kobo Clara. They do do a colour variant but the next part of my recommendation might not be able to cope with it, I don’t know.

That next part is KOReader - you can install it ‘over the top’ of the standard Clara software so it becomes the working environment. Its got so many pluses I don’t have time to list them all but it plays nice with Calibre, you can SSH to it, FTP to it, even access it from some cloud services. I can’t say if it supports colour or not though as I don’t use a colour Clara.

Transferring your current collection is probably a non-starter due to the recent limitations Amazon have put on downloading files. Getting new ebooks is up to you, there’s loads of both legal and not so legal places to source books from, depending on how you feel about DRM.

In terms of transferring books - as well as the ways I mentioned above it also supports OPDS and of course standard USB cabled transfers too.

I’ve researched this and I’ll be buying a Kobo once my Kindle finally dies (it’s lived a hard life). I’ve bought DRMed books from some non-Amazon sources and had to go through the steps to strip their DRM so I could read them on the Kindle - this was using Calibre. Mostly those other sources were using Adobe Digital Editions (DeDRM can handle it).

I have yet to find if there’s a self-hosted option that would replicate what Amazon does - i.e. tracks read position and lets you download and read via an Android app or a website. I do have Calibre-web set up, but haven’t fully looked into what it can do yet.

I got a deal on the Kobo Libra Colour recently, and I’m very happy with it as a replacement for my old Kindle. The way Amazon walls you in made sure it had to be something other than Kindle.

I have an older kobo, the h20 Libra, some years old. I have my eye on a new version but I don’t replace things that aren’t broke. Let me tell you, that Libra will last me years to come still, amazing quality. I haven’t even mentioned the easy USB connect to add books, or the great Kobo store.

My next one will definitely be a Kobo as well.

I got a Boox about a year ago and am very happy with it. In addition to the built in reader, I have the Kindle, B&N, Kobo and Google Play books apps on it. I only buy epubs without DRM these days, and I’ve de-DRMed all my purchases from all these platforms and backed them up, but if there’s something I want to re-read, I find it’s easier to use the apps.

I could put other apps on it, since it’s essentially an Android device, but I keep it strictly for reading.

A lot of people will recommend Kobo readers, but also look into Pocketbook readers. I have their Basic Lux, which is a barebones eReader with a black and white screen. Even though it’s lower screen size and resolution, I use it for manga and I think it looks great. They have color ereaders, and some that even run on android (but that takes away from battery life).

I have a Vivlio, a French ebook reader, and I’m quite happy with it. I have a Kindle Paperwhite too for Amazon purchased books, but mainly use the Vivlio. I’m not sure if it’s available in the States, or even outside of France.

I think Kobo is the best choice, I use it since 10 years with Calibre.

I have a Kobo Libra 2 and can sync it wirelessly to my Calibre library. Love it!