8 Answers2025-06-02
I recently purchased the latest BOOX e-reader model, and so far, it is great with PDFs. The biggest selling point for me was the option for a larger screen (I got the 10inch model), which is great for things like technical manuals and books that are fixed in layout but too large to read on a standard e-ink screen. The built-in tools for dealing with PDFs (margins, etc.) are brilliant, and really allow for reflowing of text on documents that aren’t optimized for e-readers, as well as increasing contrast to reduce ghosting. I’ve loaded up lots of academic papers and old scanned in books, and they all work a treat – far better than I’ve found with my Kindle. File size does mean that turning the pages can be slightly slower with image heavy PDFs, but otherwise it’s a solid yes for reading. Note though that some scanned in books are essentially just that – scanned in books – and will need a lot of cropping. The note taking facilities, and ability to use a stylus, are also great, for annotating academic papers and the like.
Yes, it’s not perfect but for an e-ink reader it’s about as good as it gets without taking a tablet with you.
9 Answers2025-07-18
Save to PocketBook! That’s a little 3 party browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that allows you to send EPUB links directly to your PocketBook cloud when you are on sites like Project Gutenberg or even on the newsletters of authors who offer you their latest e-book in EPUB to read. And then there is the uploading to your cloud account of course. But first you would have to download it on your PC or Mac first and then upload it. A little middleman step that is cut when you use this extension. Good for people who read a lot of e-books from free libraries.
10 Answers2025-09-04
For parents, managing their children’s devices is an extra layer to manage. Children’s books on Amazon can be managed through the Family Library within the Children’s Books store. To start reading your child’s books on their new Kindle or Fire, add the new device to your Amazon Household and ensure that the relevant books are added to your Family Library, sharing enabled for the child’s profile on the new device. Look for a family or sharing plan on other platforms. As the process is account-centric, you will also need to look into the parental controls and profiles for the new device, which can be a complex area to navigate. It’s worth testing the child’s access to their preferred bedtime story on the new device before wiping their old one.
6 Answers2025-05-15
There are cloud sync alternatives to cables that don’t involve trusting a corporation to your data. To sync files with your phone, you could set up a Nextcloud or Syncthing folder on your PC, and then use the Kobo’s Dropbox integration to link that to the synced folder. It’s a rather convoluted wireless pipeline, and probably most people would find it overkill. But I’m sure there are plenty of privacy-focused tech enthusiasts out there who would appreciate the option to run a completely self-owned wireless transfer system as a project.
10 Answers2025-05-14
An easy thing to remember when transferring your books to e-readers is to organize your files before transferring them. I was very careless when I first loaded up my Kobo with hundreds of EPUB files. Instead of loading them all onto the device and then organizing them, it was much more chaotic trying to organize hundreds of books on the device. Now I organize my books using Calibre to create collections for genres and for series before transferring them to my e-readers. It makes a huge difference when browsing through my books.
4 Answers2025-06-02
My Boox eReader has tons of free eBooks, including lots of audio books, from sites like Librivox, as well as the free section of Google Play Books. I also have tons of free public domain anthologies of 19th century literature by tons of now-obscure authors. Lots of writers are giving away free eBooks to their newsletter subscribers – for example, Brandon Sanderson just gave away a whole novel to his subscribers.
12 Answers2025-07-27
Transferring PDFs to a Nook eReader is simpler than it seems, and I’ve done it countless times. First, connect your Nook to your computer using a USB cable—it should pop up as a removable drive. Open the drive, and you’ll see a folder labeled 'My Files' or something similar. Drag and drop your PDFs directly into this folder. Once done, safely eject the Nook from your computer, and the files should appear in your library.
If you’re using a newer Nook model, you can also email PDFs to your device. Just go to your Nook’s settings to find its unique email address. Send the PDF as an attachment to that address, and it’ll sync automatically over Wi-Fi. Another handy method is using the Nook app on your phone or tablet. Upload the PDF to the app, and it’ll sync across your devices, including your Nook. For larger collections, I recommend organizing files into folders on your computer first to avoid clutter on your eReader.
13 Answers2025-08-15
Thinking about the ecosystem helped. The “library” for me is Libby/OverDrive, the DRM manager and transfer station is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE), and my Kobo eReader is my reading device. So, the “sync” does not go directly from Libby to Kobo, but rather from Libby to ADE to Kobo. ADE is a necessary middleman who checks if I have the right to read a book. So, in short, I’m not “syncing” Libby books to my Kobo, I’m using ADE to lend a compatible file to my Kobo. Thinking of it that way helped me to understand what I’m doing. It’s a loan of a file, not a service that syncs cloud-based copies of books.
9 Answers2025-07-06
Your archived items are also archived on your old device (even if you deleted them from your downloaded books list to make room). Now that you have a device with more storage, you might want to re-download some of these archived books. Make sure you’re viewing your library as ‘All’ or ‘Cloud’ and not just ‘Downloaded’. I discovered that I have a complete history of all my purchases over the last years, and can even re-download books I’ve purchased on sale years ago (I found three such books from 2017 that I had purchased but never read). Transferring to a new device became a fun library excavation.
7 Answers2026-07-26
For the visually impaired or people who read a lot and rely on various accessibility features to read, this is an important question. On the Kindle, text-to-speech and font size are deeply integrated. BOOX devices run on Android and therefore can use accessibility apps for the blind, but they are not as unified and reliable and sometimes fail. If you convert a Kindle book to EPUB and read it in the BOOX NeoReader, the book’s native TTS might work, but it is not going to be as polished and seamless as the Kindle’s. So, if accessibility is most important for you, you should probably stick with the official Kindle ecosystem, because even the best workaround for compatibility can have unknown variables that can break things or even degrade certain features that you need. This is an important factor to consider for people who focus on technology, but is critical in real life.