Terri K O 🍁<p>So, my 15 year old kindle is getting increasingly glitchy the longer I refuse to connect it to the Internet, and I'm looking for a new ebook reader before it dies completely. Recommendations requested!</p><p>Needs:<br>- epaper with backlight for night reading (this is the only way I can read with a headache)<br>- load on epub files via usb <br>- can handle ao3 fanfics (the images in these are part of what's glitching out my old kindle)<br>- preferably fits in my skirt pocket (so, 7inch or so) <br>- does not *require* internet connection ever. Not even to set the clock. (Again, kindle glitch has made it so I can't tell what books are newly added because the time is glitchy and apparently the Internet is the only known fix.)<br>- works with Calibre for transferring books<br>- it would be nice if it worked with Libby for my library too, but I kind of expect libby to enshittify so I'm not going to worry too much about it.</p><p>I suspect the logical replacement is a kobo, but I'm worried corporate enshittification will leave me in the same state I'm in now. I'd definitely prefer a free software option so I won't have to worry as much about some corporate changes making my books annoying, but I'm not a purist so this is more about having a device that works before this one dies on me. </p><p><a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebook</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/ao3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ao3</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/calibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calibre</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>