Are there lots of Taipei library books in English via HyRead? I didn’t realize HyRead is an app.
Kobo uses Libby and Overdrive for libraries including Taipei but not many books.
It does everything except be a phone. Like an iPod touch but Android based.
then its no better than me carrying a phone and a Kindle
Except Kindle doesn’t have a phone size e-reader.
Yeah but its not big or bulky
Yeah, I have a Kobo that fits in my big pockets but looking for an ereader that’s phone size so that’s why I mentioned those two above the Inkpalm and the Palma.
I’m not sure. It’s show 5310 others languages but it’s doesn’t tell me how many there are English books and I can’t find any good English book so far.
There are other taiwanese apps too for borrow books.
I try overdrive but they don’t have all the books there.
Meebook M6
Bought one recently at Syntrend Bearboss with cover/case ~$4700. Syntrend 3rd floor has a large variety of brands, sizes, etc.
Small, light, lot’s of book apps like Google Books, Kindle. Kobo, etc. and can add own books over wifi. No computer needed
Loving it so far.
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Aluminum shell…sweet. May buy this one when my Kobo craps out.
Meebook M6 is same screen size but device is slightly smaller and thinner than my Kobo Clara HD.
Excellent. Kobo is already pretty thin. Does the processor feel faster?
It’s faster than Kobo including start-up.
The UI is more complicated as more robust with Android.
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This may help with research: https://www.engadget.com/best-ereader-130013808.html
eh, everything has tradeoffs, and I like the size of the Paperwhite better. If the Paperwhite would move the stupid power button, or let you rotate it 180 degrees, I’d have no complaints with it at all.
Can you easily save highlights and notes from your own .epubs as a file in a separate area outside of Kindle eco-system to use other places?
Meebook M6 Review: Ultra Compact DRM-Free eReader With Google Play (youtube.com)
Silly question. Does it read TO you? And, you can adjust the playback speed, right?
Like an audiobook?
Or reads out the text as you’re reading the book?
There are ereaders that will do one or both but I haven’t tried on mine.
That one.
That would be a good idea for reading Chinese books while learning Chinese. Wow.
Translation works pretty good on mine.
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Relying to a post in another thread to try to keep things sort of organized …
Not exactly. There are no speakers on the device itself, so you definitely can’t get sound coming out of it without connecting it to bluetooth headphones or speakers.
You CAN buy the same book in both Audible (audio) and Kindle (text), and yes, you have to buy it twice, although the Audible version will usually be discounted if you already own the Kindle version. (Probably still cheaper than buying the paper version in Taiwan.) And then you can download the Audible version to the Kindle device, and then you can have it read to you if you’re listening on a connected Bluetooth device.
I’m playing with this on my iPhone right now for a book where I own both the Kindle and Audible version … it’s kind of cool. It’s highlighting the phrases on the page as it goes through, and playing them on the bluetooth speaker (obviously the phone by itself could also play the audio, but my Kindle Paperwhite cannot). And I can adjust playback speed. But again, that’s after having bought both a text and audio version of the book.
I’m guessing there are ways for the vision-impaired to also have books narrated with a less-good computer voice, presumably without needing to buy a different edition of the book. However, I’ve never looked into those. Judging from pages like the one linked below, there do seem to be some options for narration.