HPR1942: Kobo Touch N-905 E-Reader

Klaatu reviews the Kobo Touch N-905 e-reader.

Too Long; Didn't Listen: it's a positive review and the device mostly works well with Linux. There are some exceptions, such as the need to hack around the registration process; luckily, that's easy:

https://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=kobo-desktop-ereader-setup

That being "the ugly", here are the Good and the Bad:

Good:

• works with Linux, after one initial hack
• uses file manager or calibre
• great format support (EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)
• e-ink
• great battery life (lasts a month on one charge, with every evening and weekend filled with reading)
• a little more interactive and configurable than expected
• one device, one app, one purpose
• small, lightweight, convenient
• cheap ($60 USD)
• expansion up to 32gb

Negative

• requires registration (or a rego hack)
• rearranges your books by meta data; no override to respect your dirs
• touch screen
• slow (though not annoyingly slow)
• long time to index books
• hard to keep track of books you are currently reading
• sleep/off screen should be more configurable

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