How good is a ReMarkable as an ebook reader? I don't care that much about the writing, but having a large size ebook reader that can display A4 pdfs in acceptable quality would be a game changer for me...
No distractions, easy on the eyes. Would be nice if the contrast were even better for low light environments. Maybe this 2.0 would do it.
I seem to have lost my pen though, so I'm not sure what I'll do for any annotation now.
But, the eBook (as in published books) experience is pretty bad compared to basically anything. What even the RM2 does is just load the epub/pdf into the editing buffer and other than somewhat faster navigation and a hidden menu, it's not good at all for consumption.
If they could just side load the Kindle or kobo app I'd buy it in a second. For now, I'll keep reading ebooks on my phone.
PDFs are also a bit friendly for annotation, at least in my experience with GoodReader on the ipad.
I also export trip itineraries, lists, project files and so on to PDF and keep them on my ReMarkable. It's handy for that.
> The reMarkable paper tablet supports the open ebook format EPUB without DRM, a format available with many ebook retailers.
> Some ebooks are DRM-protected (Digital Rights Management), which the reMarkable does not support at this time.
> The Amazon Kindle ecosystem is not open to third parties, so you can't read Kindle books directly on the reMarkable.
https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000265873...
https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000265873...
It "supports" epub in that I can load a DRM-free epub file onto it and then view it on the device, but it's not formatted well. The default font is unnecessarily large, some italicized text isn't being italicized, icons and other images are missing, and other layout elements aren't being rendered (sidebars for instance). This could be a problem with this specific file, but the PDF version renders fine and I think this might be the same trouble I was having with another epub file.
It reads epubs and rtfs, but not mobi or lit or a few others. Its text handling and formatting aren't great but they're working on it. If I was reading a novel I'd stick with an ereader but if I had 20 research papers to go through it's the remarkable by a long shot.
If I weren't such a cheapskate, or if there were a budget for these kind of things where I teach the guitar, I'd probably experiment with this for teaching...