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https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000265873... (epubs)

https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000265871... (PDF)

(disclosure: i have one, I love it, no other association, I intend to eventually build some sort of Internet Archive integration for it)

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The remarkable is one of the best things I have bought. It has single handededly made me read more and take so much more notes and read much more interactively and thus learning more. But it is not that good for reading PDF's if that is something you are looking to do. Also it's not possible to read on half the page and take notes on the other which is a feature I would really like, anyway just my 2 cents :D

Where do you buy books for it?

I try a variety of sources, and use Calibre [1] to manage my ebook library. First Amazon (Calibre will strip the DRM), and I'll step through Barnes and Noble, ebooks.com; failing any of those, libgen (and I'll buy a used dead tree copy to pair with it). I do my best to be a responsible intellectual property consumer.

[1] https://calibre-ebook.com/

Calibre suggests an email service that doesn't let me create an account, can't convert the mobi file I need, and doesn't know how to deal with any of the other books on my Kindle. They aren't stored on the Kindle as mobi files, so /shrug

Sorry to hear it doesn't work for you. Wishing you luck finding a solution to meet your requirements.

I have some nostalgia feelings while looking at this website design. It even has an now very old powerbook g4 on the main page.

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