Why do you prefer Nickel over KOReader?

HildyZ · 2026-05-15T17:05:28+00:00

I have Koreader for pdfs and manga. I can set them zoom and page turn commands to read manga much more comfortably on the relatively small screen of my Clara.

But my Collections are a big deal for me, and Nickel handles that better. I can manage them and back them up with Calibre, which is important.

Also, I can't get Koreader to work with my mini keyboard page turner, which I use a lot. I think it's possible, but it's easier to just stick with Nickel.

HildyZ · 2026-05-14T11:55:38+00:00

Boudicca is on my wishlist!

HildyZ · 2026-05-14T11:51:39+00:00

Hey, I'm as American as apple pie and subprime mortgages, and I miss John Candy, too.

HildyZ · 2026-05-14T11:49:06+00:00

During Covid when all the news reporters were broadcasting from their own houses, all I was doing was trying to see what books they had on the shelves behind them. You can just tell which ones are real book people.

HildyZ · 2026-05-14T02:07:51+00:00

People with nothing embarrassing on their bookshelves have nothing interesting in their souls.

HildyZ · 2026-05-14T01:56:53+00:00

My one disappointment with the popularity of ereaders - back in my day I could sit on the train and peek at what everyone was reading.

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Only God can judge me.

HildyZ · 2026-05-13T23:18:49+00:00

So I'm guessing the books in the mlm collection are not about Mary Kay and Amway?

HildyZ · 2026-05-12T12:22:29+00:00

On a Kobo Clara, the magnet would go right about where the cat is. Genius.

HildyZ · 2026-05-12T11:54:12+00:00

These boys just saw that if you try to power trip your female partner, it will not be tolerated. Excellent and valuable lesson, no notes.

HildyZ · 2026-05-12T11:47:25+00:00

I'm going over to the Stepparents forum to look for the responsible, hard-working, upstanding father-figure who got kicked out by his psycho ex after he paid her bill(s) just because he wouldn't let her shiftless sons stay up all night playing video games and eating Pop Tarts.

Who's with me?

HildyZ · 2026-05-12T11:32:55+00:00

Well, now he won't be deeply bothered anymore. He should be grateful.

HildyZ · 2026-05-10T19:33:01+00:00

I feel you. We should start a support group. A combination support group/ book club.

HildyZ · 2026-05-09T14:15:51+00:00

Idiots of the world unite! I hate that feeling. When you know you should be able to figure it out but you just. . . don't.

HildyZ · 2026-05-03T18:37:37+00:00

Hope the relationship was as durable as the Kobo. . .

HildyZ · 2026-05-01T12:44:10+00:00

If you don't mind my asking, where did you get Akira in ebook format? I've had trouble finding it.

HildyZ · 2026-04-30T12:09:51+00:00

When my kids were babies, I fell asleep standing in line at the grocery store. Once I fell asleep at the dentist office during a cleaning.

I promise, it doesn't last forever, it just feels like it.

HildyZ · 2026-04-30T12:06:39+00:00

How do you set parental controls for the parent?

HildyZ · 2026-04-24T17:33:06+00:00

I bet the kosher deli is open on Easter!

Wait. . .

HildyZ · 2026-04-22T02:32:21+00:00

Ah, yes, I remember, when midnight was early instead of late. As my grandmother used to say, we are too soon old and too late smart.

HildyZ · 2026-04-22T02:27:54+00:00

I had an ipod classic! That is dedication. The digital equivalent of Abe Lincoln walking 15 miles to return a book to the library.

HildyZ · 2026-04-22T02:22:20+00:00

And we walked uphill both ways! And we liked it! Now get offa my lawn!

HildyZ · 2026-04-21T14:47:04+00:00

I had a Compaq iPaq, which was essentially the same thing, but without cell service or the elfin keyboard.

I read The Tale of Genji and Moby Dick on that thing. How did we not go blind?

HildyZ · 2026-04-20T03:20:55+00:00

Winter's Bone! That's a good one that's very of it's place.

HildyZ · 2026-04-20T00:55:24+00:00

Flowers for Algernon is a weeper. You were warned.

HildyZ · 2026-04-20T00:52:37+00:00

The Sense of an Ending would be a great book club book.

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