Kobo · Kindle · BOOX · PocketBook · reMarkable
Get more out of your e-reader.
Plain, tested setup guides, fixes and customization — organised by the exact device on your nightstand.
Start with your device
Each model has a permanent home: guides, KOReader, Calibre, customization, troubleshooting, accessories and comparisons.
Kobo
Rakuten's e-reader line, popular with tinkerers for its open-ish firmware and strong KOReader and Calibre support.
- Libra Colour A 7-inch colour e-ink reader with physical page-turn buttons, waterproofing and optional stylus support — the most tweak-friendly mainstream Kobo.
- Clara BW A compact 6-inch black-and-white Kobo with a modern screen, warm light and Bluetooth audio — the enthusiast favourite for a pocketable KOReader device.
- Sage An 8-inch Kobo with page-turn buttons, stylus support and a power cover — the large-screen option for reading and light note-taking.
Kindle
Amazon's e-readers — the mainstream default. More locked down, so the guides lean on Calibre, formats and troubleshooting.
- Paperwhite Amazon's mid-range Kindle and the best-selling e-reader in the world — a 7-inch waterproof screen with weeks of battery.
- Scribe Amazon's 10.2-inch Kindle with an included pen — the large-format option for reading, handwritten notebooks and PDF markup inside the Kindle ecosystem.
- Basic The smallest, cheapest current Kindle — a 6-inch 300 ppi screen with no waterproofing and no warm light.
BOOX
Onyx's Android-based e-ink tablets and readers. The most flexible hardware, with the trade-offs that come with running full Android on e-paper.
PocketBook
A European brand known for supporting a huge list of file formats out of the box and for audio on e-ink.
reMarkable
Paper-tablets built around handwriting and PDF markup rather than ebook reading. A distinct workflow, with an active tweaking community.
How this site works
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Device-first, always
Every guide is written for a specific model. No "most e-readers" hand-waving — the buttons, menus and quirks are the ones on your device.
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Tried before it is written
Steps are walked through on the actual hardware and dated. When firmware changes something, the page says so.
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No login, no fluff
No account, no pop-ups, no 800-word preamble before the instructions. Read it, do it, close the tab.
From the guides
Background reading that applies across every device.
- Software What is KOReader, and should you install it? KOReader is a free, open-source reading app that runs on almost every e-reader. Here is what it does, what it does not, and who it is for. Updated August 2026
- Software Calibre basics: managing your own ebook library Calibre is the free desktop program most people use to organise books and get them onto a reader. Here is the mental model and the three tasks that matter. Updated August 2026
- Concept E-ink vs LCD: what the screen difference actually means Why e-paper looks the way it does, where it wins, and the trade-offs — refresh, colour and ghosting — you are accepting when you choose it. Updated August 2026
- Formats EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF: which ebook format to use A plain guide to the formats your reader accepts, which one to keep your books in, and when conversion helps or hurts. Updated August 2026