(I love that this initiative distributes carbon credit revenue across several First Nation communities.)Īll of the Kobo devices I’ve reviewed so far offer a “natural light” feature, which simply allows you to change the temperature of the screen’s light (which is technically not a backlight, but a “frontlight”). They currently do this in partnership with the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative on the Great Bear Forest Carbon Project. (They say this is the equivalent of powering 900+ homes with renewable energy per year.) I recently found out that Kobo offsets 100% of the carbon emissions associated with shipping their e-readers. Other e-reader devices can feel very “plastic-y”, but Kobo devices just feel high quality. Now, with mounting criticisms against Amazon’s ethics and sustainability issues, many readers are seeking to switch to a new brand for their next (or first) e-reader.Įvery Kobo device I’ve reviewed has felt sturdy, well-made, and… not cheap. The device launched in 2007 and has sold tens of millions of devices.Īmazon got out the gate earlier - but in the years since its launch, a number of companies have developed better e-readers with more features. Most of us are very aware of the biggest player in the e-reader game: Amazon’s Kindle. Photo by Branden Harvey for Good Good Good But, for those who see the benefits of owning an e-reader device, the next question becomes: Which e-reader is right for me? Small, independent, and underrepresented authors can reach more readers because they don’t have to compete for shelf spaceĮ-readers don’t have to be the perfect choice for every book-lover - nor do you have to choose a digital book on every occasion.No trees are harmed in the making of ebooks - and you eliminate the impacts of the bookbinding process as well.They eliminate the need for all the shipping of physical books.They help reduce distractions while reading.You’ll likely save money in the long run because ebooks tend to be cheaper.You can carry more books with you everywhere you go.They make reading more accessible for people who need larger text size or prefer to use a dyslexia-friendly font.Of course, over the last two decades, e-reader technology has come a long way (batteries last for weeks now, for example) - and so has the cultural perception of reading a book on a digital device. Print purists argued that needing to charge a battery to read a book would be annoying, reading from a screen wouldn’t have the same feel as a physical book, and not every book would be available in a digital format. When Sony debuted the first mainstream handheld e-reader in 2004, it sparked debates about the best way to read a book. We’re highlighting the best Amazon alternatives for those with ethical, moral, or environmental qualms with the trillion-dollar company.
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This article is a part of an ongoing series on how to minimize or eliminate Amazon use from our lives.
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