Kobo

Last night the Kobo CEO had a longer thread on Bluesky talking about how, when, and where they are using AI and what type of AI they are using.

Short version is that they are against using Generative AI that is trained on authors content without their expressed and explicit consent. But have used small models that help with proper metadata, flag explicit material for proper review, look for malicious duplication or auto-generated AI modifications of existing books or scraped websites.

They also reposted it to their writinglife blog.

Wow! DOOMFLOWER is at number 5 in Young Adult - YA, Horror on @kobo!

#horror #newbooks #YAbooks #YAhorror

Anyone heard anything? Would love a 7" carta 1300 screen.

I just got my first ereader, and am wondering if anyone has suggestions as to where I can purchase books but also download them (.epub, etc) after purchasing. I want to support the authors, but I also want to actually own the thing I'm paying for. Is ebooks.com a good option?

Is anyone else having this issue?

I’ve logged out of Pocket, deleted all the articles and then logged back in. Nothing. It comes up with an error saying that “something has gone wrong”, which isn’t particularly helpful 🧐

The device isn’t new, and Pocket has been working since the day this thing came out.

Anyone know of a way to formate comics to fill most of the screen on the Kobo Libra? I'm able to import them no problem but I can't seem to get the pages to fill the whole/most of the screen. Any help or advice is much appreciated!

What books have you read recently &/or are reading?

Just ordered this one from Amazon and it’s good!

It doesn’t have the standing ability so if you’re looking for that wait longer. I’m just looking for something to protect it when I throw it in my purse.

It’s got a pen holder and magnetic wake/sleep.

I haven’t been able to tell from any of the reviews yet but does the stylus only work with Kobo Books? Or can you write on any book?

I’ve already preordered. I was ready for a new reader and color seems cool.

I’m a bit bummed about how dark it looks but, it looks pretty good otherwise. I mostly read at night anyways.

Coming over from the Kindle Paperwhite. Said screw Amazon recently. Canceled prime, Kindle Unlimited.

If anyone has any tips or advice, feel free to share. But just wanted to say it feels good getting out of the Amazon ecosphere.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1028403

Guess my previous post was a bit premature.

I think the title says it all.

I saw a mention of an Omnivore integration I might check out, but it depends on Pocket still at least existing in the OS, and I would prefer to stay up to date. That and I am already proxying the Store through Calibre-web.

Note Taking Updates

Discover more ways to make notes using our new templates, including musical sheets, calligraphy, and more.

You can now search your handwritten notes in a Notebook.

In Basic Notebooks, create proper shapes by drawing and holding your pen in place for a few seconds. For example, if you draw a circle, you can convert it into a perfect circle.

In Basic notebooks, use the new Lasso feature to move, delete, copy, resize, and convert your notes into typed text.

Organize your notebooks with folders.

Never worry about losing your notebooks again. Please turn on the Notebook Backup feature to save them on the Kobo Cloud and view your notebooks on kobo.com/notebooks

You can now adjust line spacing in Advanced Notebooks.

In Advanced Notebooks, you can now highlight text with the button on the stylus.

Added brightness icon in Notebooks.

Updates for most other models

Google Drive support for Elipsa 2E, Elipsa, Sage and Forma.

Improve touch target for each button within the settings page.

Wishlist has a new Filter for items currently on Sale.

Added ebook categories on second page of storefront.