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The best Kindle alternatives for those looking to ditch Amazon
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No matter what your reason for wanting to get away from the tech giant is, there are many options available.
Key facts
- Kobo has a direct competitor called Kobo Plus, which costs $8 per month for an ebook or audiobook-only membership, or $10 per month if you want both
- Kobo Plus has fewer available titles than Kindle Unlimited (around 1.5 million versus the latter's over 4 million), and Amazon requires self-published authors on its platform to agree
- Running on Android 12, the Go Color 7 can function as a tablet as well as an ereader, and the Gen II model added stylus support for note-taking
- Like on the Palma 2 Pro, the Kaleido 3 display here is about as vibrant as color E Ink displays get right now
Summary
Amazon is arguably king of the castle when it comes to ereaders. The fact that Amazon's recently ended support for several its older models, effectively rendering them as e-waste, is a big reason, among many others, to consider alternative products. You aren't short of non-Kindle options to ditch Amazon for, but here are their top picks to help guide your decision. Kobo is one of the biggest thorns in Amazon's side here, and they like its Clara Colour ereader so much that it currently sits above every available Kindle in their best ereader guide, let alone the list of alternatives.