Replacing Books With a Kindle (Is It Worth It?) | Pros & Cons of Minimal Reading 

EDIT - I realize now you can also sideload PDFs onto Kindles, but I continue to prefer Kobo for it's pricing and especially the Kobo Plus subscription. Hope this helps!

I’m striving for minimalism without giving up my reading hobby, so kindle is definitely on my Wishlist!

Loved your video. I had a similar situation with being a fast reader or reading a lot and then the books, once finished, become almost a burden because I don't want to keep them around. So I got myself a Kindle. I still read physical books but the Kindle has been really useful for me.

I have a kobo and I absolutely love it. My partner has a little collection of books, and I only own a couple of coffee table reads. But I love reading digitally because I can take my e-reader with me wherever I go. I read a lot of fantasy, and they tend to be larger books that just don’t fit in my purse. I love keeping our physical book collection super minimal. I also feel like I’m contributing to way less waste. I’m currently using a Kobo Touch which is just over 10 years old. I’m looking forward to mine dying so I can upgrade to one that has the backlighting so I can read in the dark while my partner sleeps. Also love the built in dictionary as well! So nice how fast you can look up definitions!

I bought a kindle (an actual kindle) a few months ago and oh boy do I love it! I was hesitant because I love books and the feel of them, but now honestly I prefer the kindle. I can read in bed next to my sleeping daughter and not disturb her, I ditched looking at the phone every night and instead I read a book and sleep better. Plus! There are so many places you can find cheap, discounted and free books online! Also, you can also read pdf on kindle, just saying. LOVE IT! And thanks for the book suggestions, will look them up now!

Awesome! I just got a kindle and I just pretty much read an entire novel (Jurassic Park) in about a week - the first novel I’ve read since maybe high school, and I’m 29. Love the format and how easy it is to just cruise through books with the touch or swipe of a finger. Excited to start reading more! Thanks for the review! God Bless.

I bought a kindle fire in Nov 2013! I do prefer physical books as well, the smell is amazing! 😊 I usually use my phone kindle app now, but it wasnt a thing back in the day. I like that I can change the background to black with white writing. That's how I read at night, when hubby is sleeping, and it seems easier on the eyes.

Fantastic review, and very valid arguments

Just the video i needed at the moment. Thx.

Exceptionally good video with comparisons I hadn't even though of such as travelling abroad looking for paper books in English, and, also the part about not being able to lend a kindle book to a friend to read. Thanks for this video

Currently on the verge of buying a Kindle. My plan is since not all books are supported Well as Ebooks, I'm going to use both physical and ebooks for reading, and ill prolly get whatever based on my feeling. Plus books are way cheaper on kindle and it helps save so much money. I'm definitely gonna get one now.

I'm starting to love my Kobo. I got a kobo instead of a kindle for the same reasons. However, never really used it. But since a couple of months I have really started reading new books again (instead of only reading fanfiction online) and am starting to love my kobo more and more. I'm currently ready you are a bad ass. (Only read the first chapter so far, started yesterday)

This was a very enjoyable video. No non-sense or fluff. I felt like I was sitting with a friend. I'm super hormonal and easily aggravated so thanks for being awesome! I love books but my collection far exceeds my need for a minimalist approach.

Fully agree with all this. I love my Kobo too because I can read a lot more with no weight. I live in Japan at the moment and getting English books is difficult. Even the biggest book stores will only have a few aisles of English novels, and the prices you pay are inflated since they're imported. I tend to read a lot of obscure books too, so those are best to read via ebook rather than wait weeks for shipping. I also read so much more now, since I can use my parents library. Just use their american address and got a library card. The one thing I like collecting (but not owning) is behind the scenes photo books of favorite tv shows, etc. Japan has services where I can send books and magazines to be scanned digitally, so I still 'own' them just not in my apartment. I hope to do this when I can get a tablet....

Great thoughts thanks for sharing!

I use a kindle but sometimes with I had a kobo. I tried one briefly and I like that you can buy e books through independent book sellers with a kobo.

I've been using a 4th Gen Kindle since 2011 and have recently bought a 10th Gen, White, no ads and no fingerprints and I love it. I much prefer reading via the Kindle, I never tire of it. BTW, you can email PDFs to your Kindle email address and you can get them (if they're books) to look exactly like a Kindle Download, format wise, by inserting the word "convert" into the subject of the email. The only downside then, is that you can't navigate straight to chapters, or skip through chapters. But, I've saved myself a ton by doing this and most "classics" are available via this method. Mind you, plenty of them are free on the Kindle Store anyway! 😋📚

You can email PDFs and other document files to your kindle email address and read them on your kindle.

Another female that loves reading and minimalism? :D I'm subbing! So glad I came across your channel!

I have a 7th generation kindle second hand for $50!! Love it 💕💕💕

I already have a Kindle why am I watching this 😅

I literally have a kindle coming in the mail today and this video makes me so excited for it! I’ve been worried about whether I’ll like it but after hearing all your pros, I think I will. I’m the same way about chapters, I’ll flip through to see how many pages it is to see if I want to start it before bed 😂 I’m glad my kindle will take care of that issue!

Thanks so informative Sofia

You can email PDF’s to the kindle. Also loan books from apps like libby

Can i pick up any pdf document and upload it to kobo. If yes would you recommend the kobo forma. Are you sure we can’t upload pdf to kindle?

can you download a whole library of manga? i mostly go through manga, 1/day.. i have a manga reader, manga geek on my tablet, mostly romcom,

I prefer reading on a kindle because I HATE holding books because they make my hand cramp LOL but I also love the idea of having a library of physical books… I’m so torn

Love my kobo, no regrets. Only read digitally now

Much love

I don’t know who told you that you can’t add PDFs to a kindle, you absolutely can. I’ve bought only about 3 books from the Amazon store and I’ve got over 1,000 that I side loaded onto the kindle for free.

You can lend books on kindle to your friend for 14 days.

Kobo is great for OverDrive and ePUB support.

I actually put PDFs in my kindle paperwhite :)

Top lass!

What do you mean, don't buy things for your dogs? We apparently bought our dog a brand-new mattress...or at least he'd like to think it's his! You may possible have swayed me on the ereader. With a little more research, maybe I'll be able to find one secondhand. Mr Tea will be thrilled if I get rid of some of my physical books (in his defense, books do take up a lot of space when they're in the 'several hundred' range).

Is it worth buying a more expensive/premium e reader?

I find it interesting that you mentioned Kindle in your title but actually use Kobo. I like that as I too am biased towards Kobo. This would help draw more people to your video since Kindle is more popular as it's basically the iPhone of e-book platforms in terms of history, innovation, and popularity.

Currently, as of late 2021, I see e-readers as supplemental to physical books. I’m a bit surprised every time I see books by some of my favorite authors either being available as low-quality e-books (with TONS of formatting and typographical errors) or not available at all. The second downside is art and photography books - those will need at least a hi-res, big screen tablet. The third is electricity/battery and available WiFi to download your books. For me, the main downside to Kobo is that those devices rarely ever go on discounts here in the US. Even used, they cost more than a comparable Kindle or even Nook device. It’s not so much a quality of device issue, but a matter of scarcity. There just aren’t that many Kobo devices out there… Example: I got a used 32GB Paperwhite 4 with a leather cover for 110 USD. I won’t find that same deal for a Libra H2O, ever. That being said, I own more than a few of these devices and love them all 🦄🌈🌈🍀

I love your voice

Actually Amazon kindle has a loan option...of course if you loan it you won’t be able to read it on your kindle

girl you need some lofi in the background of your videos.

Thanks Sofia Abrantes

I have been reading ebooks on my iPad for the last 6yrs and am waiting until the paperwhite 5 goes on sale to get a kindle, it will be so much better for my eyes and distraction level. I have the same policy about hard copy books lol, I have a handful that I get at second hand stores but mostly just get the books I really love. I like hard copies but find that my attention span for it has decreased significantly, I used to be able to just read a book for hours now I find myself something else at the same time. I’ve also noticed that while I read faster my brain doesn’t settle on the “page” when on my iPad compared to reading paper, almost like I skate across it rather than walking if that makes sense. Does anyone else notice this?

Probably should state kobo when you're talking about time left to read and overall reading time statistics kobo has them the kindle does not . I have both the clara and 11th gen paperwhite .

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I hope they dont release a Clara hd2 after k buy the Clara hd

What do you mean you cant lend the book with a kindle or any other ereader? U freaking send it to them and they can just put it in their own device.

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You can sideload PDFs and other content not from Amazon to a Kindle. So, your main reason for choosing a Kobo over a Kindle is not actually true.

You need to get Bookbub to get free books. Also search yourself on Amazon for free books. Great way to get books that introduce a series or new author. I still have my book collection that I gathered because libraries never had the entire series by an author, but I only use it if the library doesn't have my book for the kindle or hardback. If you travel obviously you have given up on books because I would stuff 6 books in my luggage and still run out. You try buying a book in Alaska. Also the great thing about it is reading at night and you do not disturb anyone with a light. I would also get embarrassed when a science fiction author would change publisher and suddenly bare chests were on the cover instead of leather clothes and a motorcycle while I was reading on the bus. I read one book a day so I used to buy used books. Now I switch back and forth between the ebooks from the library and Kindle Unlimited on Amazon with some purchased books thrown in. You need Overdrive from your library to get their ebooks and my sister who lives in a primitive part of Ireland (which is most of it) cannot get it since the library pays for the service. Unfortunately Overdrive purchased an audio company and now a ton of books are in that format which is nuts since it would take weeks to get through an audio book instead of one night. I am so mad because I now use Kindle Unlimited a lot and the author and book I am looking for is almost always in audio format on Overdrive. They have no way to permanently turn off seeing them. I hope they lose a ton of business. I can see audio books for driving on a freeway for a couple of house commuting but I would prefer music. Music is also less distracting and better to do work by. I hate audio books. I have tried turning it up to chipmunk speed.

if u guys need to convert ur ebooks, I use convertio.co. U can convert to mobi there! (kindle supported book format)