Thanks to the wallabako code, I can read wallabag'd articles on my Kobo. I use wallabag as a self-hosted 'Read It Later' system. Now, obviously - well, obviously to me - I should not have needed to do this just to use the eReader I purchased without handing over my personal data needlessly, but, hey, it worked.

fake the login details: INSERT INTO user(UserID,UserKey) VALUES('1','').

open the database for editing: sqlite3 KoboReader.sqlite.

browse to the device's internal storage.There are some instructions here, but the gist is: I didn't fancy giving Kobo any personal data, so I bypassed the registration and login screen with a quick tweak to the. Bypassing the registration and login screen The fact it was also going (relatively) cheap in John Lewis - about £70 - did not hurt. I don't know if I was just being contrarian when I bought it, or if it was because I didn't like the idea of Amazon tracking every word I read. Ideally it would have forward and back buttons on the side, rather than relying on the touchscreen, but oh well. I can side-load books with nothing more than drag-and-drop. The default UI is fine, so I haven't bothered to change it. I have used it for hours and hours and hours, and I love it.

In a way, my eReader - a Kobo Clara HD - is one of the most underrated pieces of tech I own. There have been a couple of threads on Twitter recently about eReaders and eBooks, so I thought I'd write up my setup.

Kobo ereader calibre