Written by Matthew Miller , Contributor. Matthew Miller Contributor Matthew Miller has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces since Full Bio. Box contents and initial impressions The Libre ships in a sizable retail box with everything you need to get started. Most of these can be found online for free, but it is nice to see a company thinking about providing new ebook buyers with content out of the box so that they can begin reading right away.
These books are all in EPUB format too. Walk around the hardware The majority of the front of the Libre is taken up by the 5 inch display. Over on the left side you will find the slider bar that is spring loaded to snap back to center. You can turn pages using this controller and you will find there are actually three ways to turn pages.
The second method for turning pages is found below the display to the left and here are two buttons about where your thumb falls to easily let you turn pages forward and backwards. This is the controller I used most of the time.
Over on the right side below the display you will find quite a cluster buttons. My Profile Log Out. Add Your Comment. Unfortunately, when Inexpensive, Lightweight and well designed Inexpensive, Lightweight and well designed Comes with books, Easy to use, Small, Good display.
This post was written by: Carly Z - who has written posts on Gear Diary. By Computer Shopper on August 01, 73 If you don't mind charging it every day, this gray-scale, LCD-based e-reader is a good low-cost option that can read e-books from more than one bookstore By Macworld on March 30, 70 Although the Libre Pro lacks the Wi-Fi or 3G connectivity of some fancier e-readers, it keeps things basic and to the point. By PCWorld on March 25, 70 Budget e-reader delivers clear text and basic functionality in a light, well-presented package By techcrunch.
I absolutely love it. I am amazed at this product. Was very surprised. It plays movies, too, but I believe, for movies TV is the best.
It plays MP3, while you are reading, without slowing it down. I have had none of the problems listed above to any great extent. I have a question…. I have downloaded some ebooks in pdf file but my libre will only read about 15 pages then the rest are blank. When checking my card on the computer the book is all there. Any ideas on how to fix this? I have a lot of books that this is happening with. Devina, I have this problem too. NO idea how to fix it, though….
I just bought one and am extremely disappointed with it. Not only does it not read the missing pages but the re-sizing is a pain and it is no way near as easy to use as the Libre. Just bought one of these ebook readers — they are actually surprisingly good for the money and I would have no hesitation recommending them.
The screen is lovely to read from and the unit is solid and well made. Half the price of a Kindle, if you check out ebay and very cute. I have Libre Pro and I like it a lot.
I purchased the Aluratek for my father and he loves it. One question I have is about the preloaded books. Is there anyway of deleting the books when done reading them. Please someone help me so I can help my dad. Jackie The books are on the SD card. If you have a card reader for your computer, you could delete the book file from the SD card.
Jackie Just connect it to your computer, the screen will open with all the books in it, in a separate folder. I Copied to the folder on my computer for the future reference. You can use the same method to delete it.
I hope this helps. When I connected reader to computer.. I hve had me Aluratek Libre for 5 months, my first e reader , and really like it. Didnt know if I would take to ebooks, but have read more in the last 5 months than in the previous 5 years. Dont know if it is better than the a sony or kindle, but it suits me. Is it possible to download newspapers to my computer, and then move them to my Libre? Still having a problem deleting the preloaded books off the ereader.
Please help!!!!!!! Jackie, try Cut the folder of your books into the folder in your computer. Delete then whatever you want. Or, after you have Cut the books to the computer, Copy and Paste back into the e-book. I usually do that saving space. What type of cases are you using with this? The ones listed specifically for this one are overpriced.
Will any of the other covers work for this? Hello,does the libre still having problems with pdf files even after the latest firmware update? And where could I download the latest firmware for Libre? Jackie, There is a slider usually on the side of an sd card and it will say lock right above that. Slide that button the other way and it will allow you to delete the files.
Barring that, you can always get another sd card too. Hope this is helpfull. Before Borders closed its doors, their books were supported on this reader. Sue Lots of places. Google for Free ePub Books. Hay, Anastasia, it does support Russian for sure, I tried. Not only does it have 2 gb of internal memory and comes with 2 gb memory card, it is also very fast!
The black one is very very slow! I am thinking of buying the Libre Reader, but I am concerned with the review that it is hard to read in dim light. I pretty much only read in bed before sleeping and only have my side table light on, will I have trouble reading the screen, should I look for an e-reader that has a back light and any suggestions?
Do you know anything about the Aluratek Digital Text Reader? I am a librarian trying to load country western mp3 files onto the libre pro. It is not working. What am I doing wrong? I click on the file manager and there is nothing there. On the desktop I use calibre — E-book management.
It will download news from many sources and make it suitable for Ebook use. I have the aluratek libre ereader pro and it has quite a few aggravating glitches that Aluratek needs to address. As far as ease, yes when I first received it as a gift I loved it; however, they really should just give you a site that has all those classic books on them and enough space for you to upload them if you choose to. I think that they have over loaded the reader so that when you want to load something onto it you have no space and therefore have to purchase an additional sd card.
I could only load one book and had to get the sd card. Also after a period of time it stops turning pages so I reset it charged it and the last time I had to upgrade the firmware. Well, afterward the ereader went to German, then I spent the entire day trying to fix things, every time I fixed one thing two more glitches happened.
I believe it needs some big time glitch fixes. Now it is working again. So glitches is an understatement. I think Aluratek needs to do some more testing for this ereader. The size, shape, feel, etc. What do you think??? Like to hear more feedback Thanks Patty. Can someone help me with this??? Your email address will not be published. Don't subscribe All Replies to my comments Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. We use affiliate links.
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The USB port is utilized for charging the device as well as for data transfer of the device itself and the inserted SD card. On Windows and Mac computers, the Libre automatically mounts as removable drives. The software is easy to use. In order to read a book, you can do one of two things: either press the corresponding numbered button beside it or scroll to the title you want using the Dpad and select it by depressing the OK button.
Aluratek refers to their display as ePaper. More directly, the Palm V. And — as long as you have plenty of light — the Libre is just as good. There is no backlight feature on this model.
If the flashing of E-ink readers bothers you, you may like this e-reader. Depending on the size of your e-novel, the start up loading times can vary. In addition, the reader froze occasionally when attempting to load or display some JPG images. While the Libre does not offer annotation, it does have a book marking feature.
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