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I use a Kobo ereader and it's integrated Pocket reader. I use the pocket extension for my browser to save articles, and then sync with my Kobo over wifi. No advertisements, and much easier than even the Calibre setup. If I want to automate blogs, I use ifttt to save new posts to Pocket. So easy! The screens on the newer Kobos are of course sharper.

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+1 to pocket. I never liked how aggressively it was pushed in firefox[0], but a few years after ignoring it, I tried it one day, and so far I am surprisingly happy with it. Instead of leaving a ton of tabs open or push notifications for articles that I'll never get to, I put them in pocket and sometimes remember to read them.

The TTS feature is pretty nifty (on Android, not sure if there's an equivalent on the web version, though firefox reader mode has TTS). With bluetooth headphones/speaker I can just have a bunch of articles read to me while I'm doing something else.

[0]: I hate random buttons for services I don't use showing up in my browser unexpectedly! I think stuff like this is part of why so many people (at least used to) avoid automatic updates. UI changes that don't immediately benefit the user.

IIRC, Pocket uses Amazon's TTS service, Polly. It is quite impressive. I stopped using Pocket because their web app was updated in a way that doubled the margins, sometimes resulting in lines with just 3 words on them. But before that I used it all the time both for reading and listening.

The text styling, including margins on the pocket reader app is pretty customizable I thought.

The mobile app does offer adjustments to margins, but only if you're a premium subscriber. The web app, which I use, does not offer the ability to customize at all, and the margins are 2x as big as the default on the mobile app. They look absolutely ridiculous, and despite having contacted Pocket support about this over a year ago, they remain double the size of the mobile app (and much bigger than they used to be before the 'upgrade').

Yes. I do own a Kobo and used the Pocket feature for a while. It works but the one down side was I quickly ended up with too many articles. Somehow that gave some anxiety whereas paper doesn't. Also it's easier to just pick up a pile and throw in recycling vs finding a way to remove half of the Pocket articles.

Maybe not what you are looking for, but on your webpage for Pocket, you can do "Bulk Edit" and delete.

Select the pencil-like icon on the right of the top bar (hover over it to see words "Bulk Edit"). Select the articles you want to delete, then select the trashcan to delete them.

On the Kobo, you are limited to deleting one item at a time, unfortunately. So you bulk edit on the web, then sync your Kobo to remove the items.

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