![]() These features I mentioned for kindle are very important for me. Overdrive doesn’t work here in Mexico, so that is not a consideration. But then, I got a Likebook for notetaking, so it is not an issue for me. The only thing that does catch my eye from kobo is the note taking. The website I get most of my books from already supplies files compatible with kindle, so I can even download them directly using the primitive browser into my kindle. ![]() I agree that the file conversion has not been an issue. Granted, you have to use a book file that allows you to take advantage of the added fonts (MOBI does not). The font thing really is not an issue as you can add all the fonts you want to the device. For me the advantages that kindle has over kobo that keep me from considering a kobo include the book sync between devices, the ability to use SendToKindle to send files easily over wifi, VoiceView (I use this a lot, I find it very usable and practical), I can manage the content of my mom’s kindle remotely through the Amazon website as she lives in a completely different country. I don’t think this makes kobo better than kindle, just different. The latter two also support writing with a stylus, something Kindles don’t do. There are two 6-inch models, there’s the 7-inch Libra 2, an 8-inch Kobo Sage, and a 10.3-inch Kobo Elipsa. More device choices – One nice thing about Kobo is they offer more ereaders in more sizes. Organizing – Kobo ereaders have more ways to sort and organize your content, and they can be used with Calibre to manage collections.ĥ. Meanwhile Amazon actively tries to prevent people from doing the same kind of things on Kindles.Ĥ. Customizing – There’s an active developer’s community for Kobo ereaders with all kinds of customizable hacks and tweaks to add additional features and reading apps to Kobo ereaders, and Kobo is fine with letting users do what they want with their devices. Kindles support Overdrive too, but only in the US and you have to use a secondary device to browse and checkout library books and then send them to Kindles through Amazon’s website-they cannot be borrowed directly from Kindle devices.ģ. Overdrive support – Kobo ereaders have Overdrive support built-in so you can easily download ebooks from public libraries for free directly from the Kobo store. You have more control over how the page looks, and you can turn headers and footers on and off, and something about the fonts just look better on Kobos than Kindles-the text just seems to be sharper and more defined.Ģ. Font choices and layout settings – One long-standing advantage Kobo ereaders have over Kindles is more font choices and more layout controls for line-spacing and margins. Supporting ePub does open up the possibility of shopping from other ebook stores so that is an advantage in one sense, but considering how easy it is to remove DRM from purchased ebooks it’s not like that’s hard to do with Kindles.
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