Ereaders

[Flighty]

Does anyone have, and use, a Kobo ereader rather than a Kindle?

[Flighty]

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My sister has a Kobo, I have a Kindle (so we have compared notes).  What do you need to know?

[Flighty]

A friend is looking to get one but won't use Amazon so is looking at alternatives. She mentioned Kobo and wondered if I knew anyone who used one and if so what's it like, hence my question.   

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Asta is really pleased with her one.  It took a little getting her head around the store, but soon worked out which was the best file format to use, and how to get at it.  I don't think her one has Wi-Fi, which is where my Kindle trumps it; but I don't know if other Kobo models have it. 

She is a little disappointed with the battery life.

[Flighty]

Schmelda thanks.

[BarriedaleNick]

A friend of mine has a Kobo and is a rabid reader - she loves it !

[Crystalmoon]

Hiya, I was looking into getting an E reader & liked the way the Kobo allows you to buy books from anywhere you want. I didn't like they way Kindle ties you to buying from Amazon. Also the Kobo can enable you to borrow books from libraries all over the World & the Kindle doesn't. I still haven't bought one yet though as part of me is really worried that libraries etc will be closed to the public & just stored on computer files so at the moment I am trying to use the library as much as possible xjane

[Melbourne12]

Just a note to say that Kindle doesn't tie you to Amazon, although Amazon encourage you to think so.

If you're at all computer savvy, you can transform virtually any format and upload to Kindle.  http://calibre-ebook.com/ is a very successful file converter for the purpose.

And there are loads of free books on http://www.gutenberg.org/ that are directly readable on Kindle.

[schmelda]

Just a note to say that Kindle doesn't tie you to Amazon, although Amazon encourage you to think so.

If you're at all computer savvy, you can transform virtually any format and upload to Kindle.  http://calibre-ebook.com/ is a very successful file converter for the purpose.

And there are loads of free books on http://www.gutenberg.org/ that are directly readable on Kindle.

This is what I do.  I good percentage of the books I have read on my Kindle didn't come from Amazon.   ;)

Amazon does have the advantage that they have lots of books listed for free (often from new and up-coming authors), as well as the classics that you can get free anywhere.