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donnie_ · 03-23-2012, 12:48 AM

My experience with the kobo touch ( 1.9.14 ):-
I needed to replace my antique ebook reader and liked the look of the kobo -
the screen, weight and price was right so I took the plunge...
I skipped the initial setup and had a play around with it and Liked it.
But when I loaded one of my ebooks it would not appear in the library and a
message appeared that I must connect to windows to set it up.
OK, after a big download the software ran and connected to kobo and then
demanded that I choose from a selection of titles - no way around this...
Did that, then an upgrade to the device started....
When it was done it was not the same device that I purchased. The home page
was FULL of marketing about books that I had no interest in. Very
disappointing.....
I liked it the way it was before so I did a factory reset and then set about
finding a way to get around the need to connect to the bookshop again.
Alas to no avail.. The only way I could use it was to connect to the bookshop
and get that awful update. I was all prepared to box it back up and return it
but I thought I would give it one last try (after about 3 hours stuffing
around).
This time it connected to the bookshop but because I had already created an
account it was a lot less painful.
The GOOD NEWS is that the update would not run due to being "already
adjusted" or some such message.
Now I can actually USE it to READ books!!!
Hooray! I like it again.

03-23-2012, 12:48 AM	#1
donnie_ Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: kobo	My experience with the kobo touch My experience with the kobo touch ( 1.9.14 ):- I needed to replace my antique ebook reader and liked the look of the kobo - the screen, weight and price was right so I took the plunge... I skipped the initial setup and had a play around with it and Liked it. But when I loaded one of my ebooks it would not appear in the library and a message appeared that I must connect to windows to set it up. OK, after a big download the software ran and connected to kobo and then demanded that I choose from a selection of titles - no way around this... Did that, then an upgrade to the device started.... When it was done it was not the same device that I purchased. The home page was FULL of marketing about books that I had no interest in. Very disappointing..... I liked it the way it was before so I did a factory reset and then set about finding a way to get around the need to connect to the bookshop again. Alas to no avail.. The only way I could use it was to connect to the bookshop and get that awful update. I was all prepared to box it back up and return it but I thought I would give it one last try (after about 3 hours stuffing around). This time it connected to the bookshop but because I had already created an account it was a lot less painful. The GOOD NEWS is that the update would not run due to being "already adjusted" or some such message. Now I can actually USE it to READ books!!! Hooray! I like it again.