Southwest to Offer Kobo E-books Inflight - Page 2

John F · 05-15-2015, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by j.p.s

Forgot to mention:

Late last year there were postings on Mobileread about potential and actual problems knowing when the package would be shipped and when it would show up and troubles returning defective readers bought from Chapters or direct from Kobo.

For me, I think it was much easier to buy from Politics & Prose.

I used Chapters.ca with no problems. Kobo (U.S.) is the one with archaic internet support. I'm from the U.S.

RZetlin · 05-15-2015, 01:49 PM

I am curious if Kobo is supplying the latest their eReader or would they be sending their older model generation.

murg · 05-15-2015, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by murg

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

It sounds better than it actually is, because you have to read the entire book during the flight. Once the flight is over, you lose free access to that book and have to buy it if you want to finish reading it.

And, of course, you'll be pulling into the gate with a chapter or two left from a trans-coastal flight.

I guess this won't be so bad unless they offered different books on east-bound and west-bound flights.

crich70 · 05-25-2015, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by murg

And, of course, you'll be pulling into the gate with a chapter or two left from a trans-coastal flight.

And it sounds like it's just epubs. What if you don't have an epubreader? Are they goingto make the same deal for Kindle books as well?

PeterT · 05-25-2015, 08:01 AM

I believe this is done via an app you can download to your smart-device.

sadievan · 05-25-2015, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

I believe this is done via an app you can download to your smart-device.

I'm thinking it will work that way also.

jviscosi · 05-26-2015, 12:00 PM

I don't have any plans to fly Southwest again like, ever, but this story got me thinking about and doing some research on Kobo for the first time in years. I'd been toying with replacing my Kindle 3 for a long time and never pulled the trigger, but finally decided to give the Kobo Glo HD a try. So Kobo got themselves at least one sale out of their deal with the airline. (The Kobo discount code PERKOPOLIS that I found elsewhere on MobileRead helped, too!)

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05-15-2015, 01:49 PM	#17
RZetlin Addict Posts: 383 Karma: 3461302 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Aura One, Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura HD (RIP)	I am curious if Kobo is supplying the latest their eReader or would they be sending their older model generation.

05-25-2015, 08:01 AM	#20
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,166 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	I believe this is done via an app you can download to your smart-device.

05-26-2015, 12:00 PM	#22
jviscosi Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 2563362 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: California Device: Inkbook Focus, Nook Glowlight 4/4+, Inkbook Obsidian, Kindle Keyboard	I don't have any plans to fly Southwest again like, ever, but this story got me thinking about and doing some research on Kobo for the first time in years. I'd been toying with replacing my Kindle 3 for a long time and never pulled the trigger, but finally decided to give the Kobo Glo HD a try. So Kobo got themselves at least one sale out of their deal with the airline. (The Kobo discount code PERKOPOLIS that I found elsewhere on MobileRead helped, too!)

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