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Originally Posted by HarryT
Kobo. Again, the same screen as Kindle. Seems to have lots of bugs, and frequent firmware updates which introduce yet more bugs. "A work in progress", perhaps? Ask in the Kobo forum here.
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Never had problems with any of the Kobos I have owned - have an original and the latest gen Touch which has a virtual keyboard instead of the physical one the kindle has. Each firmware update actually adds new features meaning my original can do more than it did when I bought it. (Yes the updates also take care of bugs as well. The one which is prevalent in the forum now is a storage error message on the Touch which for me appeared once and after I clicked cancel never appeared again. The Kobo developers are actually on these forums and any bugs get ironed out in a short time with a new update. Not sure about the Kindle presence here or the frequency of firmware updates.)
You can buy books from whoever you want and put them on the Kobo. It also supports other formats (pdf, cbr, txt). It may not be the right reader for you but I would suggest having a look.
The advantage to an epub ereader is you can borrow library books (it is a feature that some speculate may show up on the next kindle but that has not been confirmed).
As to DRM depending what genre you read there are publishers who sell drm free books (Baen is a good size one with every book they have published available at a great price as well as lots of free books as well). As well there are literally thousands of free books out there.
Personally I think a Kobo is a solid inexpensive unit and do not regret buying mine.