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SmokeAndMirrors · 10-07-2011, 07:25 PM

I'm enjoying the Kobo Touch. Nice thing about it, apart from the touch screen is that it supports .ePub, the most common ebook format - which the Kindle does not. They use .MOBI, a proprietary format. That's the thing with Kindle. You're kind of stuck with them unless you want to deal with conversion and DRM stripping.

I'd recommend an ereader that reads ePub's. I like my Kobo Touch. Apart from the touch screen feature, it is quite basic, which suits me fine. It does have wifi though, if he feels compelled to use it.

10-07-2011, 07:25 PM	#3
SmokeAndMirrors Addict Posts: 280 Karma: 2064388 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: MN, US Device: Kobo Touch, Asus Eee Pad Slider	I'm enjoying the Kobo Touch. Nice thing about it, apart from the touch screen is that it supports .ePub, the most common ebook format - which the Kindle does not. They use .MOBI, a proprietary format. That's the thing with Kindle. You're kind of stuck with them unless you want to deal with conversion and DRM stripping. I'd recommend an ereader that reads ePub's. I like my Kobo Touch. Apart from the touch screen feature, it is quite basic, which suits me fine. It does have wifi though, if he feels compelled to use it.