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Originally Posted by kyteflyer
I'm actually not interested in the screen issues, though they may have a final influence over which I decide on.
I have never owned a Kindle, or a Kobo, so what I am interested in is the software and book management.
1) Do either of them allow sorting by Author, providing a "page" or collection that way?
2) How much font variation is there? or is it restricted to the publisher's choice?
I'm tending to lean toward Kindle at the moment, which will then require the conversion of almost 2000 epubs to .mobi format (not looking forward to it, but at least it doesnt have to be done all at once)
3) How do these two manage books which are not purchased from the dedicated store? Are they "registered" in any way with the respective websites, or ignored.
Still leaning toward Kindle, because of the many free books I have acquired over the past 12 months, some at least of which are DRM protected. Easier to convert the non-protected ones, than to strip protection and then convert.
4) Does anyone think there might be an argument for having both readers? (Seems a bit excessive to me, but then, I am given to excession at times  )
Appreciate any suggestions and opinions here |
I have both readers - Kindle for my wife (linked to my Amazon account) and the Glo for me.
I haven't fooled with the fonts much - they grow and shrink as I need them - good enough for me.
All else being equal - and if I didn't have an existing library - I'd lean towards the Kindle. Longer rated battery life - simpler to use. (IMHO). Screen does look a little bit better - but that is subjective. Both screens are very good.
If you have a shedload of epubs - the Glo is a perfectly reasonable device - and it is very handy to just copy them all into the Micro SD card (Kindle doesn't have this - but read on..)
If you buy a lot of books from Amazon (I do), then the Kindle is a boon - and the fact that you can't sideload everything is balanced by the ease of loading books from the Amazon store. (Albeit you can can shove in a couple of thousand books!! And it is easy enough - it is like loading an attached disk). I find that the books I want cost a good price from Amazon.. And they are usually available - its a bit variable with other stores.
Sorting - yes - author/title/last read. But with the number of books you are talking about - I'd need the search function anyway - and that seems to work well enough on both.
Both permit the creation of collections.
Both - probably won't hurt. Choose one - for you, I'd lean a bit towards the Glo - SD card and epub reading.
Just my 2 cents.
Ross