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Originally Posted by Stingo
I am becoming very concerned with Amazon's direction. I am particularly concerned with what I've read about the latest firmware for PW2. Apart from the collections bug the fact that it begins to nag message that side loaded books are not backed up suggests an early move to discourage side loading. As a result I have become very interested in Kobo since it offers large on-board capacity, expandable storage and more granular font control. I'm curious what you and the other posters consider Kobo shortfalls or problems. I know that the KPW2 screen is slightly better so I'm looking at other issues.
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I have Kindle Keyboard, PW1 and PW2. I miss alt fonts trick on PW2, so I am converting my books to AZW3 with embedding fonts.
I recently bought Aura HD because I wanted my first epub reader. I am still trying to make it work properly, but I have to say I like Kindle much more. Easier to install updates which are posted on Amazon site, any book I buy from Amazon I can download it directly to computer (transfer via computer from MYK page), put in Calibre, disinfect and embed fonts and put it on my Kindle.
On Kobo however, there is kepub and epub. Books (at least the ones I tried), look differently on Aura HD, windows-orphans, kepub "cannot" be put into Calibre without fiddling etc etc. I didn't like epub I bought so I synced the device and got kepub which looks nice. Yet, I never synced my Kindle and I don't have to.
My Aura is much slower than Kobo, dictionary is apology to the one Kindle has, and if I want to buy proper dictionary from Kobo, I can't. Plus, I don't know how to remove their recommendations. Kindle I always bought non-add version, but I don't know why I keep on getting back recommended tile on Aura...
I also haven't checked yet how notes and highlights compare to Kindle experience.
So, my experience so far - if fonts (and they do look much nicer on Kobo, more variety, more weight) and storage are of high interest, I think Kobo can be considered. Otherwise, Kindle wins any day.