Thread: Aura Never sign out of Kobo....
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Old 05-02-2014, 12:44 AM   #3
davidfor
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Originally Posted by ipse View Post
...lesson learned: this wipes out your settings and forces a reload of the library.
Pretty annoying (to put it mildly) especially as in my case it takes 2+ hrs to load 800 books (all my library).
Yes, that is correct it does that and it is expected that it does that. The licensing of ebooks is to a particular user. Logging off means removing those books so another user can logon and read there own books.
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I guess I got spoiled using Android tablets (I LOVE FBReader, especially with the TTS+ plugin) but some of the shortcomings of the Aura are baffling.
Are you telling me that if you logged out of whatever account identifies you to the Android device, it wouldn't remove all the "stuff" from the device? I would have expected it to remove all the apps that had been bought for that account plus all the data associated with the account. If that doesn't happen, there is a big chance of data being leaked to someone if all that is left when a new use logs in.
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You can definitely discard my comments and frustrations as I'm very new to this, but I expect I'm not alone. I wonder how much is eInk getting for each device (in royalties) as the hardware performance and capabilities puts these readers at par with 50$ Chinese 7" tablets. So why the higher price?
Considering the price of eBooks, one would think the readers should be almost free...see the case of inkjet printers.
I think people are saying this is why the devices are as cheap as they are. That is definitely the reason given for the Kindle prices. The e-ink screens seem to be expensive. From memory, someone was searching for a replacement screen for a Mini and the best they could find was around $US40. Not that much less than the device retailed for.
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