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Before I comment on the margins issue I should point out that I also (currently) have a couple of Kobo ereaders.
One of the things I really like about the Kobo is the configurability, specifically around the line spacing, font sizes and margins. It just feels wrong that the eink display is used in a way which leaves such a large border around the block of text on the page and I used to twiddle with the setup file on my K3 to reduce the margin sizes. It looked weird with less than 5 points as a margin, for my tastes anyway, so I tended to stick with perhaps a quarter of the default. The Kobo just made that so much easier and the new Kindle devices look like they will make it much, much more difficult.
I would really like the option to have a smaller margin, mainly because it seems to be a more sensible use of the display real-estate but also because it just means a little fewer page-turns and so a bit of a smoother reading experience.
Still, I'm very much looking forward to using the new Kindle Voyage when mine arrives and I shall be moving my Kobo devices on to new users as I only really ever buy ebooks from amazon's store because it just works so much better than the other stores, again in my experience and opinion.
I had been waiting to see what the new Kobo device was like before deciding which way to go for a new reader but the H2O is just too little of a development from the Aura HD for me to go for it.
In short, please can we have just a bit more control over the margins and spacing please Amazon?
Tra
Jason
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