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Jellby · 10-11-2014, 04:30 AM

I've had the Aura for a few months. Before that I had Bookeen readers (Gen3, Orizon). What I liked of the Bookeen readers was the possibility of uploading fonts and a rendering with kerning, ligatures, etc. The Kobo readers have these too. What I didn't like about Bookeen was the lack of updates. Kobo seems to be much better with this.

I still miss some things in Kobo, like screen rotation, an usable annotation management, or a physical button for turning pages (at least). But it is possible to install alternative readers and patch the firmware for further improvements, and there seems to be a healthy community around.

So, all in all, I'm satisfied with Kobo and I'd choose Kobo again if I had to buy another reader.

10-11-2014, 04:30 AM	#16
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,560 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I've had the Aura for a few months. Before that I had Bookeen readers (Gen3, Orizon). What I liked of the Bookeen readers was the possibility of uploading fonts and a rendering with kerning, ligatures, etc. The Kobo readers have these too. What I didn't like about Bookeen was the lack of updates. Kobo seems to be much better with this. I still miss some things in Kobo, like screen rotation, an usable annotation management, or a physical button for turning pages (at least). But it is possible to install alternative readers and patch the firmware for further improvements, and there seems to be a healthy community around. So, all in all, I'm satisfied with Kobo and I'd choose Kobo again if I had to buy another reader.