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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Did you have all your books downloaded? Or are they just at Kobo?
No, on the usb stick on kindles.
You would have to convert your entire library for the kindle.
I have heard Onyx are good ereaders.

All my books are on my computer, so I've not lost anything.
My cousin from Denmark had one, he didn't really like it.

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Were you running the latest software? The more recent firmwares for the devices they've put out for the last 3 or 4 years are all in all quite stable and not at all the glitch fests some of the earlier firmwares were.


If Kindle, Nook and Kobo are out then you'd have to look at some of the third party devices that aren't tied to stores. AFAIK you're only option would be to order them online site unseen as no one locally sells them in Canada or the US. Those manufacturers would be ones like Onyx, Pocketbook and Boyue.


If you decide want help potentially fixing this you can try posting in the Kobo forums here. There are quite a few individuals who are knowledgeable about Kobo's and things to try to fix them.

I was running the latest software. My kobo would freeze suddenly, then restart. Freeze again, then restart. This would happen once or twice a week.

Like I said above my cousin didn't like the Onyx, the other two, I'd have no idea were to get one and since the Canadian dollar is kind of weak I was hoping not to have to go out of the county.

I've read through every forum that might have something to do, I did all the the suggestions and nothing. I can read the books I already have, but I can't sideload anything.

Originally Posted by davidfor

I'm curious about what is actually happening, but that's probably a thread for the Kobo forum.

How "massive" is the collection?

What format books are you talking about? "Really big" usually means comics. It;s agoo idea to mention what formats you are using as that does affect what the best device is.

Again, more a topic for the Kobo forum, but some of what people call glitches or bug are actually design decisions for the manufacturer. Knowing what your problems are can help eliminate alternative devices.


As has been suggested, you are pretty much down to the Android e-ink devices. You could also try Koreader or Coolreader on a Kobo. Either will get you away from the Kobo interface.

My collection is around 8 thousand books.
All books are epub, I don't read comics. They are really long books, I have around 20 that are over a thousand pages long and a few that are almost 2 thousand.

Like I said I've tried everything from the kobo forum, nothing.

As for the software, I can't even get the kobo to link to my computer anymore, I think something was damaged inside when it fell.

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

You probably do NOT want the one that Katie linked to. As AnemicOak right points out, Katie's link is to the $800 Sony Reader.

Go with Kobo (which I see that you hate) or with Amazon's Kindle. There's plenty to choose from, and in a price that's flexible to your wallet.

Yeah, I'd love to get that but $800 is quite a bit over my budget.