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Old 06-06-2016, 02:50 PM   #6
Tom8o
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Device: Kobo Glo HD
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Originally Posted by church mouse View Post
I have used a Kobo for the last few years, having switched from Kindle (though nothing wrong with Kindles in my experience), and have never had an issue with an Amazon purchase converted to epub or kepub (I favour kepubs because I happen to like the heading at the top and page in chapter count at the bottom, plus my Kobo is quicker handling a kepub).

I have also compared several kepubs directly loaded from Kobo to the reader against the same books sideloaded from Calibre and noticed no difference (other than that my Calibre "polished" version is smaller in file size) .
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Originally Posted by Josieb1 View Post
I've never had any issues converting kindle ebooks to ePub using Calibre. Then I send them to my Kobo GLO HD as kepub using the Calibre plugin. Everything works and looks fine on the Kobo. I have a H20 as well and it makes no difference which device I send them to.
That's quite a relief to hear! Kobo Glo HD it is, then!

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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
They're both good devices. My personal preference is for the Kindle, but you really can't go wrong with either.
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy View Post
Note, we have books free here on Mobileread that can be read on a Kobo.
Thanks for the heads-up!
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