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I have a few different Kindles and a couple of Kobos and I prefer the Kindles but I really could be happy with either of them, just looking at the devices themselves.
I buy most of my books from Amazon and I do backup unprotected copies in both epub and mobi formats so I can read them on either device. Converting is trivial and I'd do it even if I didn't have to, which really I don't.
I think the Kindle has a better screen although I don't have the latest Kobo so that might not be a valid comparison. Kobo has mostly better features but a lot of them don't work all the time, on every book. Most do so that's a minor issue. Kindle has fewer features but they're the features I care most about and they always work.
I agree with you about the Kindle library being better but since I back up my books anyway that doesn't really matter to me. Even if I read a Kindle book I usually send the converted copy to Amazon to convert for me so I don't have to deal with device limits, since I have several Kindles and phones and tablets and I never know which one I'm likely to be reading on.
I'm glad I have a Kindle to read on. If I only had a Kobo that wouldn't bother me much. It's almost as good a device and when I'm actually reading it's pretty nearly perfect. Bezos is right that we sink into the book and forget the device and Kobo's do that just as well as Kindles.
Barry
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