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Originally Posted by Muttly
Well, yes, that's as may be but I'm comparing to the Kindles I've used for years that just worked. Every time, every book, with no problems whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by Muttly
Sorry to harp on about it, but I'm used to the Kindle that just works straight out of the box. No patching or kludging required.
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"Just works" is a very subjective statement. Thousands of MR members have felt the need to jailbreak their Kindles, which is a pretty big patch/kludge. Thousands more lament the inability to find a font or a font-size which is "just right" for them. Or perhaps that they can't automatically align their Kindle Collections with their calibre Collections ... etc ... etc. The list of what some MR members want that their Kindle won't do out-of-the-box is quite long.
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Originally Posted by Muttly
At least as far as the font files were concerned. (It turns out they have not disappeared. The Kobo just refuses to use the standard font, insisting on using the bold.)
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If you're seeing that problem in kepubs but not standard epubs, that's probably a problem with the font files you've sideloaded not the Kobo firmware. It's fixable but, unfortunately for you, not without editing the misbehaving font files. More kludging I'm afraid.
If your Kindles suit you so well why on earth are you persisting with the Kobo, just return it and get your money back. Were you expecting the AuraOne to be "just like a Kindle but with a big screen" or something? When you change brand it's to be expected that "you win a few and you lose a few".