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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Barry, since you've used both, do you feel that the software is better on one or the other? And how about actual book rendering? I had the Nook ST, but I know the software changed a bit since my model, whereas the Kobo stays pretty similar across devices.
I remember my Nook hyphenated a lot more often than my Kobo (which is more likely to adjust word spacing). I preferred the more frequent hyphenation.
Another thing I liked about the Nook was the permeant 'return to book' button in the upper left corner (when not already reading). From what I've seen, the Glowlight Plus retained that.
I like that Kobo only shows tiles that you use. The bottom third of the home page of my Nook was taken with store recommendations that I wasn't interested in.
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I'm not sure I have an interface preference between the Nook and the Kobo. I use the Nook a lot more so I'm more accustomed to it. I use the Kindle most so that's what I'm most used to and I think I prefer it's interface. But really all these interfaces are fine with me, with the exceptions for the Nook that I've noted.
Ereaders, for me, are for reading books. I don't care a lot about other elements of the interface unless they interfere with reading.
I grew up reading paper books and they had a far greater variety of fonts, margin sizes, font sizes, hyphenation methods, etc. than ereaders, so I don't care a lot about those elements either.
The main non-reading element that I care about is the dictionary and I think the Kindle is best there. The Kobo dictionary is okay. I can't easily read the Nook dictionary with it's grayed out text so that's a problem.
The really big difference in ereaders is the store and library they access. There Amazon wins easily. If all these ereaders could access all these stores and libraries I'm not sure I'd care that much which one I use. I'd probably pick the Voyage or the Kobo Aura because of their small size, light weight and flat bezel.
Barry