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Originally Posted by barryem
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.
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I get what you're saying and for the most part I do agree. But I do like Kobo's tile based home page and I do like that they don't show me any ads.
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Originally Posted by barryem
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.
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It wouldn't be my deciding factor in purchasing a reader, but you can compare the same book on two different devices and see differences in the rendering. I do think my old Nook ST was better at layout than Kobo is. On the other hand, I watched a review of the Glowlight plus last night and they added the giant header and footer that Kobo has. I don't understand why B&N saw that as an improvement. At least with Kobo I found a work around to turn them off. And that does impact the reading experience.
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Originally Posted by barryem
The really big difference in ereaders is the store and library they access. There Amazon wins easily.
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I agree there. I do buy all my books from Amazon any more. I've even repurchased some of the books I previously purchased at Smashwords from Amazon. You'd think I should get a Kindle. But Kobo has spoiled me with the fine tuning of the reading experience (font sizing/spacing, turning header/footer on or off, etc).