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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I can see bigger fonts would help a smallish sector of readers, but I find it hard to believe that that is the reason most people buy it.
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Bigger fonts with the same amount of text on the screen or keeping the font size the same and getting more text on the screen so fewer page flips. For my old eyes, the bigger fonts is great.
Waterproofing. I've seen too many devices toasted by water not to feel that waterproofing is a great idea.
Light weight. The KA1 weighs less than than the 6.8" Aura H2O.
Variable light temperature. Not something that bothers me but the XYL is much happier with the front light set to what I would call a very warm white when reading at night.
Overdrive integration. I like being able to checkout a library book and have it synced to my KA1 without having to download the ebook using ADE on a computer and then transferring it over an USB connection to my KA1.
Fonts. My KA1 lets me add/remove fonts very easily. No jailbreaking needed.
Standards. An item that may matter to very few people -- the Kobo devices use the open standard epub format in contrast to Amazon where the .mobi/AZW3/whatever other alphabet soup formats are proprietary and Amazon can and does modify them without any advance notice.
As for the size? While I might be considered as having larger hands, the XYL has fairly small hands and has no issues using the KA1 in bed at night (other than listening to grumbling about whose device is it anyways?
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