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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Another reason Reader aren't selling as well is that a lot of people already have one and are not upgrading as what they have does them just fine.
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True. If Kobo hadn't released a 7.8 inch reader, I'd never have bought one to replace my 4 year old KPW1. The 6.8 inch versions were not enough of a difference to the KPW1.
The improvements that entice me to upgrade are:
1. Better/more fonts and options
2. Better/more layout options
3. Better screen
4. Better software/connection to Calibre
5. Good reading statistics (optional)
Current Kobo's are already quite good with regard to these points, although I'd like more serif fonts out of the box, official full screen mode, and official capability to add weight to user-loaded fonts (without a patch). 7.8 (maybe 8, but I don't know because I have no such reader) feels like the perfect size, as it allows me to put around 58-62 characters on one line at my preferred font size (when using Georgia).
If Kobo would have te stability/reliability of the Kindle firmware, they'd have the perfect e-reader, at least for me.
I don't care about anything such as Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Pocket, or whatever other online functionality.