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Clicking on footnotes, citations, and other links is much smoother and more reliable on Kindle devices than on Kobo devices, in my experience. That is one of the reasons I favour Kindle devices over Kobo ones when it comes to reading academic texts.
Another reason is the Kindle's superior PDF reading experience. On my Kobo H20 (1st edition), I found Koreader to be about as good as a Kindle at displaying PDF. Except you have to either switch to using Koreader full-time, thereby missing out on Kobo's elegant default user interface, or, you have to have your ebook collection segregated over two operating systems by file format, which is not ideal.
Yet another reason I prefer Kindle devices over Kobo devices when reading academic or difficult texts, is the superior default English dictionary. Kindles have OED, while Kobos use Merriam Webster. Unless you think looking up words in the dictionary is a sign of illiteracy? Heh. The Kindle OED is much larger than the Kobo dictionary, and it also uses my preferred phonetic alphabet convention. I tried installing the full OED on my Kobo once, but it wasn't as good as the Kindle one and it had to be reinstalled everytime I updated my firmware. Easier just to stick with fiction and lighter non-fiction on my KA1.
Page turn buttons come in useful when reading any kinds of texts, but especially more challenging stuff. They allow you to quickly flick forward or back 5, 10, or however many pages you want, without waiting for each page to load. You just tap the button however many times you want.
I love my Kobo Aura One, and my Kindle Oasis 2. I would be happy to have either of them as my only ereader.
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