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Originally Posted by haydnfan
The price amounts quoted in the review are incorrect.
In the US Paperwhite with ads costs $120 not $110 USD. But it is even more important to consider the appropriate market. In Canada, where there far more Kobo users, the Paperwhite with ads and the Clara HD both cost $140 CND. That makes the no ads, no disruptions marketing piece very appropriate.
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A good point. I'm not sure how I misquoted the Kindle's price, because I very specifically went to the Amazon page to check it while writing the article. Maybe my eye was fooled by the $119.99 into seeing $110. Fixed now.
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Originally Posted by haydnfan
Also
"It is worth noting, however, that users can use Calibre or the Kepubify utility to convert other formats into KePub ebooks (as long as the source ebook doesn’t have DRM on it, of course), whereas the only way to make a book in Kindle’s proprietary format (that I know of) is to publish and sell it on Amazon. "
No you can convert to kfx with an appropriate plugin in Calibre.
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Originally Posted by Lady Stardust
You can convert into azw3 format in Calibre since ages back.
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Huh, I looked it up and you're right. Updated that part of the review.
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Originally Posted by haydnfan
That was a good, thorough review. I feel like it is rare to see the actual UI discussed in detail.
The only thing I would add is a point for Kindle for having the superior listview (petty rant time). Kobo should have not have thumbnails in list view. It should just have the title, author and some indication of length in one line to maximize the entries. The list view should be able to show more titles than the cover view. It is meant to be economical. Instead it shows less in the Kobo!
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Another good point. Though I would point out that the Kindle uses three lines of text for each listing even without the thumbnail, which is about the same as the Kobo, so the difference isn't really
that pronounced. Added that too.