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Originally Posted by dakini
The Kindle does make it so much easier to get books. So much easier. And I think that's what they mean. Not just the store. But even books from other sites are easy to show up. A friend sends me a book, it shows up. A family member lends one to me, it shows up. I check something out of libraries in more than one country ... they just show up. I use the Kindle Owners lending library, it shows up. I send something via email, it shows up. Kindle dominates in more than just the store ... in the free books each month, the kindle lending library, family sharing, friend sharing, emailing books to yourself instead of side loading through Calibre, library Overdrive integration. And mind you, I bought a 4-year-old kindle that does all this while I'm on the bus to work.
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Pardon my language, but this is bullshit. It has nothing to do with male or female and "being into technical features". It simply has to with the ease with which you can put books on an ereader. Both male and females like something that is easier.
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Your argument that loading content onto a Kindle being easier than Kobo makes for a better eReader are salient points, but here is my “against your logic” response.
The iPod was arguably the single best MP3 player back in the day. In fact all MP3 players were default branded iPods by some, just as all copier machines were Xerox machines, all facial tissues called Kleenex. But the iPod was not a standalone device, to put music on you had to “sideload” everything from a computer. People just had to learn how to do it, and it wasn’t that bad. iTunes for Mac worked well enough, but iTunes for Windows (the dominant desktop OS) was buggy. And yet people didn’t have any issue using a computer to buy music and put their purchased /pirated music onto their mobile devices, and off they went singing the praises of the iPod listening to a whole lot of music before needing to go back to a computer to load on some more music.
Why is it so hard for people to do so with a Kobo that they complain about it so much? To me Calibre is no worse than iTunes.
Now, both the Kobo and Kindle have an expansive online store and can purchase books directly from the device. And with Kobo putting Overdrive support into their newest eReaders, you’ll be able to borrow library books directly. So I wonder if people will still poo-poo Kobo?