Thread: How Come Amazon Is More Popular Than Kobo?
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Old 10-08-2018, 10:51 AM   #60
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Originally Posted by BadBilly View Post
Kobos also allow one to sideload a bunch of public domain books from Project Gutenberg and the MobileRead library for free. There may be Kindle formatted versions of those works, but, if you're only going to have one device for books you buy, books you borrow, and books you download from public domain sites, you'll want a Kobo (or my beloved Sony T1).
This was the primary reason I went with Kobo when I was first in the market for an ereader. epub seemed like a more widely supported format, and Kobo, unlike the Kindle and Nook offerings, didn't reserve a large portion of internal storage for purchased books while leaving only a tiny sliver for sideloading. I've had my Kobo Aura for 4-years now, and if it ever dies, I'm buying another Kobo even if I have to order from an overseas retailer.

For the record, my digital book collection is 100% DRM free. There's also the fact that Kobo firmware can be easily modified by the user.
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