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Originally Posted by shalym
For me, the cover means nothing on my device, as I never see it. I also leave wifi on all the time, because I like to look things up using wikipedia. I also like to be able sync my books from device to device. I may sometimes read multiple books at the same time, but I don't want to *have* to...I want my books to sync across all of my devices seamlessly.
This is the main reason why I use my Kindles rather than my Kobo. It's also the main reason why I never bought another Kobo after my Aura HD. If Kobo ever decides to offer syncing of all books across devices, I'll probably buy another one, because they do have good hardware, and the software is fine as long as I'm reading Kepubs. Until then, Kindles allow me to read the way I want to, and Kobos do not.
Shari
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I'm in the same boat as you; constantly switching across devices, and syncing the last page read is an absolute must. In fact I'm willing to pay the premium for a 3G Kindle, so it will sync the page even when I go read in the park, etc.
I recently lost my PW3, and was in the market for a new reader; I spent a bit of time investigating the alternatives, and for better of for worse, Kindles are still the only devices that fit the bill for me, for that precise reason.
As a final comment, it used to be possible to have your cake and eat it too (i.e. Whispersync on AZW3 with book covers) using a python script called ExtractCoverThumbs, which would extract the covers from the AZW3 files after they were downloaded to your kindle and make them visible. Unfortunately this script doens't work on firmware 5.8.5 or above. I kept the firmware on my PW3 below that number just for that.