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Originally Posted by HLS
I kinda prefer kobo vs kindle. Kindle has those blasted adds on the home screen and crappy battery life. KOBO no adds and the battery lasts 8x longer. But then again the kindle store is better, shopping experience better and often books are cheaper but then again KOBO has a membership where you earn points towards a free ebook and VIP member discounts. They are both good devices. personally I own Nooks, KOBOs, and kindles cause I like variety
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I prefer Kobo to Kindle as well. I buy my books from Amazon, strip the DRM and read them on my Kobo. I like feeling liberated to shop wherever I want and read on whatever device I want. But I admit, I nerdily enjoy it as a hobby and don't expect the average reader to invest time learning Calibre and the other tools.
[rant]And those ads are just tacky. And don't tell me they use those ads in order to make the Kindle cheaper. There's no way I believe that the much smaller Kobo has some special sauce that allows them to sell comparable readers ads free for the same price or less than Amazon does. And B&N manage to do the same for Nook.
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