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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man
it doesn't seem to play nicely with large books, so anything like a "complete collection" epub is going to be very slow to open and very slow to make formatting changes to such as adjusting margins or font sizes
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This! I have been reading Delphi's Maurice LeBlanc collection on my Kobo, listed as 4854 pages, a 5.1MB file, and when I opened it for the first time in KOReader, I thought it had frozen, and had to restrain myself from trying a hard reboot. Ditto for every single adjustment I made trying to get it "just right" - font, font size, margins, justification. I lost between 30-45 minutes of reading time making the sort of adjustments that would take 5 minutes or so on Nickel.
Over the weekend I have spent more time in KOReader than in Nickel, and so far, I don't get the raves. Or rather, I get that the raves confirm it's not going to be my first choice.
It's a competent reader for sure, there's nothing wrong with it. But the features most rave about (Wallabag, ligatures, "real" page numbers etc.) are of no interest to me, and I DO miss being able to plug my Libra in and have Calibre with all its wonderful plugins available. I also REALLY miss the easy access to series and collections. Having to scroll through a File Manager listing all 650+ books by author is much less appealing than being able to go straight to my TBR, my Romance collection, etc, or to simply pick a book based on its cover.
I am going to read a few more books on it to try the stats that have been lauded, but so far, the impression it gives me is one common to a lot of FLOSS software - designed to be fun for those who love tinkering and customizing as an end in itself, but for those who just want to pick up a book and read, not so much.