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Originally Posted by Camellia
Odd little thread, but the folks in my life would probably just wonder when I'm going to stop rattling on about ereaders 
I recently made the switch from Kindle Oasis to Kobo Forma, and I am blown away by how brilliant the Forma is! It links to my book club account at a local book retailer, I can use Overdrive and Pocket, it reads so many more formats without needing to convert them first (so now I only need to convert books from Amazon, not everywhere-but-Amazon!), it automatically sorts my books into collections, it presents manga and comics so much better (and without the need of the extra step via KKC!), and I was unlucky with faulty Oasis batteries, but have no such problem on the Forma!
That's to say nothing of the ergonomics! The Kindle Oasis always hurt my hands with that strange ledge, but the Kobo Forma has a form factor that fits to my hands much better, the buttons are less "intrusive" to my reading experience, and way the Sleep Cover folds into a little stand is perfect for catching a couple of pages between boss fights in my favourite video games... 
This is honestly a much more user-friendly design for me! I am over the moon with this product, and I'll never be going back to Kindle. I know it's personal and subjective, of course - I have a friend who swears by Kindle and had an awful experience with her own Kobo device - but for me, this is perfect! |
Wait. We can post positive comments here? Shouldn't we be arguing about USB-C or ligature support instead? LOL
I really enjoyed your post. Thanks for that bit of positivity. People feel passionately about their ereaders on this site, which is so different from real life where they stare at me blankly when I rave about my Kobo.
I appreciated every good point you brought out, but what do you mean by "It links to my book club account at a local book retailer"? Are you referring to the beta browser, or something else?