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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
Of late, I've noticed on mobileread an increased interest in Kobo readers, and a reduced interest in Amazon ereaders. For example, there is a lot more activity in the new Kobo devices thread than there is in the new paperwhite. In previous years, it would have been the other way round. Perhaps this is blip, or I am mistaken. But I personally have noticed a shift toward Kobo.
In any case, subjective or not, this poll asks why more mobilereaders are turning to Kobo, and away from Amazon.
The poll will probably lack good questions because I'm not sure myself. Feel free to add other reasons in your messages, and if you prefer Amazon kit to Kobo, and disagree with the basis of this poll, feel free to post your view.
I can add new questions if enough people feel I've missed important questions.
The poll is multiple choice.
I have posted this in general discussions instead of the Kobo subforum as I feel it is an important general question referencing a sea change I have noted among mobileread users.
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I've never owned a Kindle (though I use Amazon frequently, and still buy some ebooks from them).
Kobo can handle Epubs, Kindle can't. However Kindle can convert Epubs into Mobi or AZW files, so that's not the main reason.
I live in Canada, and our libraries use mainly Epubs and work very well with Overdrive. I've heard that in the US many libraries use Amazon books. Library books have DRM and even Calibre cannot reliably remove these. I doubt I could DeDRM all these Epubs and then convert them into Mobi or AZW. (Maybe Americans have the opposite problem?)
It's a
very minor point, but I recently bought a graphic novel on Amazon, and it was very hard to read in both Kindle for PC and Calibre. I bought the same graphic novel from Kobo and it was very easy to read in Calibre. (It was in color, so it wasn't going on an e-reader in either case.)
There's stuff about Kindle that I could probably learn pretty quickly but just can't be bothered to. It's a bit like having experience a Mac and not Linux, I guess. For instance, what is Whispersync? How do I sideload books on a Kindle? I am sure a five minute Youtube video would answer these questions but I just can't be bothered.