I was also deciding between a Kindle and Kobo. Chose the Kobo, and these are my thoughts on the Libra 2...
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1. Yes. Also makes it easy to curate library with series and collections.
2. Yes with the Kobo Utilities plugin
3. Don't know
4. Both touch and button.
5. Yes you need a Kobo account to activate the ereader. Read here...
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