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Pjama · 01-05-2022, 01:58 PM

I originally purchased my Libra last March, after I finally became fed up enough with amazon not providing covers as screen savers to move to Kobo. I remember thinking about whether I should buy a new cover for my Oasis (to help me love it more

), or jump ship altogether.

I thought about the things l loved about Kobo the last time I had one (a Kobo Aura One, back in 2017).
These things were:
The progress bar along the bottom. Ever since amazon removed this, I had missed it. So when I found out Kobo had included this in their software I was very tempted.
The better font handling – somehow, the page just looks better wrt formatting and layout. I liked to appearance of having the chapter and book title at the top and bottom of the screen, making it (to my eyes), more book like. Please don’t criticize me for wanting my reader page to resemble a book. That’s what I want, I appreciate we are all different.
I also wanted to be able to play some basic games, something I really missed from the older kindles, and that amazon had, again, taken away.
When I got my Libra, I was very impressed, I read voraciously on it, played the games (quite a lot at first, dwindling to now, where I do not play them at all), I also enjoyed having the reading stats back, although, they are somewhat glitchy, as became clear over time.

I am an enthusiastic highlighter, and over the course of the past year, have become a little frustrated with this function on the Libra – maybe this is just me, but, recently, when I have been highlighting, the reader frequently needs to be moved forward a page, then back to the page I am trying to highlight, otherwise the highlight is invisible. Another issue I had was if the highlight was visible on the first attempt (without going page forward and back), the remainder of the onscreen text would be patchy and faded, meaning I would always have to go forward and back at least once whatever happened.

The page display is beautiful, and the layout is wonderful, I love it as a reader, but I cannot justify having two premium readers. I am getting back into reading in other languages again, and the kindle excels here, with having the built-in vocabulary flash cards, and the translation function.

I also got four months free kindle unlimited with my husband’s new Christmas kindle.

These are just some of my reasons, to start with. I always felt guilty having the two readers with basically the same specs, I thought the feeling would go away, but it didn’t.

I find my Oasis screen lighting is extremely even, and the text looks perfect too, so have been reading on it more and more recently, to the point where my Libra H2O is neglected.

I didn’t know where to put this post, but thought it might help someone trying to decide. Both readers are wonderful, anyway, and if I was looking now, I’d be very tempted by the Libra 2.

01-05-2022, 01:58 PM	#1
Pjama Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 2347200 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: TX Device: Scribe and Libra Colour	Why I decided to go back to my Oasis, and sell my Libra H2O ETA, I’m keeping it :D I originally purchased my Libra last March, after I finally became fed up enough with amazon not providing covers as screen savers to move to Kobo. I remember thinking about whether I should buy a new cover for my Oasis (to help me love it more ), or jump ship altogether. I thought about the things l loved about Kobo the last time I had one (a Kobo Aura One, back in 2017). These things were: The progress bar along the bottom. Ever since amazon removed this, I had missed it. So when I found out Kobo had included this in their software I was very tempted. The better font handling – somehow, the page just looks better wrt formatting and layout. I liked to appearance of having the chapter and book title at the top and bottom of the screen, making it (to my eyes), more book like. Please don’t criticize me for wanting my reader page to resemble a book. That’s what I want, I appreciate we are all different. I also wanted to be able to play some basic games, something I really missed from the older kindles, and that amazon had, again, taken away. When I got my Libra, I was very impressed, I read voraciously on it, played the games (quite a lot at first, dwindling to now, where I do not play them at all), I also enjoyed having the reading stats back, although, they are somewhat glitchy, as became clear over time. I am an enthusiastic highlighter, and over the course of the past year, have become a little frustrated with this function on the Libra – maybe this is just me, but, recently, when I have been highlighting, the reader frequently needs to be moved forward a page, then back to the page I am trying to highlight, otherwise the highlight is invisible. Another issue I had was if the highlight was visible on the first attempt (without going page forward and back), the remainder of the onscreen text would be patchy and faded, meaning I would always have to go forward and back at least once whatever happened. The page display is beautiful, and the layout is wonderful, I love it as a reader, but I cannot justify having two premium readers. I am getting back into reading in other languages again, and the kindle excels here, with having the built-in vocabulary flash cards, and the translation function. I also got four months free kindle unlimited with my husband’s new Christmas kindle. These are just some of my reasons, to start with. I always felt guilty having the two readers with basically the same specs, I thought the feeling would go away, but it didn’t. I find my Oasis screen lighting is extremely even, and the text looks perfect too, so have been reading on it more and more recently, to the point where my Libra H2O is neglected. I didn’t know where to put this post, but thought it might help someone trying to decide. Both readers are wonderful, anyway, and if I was looking now, I’d be very tempted by the Libra 2. Last edited by Pjama; 01-09-2022 at 05:56 PM.