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Originally Posted by BookCat
After reading that Amazon are possibly phasing out Transfer Via USB, I took a look at Kobo ereaders and fell in love with the form factor of the Libra 2.
Things I love about it:
The form factor. Its squarer shape and the buttons.
The gyroscope. I'm often switching between portrait and landscape mode. On my kindles, this involves faffing about with the page settings. I like the way turning the Libra 2 changes the mode for me.
The warm light. It appears much better than when I tried a Clara HD a few years ago. Had to send this back due to significant light bleed and bright spots.
Does anyone know if the Libra 2 has this problem? I haven't found any info about this.
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There is no light bleed or bright spot.
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Can I use the Libra 2 on permanent aeroplane mode? I don't have wifi (by choice) so need to download books to my laptop. I also need to be able to register the device without wifi. There's a possibility someone who lives over the road from me might let me use his wifi for registration, but he's been a hypochondriac since covid and hates having anyone in his house!
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You can use Kobo Desktop on your computer to register your Kobo.
https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...ing-a-computer
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Does the battery hold its charge well? When I'm really into a book I read for two or three hours a day but don't like having to charge the battery every few days. My PW3 is beginning to lose charge even when sleeping, and its not indexing.
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Yes, the Libra 2 does hold a charge quite well.
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Is the Kobo site full of good cheap books? Do they often have freebies? Can I download them to my laptop to sideload?
Do you manage, while transfer via usb is available, to use Calibre and Alf to put books bought from Amazon onto a Libra 2?
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I've not browsed Kobo much so I cannot answer about the cheap books. But given that you are int he UK, I suggest also looking at eBooks.com as at ebooks.com, sometimes you can get some eBooks VAT free (as the Government intended). And there is also Google Play Books you can use. They do sometimes price match Amazon. And with Kobo, you can price match other stores such as Amazon if the price is lower.
Yes, it is easy to convert Amazon eBooks to ePub and read them with a Kobo. If Amazon was to take away Transfer & Install via USB, you could use an older version of the Kindle App for your computer to download KF8 eBooks from Amazon. What you need is the DeDRM plugin and Calibre to strip the DRM from Kindle eBooks and then you can convert and read on a Kobo. It's not difficult to get the DeDRM plugin and configure it to remove DRM from ePub and Kindle eBooks.
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After watching several videos, I really like the Libra 2, but I'm apprehensive after my experience with the Clara HD (this was a while ago, things may have changed.)
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The Libra 2 is a good reader. I have one and I do like it. The screen is quite nice and the buttons are not difficult to press. You can change which button is the forward and which is the back button so you can have it the way you prefer (if you are going to use the buttons).
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