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Originally Posted by rcentros
I understand. The Kobo software is more sophisticated. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, just saying why (personally) I like the PocketBook software better, mostly because of the way it handles ePub DRM on its own. I do download ePubs to my PocketBook (via its browser), but I do it mostly because I can and I like to try it out. But even when I don't download directly to the device, Send-to-PocketBook or just dropping the .ascm file into the PocketBook via the USB cable seems simpler to me. The PocketBooks are also less finicky about side-loaded fonts. And battery life is considerably better than on my Kobos. Probably because the default behavior for the PocketBook is to turn itself off completely instead of going into sleep mode.
The buttons on the Eras are right on the edge. I'm not sure how that's going to work out. It looks like it has four buttons (like their other touch screen readers). In the picture I've attached you can barely make out the buttons as the darker strip along the right edge. (Very thin buttons.)
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I agree with you on this point (by the way, PocketBook devices allow you to use multiple Adobe DRM accounts at the same time), although I am not a PocketBook Reader enthusiast. It is a simple reading programme, limited in customisation options, but at least it allows you to customise margins and line spacing to the millimetre (by editing a couple of files). I only use it for DRM ePub, and it does its job well. For non-DRM ePub I prefer to use KOReader, which works relatively well although with some peculiarities that may be annoying for some users.
Of course, everyone has their own preferences when it comes to evaluating an e-reader. The features I like most about PocketBook devices are the ease of sending e-books to the device, the battery life, the page turning and multifunction keys, a good library, the integration of KOReader into the PocketBook interface, but above all that they have a 0-100 brightness and colour temperature setting. I like to customise the illumination of my devices as much as possible. If the PocketBook Era has uniform illumination I will buy it for sure.