Thread: Libra Colour Long time Kindle user thinking of jumping ship
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Old 11-05-2024, 07:11 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by BHerrera View Post
Hi everyone!

So I am in the researching phases, but I am thinking of upgrading to a Kobo Libra Colour. I am a long time Kindle user. I've been using kindle since the Kindle Keyboard and I currently have a Paperwhite 11gen and an Oasis that doesn't work but is still registered to my account. I am NOT getting any of the new new kindles because of the removal of the Download to USB from the website. Every e-book I've purchased on Amazon gets downloaded and ran through Calibre and stored on my computer for safekeeping and so I can change covers (I detest movie and tv show covers) and formatting. The fact that this is no longer possible with the new kindles means my current paperwhite is my last kindle. I will probably only use my kindles for KU books that I want to read and that's about it.

Now what are the pros and cons of the Kobo Libra Colour? I've been really wanting a color ereader as I have some reference books and non fiction books that would be great in color but I don't want to read on my iPad. I also like to highlight and annotate which really draws me to the Kobo. I do get a lot of my books from the library and I have several library cards as all the libraries have mutual agreements among them, so pretty much any new release I can get at the library as well as audiobooks. The big thing I worry about is ebook selection, as I know Kobo's store is smaller and Amazon forces alot of indie authors to be exclusive to KU but I plan on keeping my current kindle just for that.

I'm super nervous about jumping ship after like 14 years of kindles, but being even more trapped in Amazon's walled garden of weeds is not very appealing anymore. I
If you are clear about the limitations of colour e-readers (pastel colours, very dark screen both outdoors and indoors without the lighting on, slight background graininess, and loss of contrast and sharpness, some say) and you are clear that Kobo e-readers are also not listed as an option for downloading and USB transfer of Amazon books, I would also recommend the Kobo Libra Colour (which does very well for the other things you mention), as an alternative to the Kindle Paperwhite. I like them both, although they are very different. Personally I'd go with the Kobo Libra for the colour (although I'd prefer to buy the Kindle Colorsoft if they fix their lighting problems in future shipments).
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