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Yes, Kobo supports epub. You can buy from them, from Sony, Books on Board etc. I have tested books from Kobo, Sony and Fictionwise with no problems. A few books would not allow me to change the font and I was told this was an Adobe issue and they expected to fix it with a firmware tweak. It's probably not my dream device because I really use the text to speech feature on my Kindle a lot (I am not a music person) and it lacks the ability to group or tag the books into collections. But is is a perfect device for someone who just wants to read a book straight through then read another one, without having to worry about lots of controls of extra features to fiddle with. I can see it being perfect for somebody like my mother who would load up a dozen books before she leaves for Florida for a month and not really care if she had an on-board store or something.
I got one because they sent out a press release about it and it had a local number as a contact, so I called and asked for a unit to review for Teleread. It's a loaner and I have to send it back this week at some point, and it's missing some features that will be available in the full version.
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