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Kobo experience
I have a Kobo eReader (black is beautiful). Issues are: management software, pdf, no landscape and maybe the button.
Without calibre software to manage content the eReader would be frustrating.
The Kobo PC software only displays and synchs ebooks bought from Kobo (doesn't sound like a source agnostic approach). I cannot identify a directory with other ebooks in it. The Kobo software does not see the 100 free ebooks already loaded so they cannot be synched, i.e. removed (unless I play inside the sqlite database).
The pdf reader is clumsy (arrows) unless the pdf page size matches the screen (unlikely). It is better to convert all pdf to ePub in calibre.
Calibre allows downloading of newspapers but they are hard to access without a touchscreen (or a mouse).
Converting powerpoint to pdf to epub works but the slide is squished into portrait. Landscape would make it much better.
It also feels like the page advance switch will wear out.
I am happy so far but only because calibre makes up for the poor kobo software.
Thank you Kovid.
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