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As far as I can make out, the Whitcoulls desktop application is a dedicated browser for surfing their website, and a pretty useless one at that.
It doesn't sync with the Kobo: When I signed up I got five 'free' books; not really that much of a deal as they were already on the Kobo. I expected to be able to read these both online and offline but the bookmarks don't transfer and I have to manually find my place each time.
Nor does it upload any books that I loaded, so it's useless for back-up purposes. It doesn't even cross-check with the Kobobooks site, which is surprising as the help forums seem to have similar formats and threads.
Even when used for browsing the Whitcoulls eBooks it is poor as there are no previews or samples available, the best that you get is a brief review.
The reader itself is great, but the fact that you have to be reasonably tech-savvy to get the best out of it could be a big deterrent for a lot of people.
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