Buying my first E-reader today

RachelFlores · 03-11-2011, 02:23 PM

Hi

I'm planning on buying my first ereader, a kobo in a few hours. I found this site last night and am excited to learn all the ins and outs of ereaders. I am a homeschooling mom of two small children (5 and 3). I love to read and read aloud to my children and am looking forward to using the kobo for both.

jbcohen · 03-11-2011, 02:42 PM

Kobos are great if you value simplicity of operation and the lower cost then most other readers. If what I have been told by Kobo owners is true your kobo supports epub and PDF with Kobo books DRM. This means that you can get your books from most anywhere with the exception of Amazon and and Sony. Although you should start with Borders and Kobo Books before going to look for other electronic book stores to chose from. The lower price enables you to use the electronic books with your pupils more so then Kindles, Nooks and Sony PRS readers because those readers have higher price tags and its less cost to you if your pupils damage the reader. I beleve that you will need to download and install Adobe Digital Editions in order to upload the books you buy to the reader.

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management and is code that is entered into the books you buy that restricts what you can do with the books such as selling them and or giving them to friends and/or neighbors or selling copies of the books. That's not so bad but it often has undesierable effects such as not allowing you to store the book on hard drive in case something happends to the primary copy. DRM can be stripped from books quite easily with Calibre software.

Personally I do not use Calibre but I can understand why a lot of forum members like it and use it a lot. Calibre is something to look into and might help you get organized for the day's lessons. Calibre is free and there are a lot of people around these parts that know how to use it, collectively forum members know everything about everything.

The Kobo is great for reading to your pupils however its not color screen and may not be the best thing for showing illustrations and pictures to them. You might need to draft a PC monitor or laptop for that task.

As far as other inns and outs of ereaders go you will find that everyone here seems to think that what ever reader they have is the best of all. IMHO there is no best reader for all people, it really depends on what you find important and what features you need on the reader. The kobo isn't the best for large electronic libraries, that's the Kindle. It's not really designed for A4 book pages or foriegn languege books, that's the Bookeen. It's not touch screen - that's the Sony PRS, Nook and Nook Color. Its not color screen - that's Nook Color and Libra Pro Color.

MickeyC · 03-11-2011, 05:56 PM

Hi Rachel and welcome to MobileRead. Enjoy your new toy.

Valmore Daniels · 03-12-2011, 10:55 AM

welcome

desertblues · 03-12-2011, 03:12 PM

Hi, welcome to MR from the Netherlands.

Poppaea · 03-12-2011, 04:44 PM

Welcome Rachel,

this is good news! You will love to have a reader and wish you had bought one earlier. The reading is sooo nice with them!

Don't let jbcohen confuse you, of course you can buy books with Sony Reader Store for your Kobo or take advantage of their free books. The Kobo will read them just fine. It won't be able to read Amazon and B&N books as they have their own DRM. Everything else, as long as it is epub and not mobi will be fine with your device.

Please check out the forums library and deals and freebies for the latest books for free. You may also want to join the Singapore Library that is for free and has a section of Childrens books. Just set up an account giving a 6 to 8 digit code of your choice or your passportno. and a name. Don't wait for their announced reply mail, it will never come and down-you-load

There is a Kobo forum here you might find helpful, too.

Have fun!

GeoffC · 03-13-2011, 05:06 AM

Welcome to Mobileread ....

Pop into the Kobo Forum for the latest in tricks and tips ...

Williamlk · 03-17-2011, 02:16 AM

Welcome to MR!

03-11-2011, 02:23 PM	#1
RachelFlores Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kobo	Buying my first E-reader today Hi I'm planning on buying my first ereader, a kobo in a few hours. I found this site last night and am excited to learn all the ins and outs of ereaders. I am a homeschooling mom of two small children (5 and 3). I love to read and read aloud to my children and am looking forward to using the kobo for both.

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jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Kobos are great if you value simplicity of operation and the lower cost then most other readers. If what I have been told by Kobo owners is true your kobo supports epub and PDF with Kobo books DRM. This means that you can get your books from most anywhere with the exception of Amazon and and Sony. Although you should start with Borders and Kobo Books before going to look for other electronic book stores to chose from. The lower price enables you to use the electronic books with your pupils more so then Kindles, Nooks and Sony PRS readers because those readers have higher price tags and its less cost to you if your pupils damage the reader. I beleve that you will need to download and install Adobe Digital Editions in order to upload the books you buy to the reader. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management and is code that is entered into the books you buy that restricts what you can do with the books such as selling them and or giving them to friends and/or neighbors or selling copies of the books. That's not so bad but it often has undesierable effects such as not allowing you to store the book on hard drive in case something happends to the primary copy. DRM can be stripped from books quite easily with Calibre software. Personally I do not use Calibre but I can understand why a lot of forum members like it and use it a lot. Calibre is something to look into and might help you get organized for the day's lessons. Calibre is free and there are a lot of people around these parts that know how to use it, collectively forum members know everything about everything. The Kobo is great for reading to your pupils however its not color screen and may not be the best thing for showing illustrations and pictures to them. You might need to draft a PC monitor or laptop for that task. As far as other inns and outs of ereaders go you will find that everyone here seems to think that what ever reader they have is the best of all. IMHO there is no best reader for all people, it really depends on what you find important and what features you need on the reader. The kobo isn't the best for large electronic libraries, that's the Kindle. It's not really designed for A4 book pages or foriegn languege books, that's the Bookeen. It's not touch screen - that's the Sony PRS, Nook and Nook Color. Its not color screen - that's Nook Color and Libra Pro Color.

03-11-2011, 05:56 PM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Rachel and welcome to MobileRead. Enjoy your new toy.

03-12-2011, 10:55 AM	#4
Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	welcome

03-12-2011, 03:12 PM	#5
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	Hi, welcome to MR from the Netherlands.

03-12-2011, 04:44 PM	#6
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,577 Karma: 20638583 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra Colour	Welcome Rachel, this is good news! You will love to have a reader and wish you had bought one earlier. The reading is sooo nice with them! Don't let jbcohen confuse you, of course you can buy books with Sony Reader Store for your Kobo or take advantage of their free books. The Kobo will read them just fine. It won't be able to read Amazon and B&N books as they have their own DRM. Everything else, as long as it is epub and not mobi will be fine with your device. Please check out the forums library and deals and freebies for the latest books for free. You may also want to join the Singapore Library that is for free and has a section of Childrens books. Just set up an account giving a 6 to 8 digit code of your choice or your passportno. and a name. Don't wait for their announced reply mail, it will never come and down-you-load There is a Kobo forum here you might find helpful, too. Have fun!

03-13-2011, 05:06 AM	#7
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Welcome to Mobileread .... Pop into the Kobo Forum for the latest in tricks and tips ...

03-17-2011, 02:16 AM	#8
Williamlk Guru Posts: 624 Karma: 700001 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New York Device: kindle	Welcome to MR!

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