Any news on when KOBO ereader will be at walmart?

[HLS]

Originally Posted by Flaneurette

Here is the ad from the nyt book review I mentioned upthread

That photo has to be a fake for the sake of advertising. That thing is bigger than any tablet I ever touched lol

[HLS]

Hey. Is there a way to bold text on the Aura Edition 2? I see no options other than fonts, line spacing, margins,

[robko]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

Hey. Is there a way to bold text on the Aura Edition 2? I see no options other than fonts, line spacing, margins,

If you are using one of the built in fonts (at least most of them, can't remember if it's all of them or not), tap on the "advanced" to the right of the font name in the font menu. That will allow you to adjust the weight, which will allow you to basically bold the font. For non-built in fonts you'll have to check out the various patches at least one of which will allow you to add weight adjustments to sideloaded fonts.

[HLS]

Originally Posted by robko

If you are using one of the built in fonts (at least most of them, can't remember if it's all of them or not), tap on the "advanced" to the right of the font name in the font menu. That will allow you to adjust the weight, which will allow you to basically bold the font. For non-built in fonts you'll have to check out the various patches at least one of which will allow you to add weight adjustments to sideloaded fonts.

Thank you. I did not notice the advanced feature till you mentioned it.

Its not available for publishers default but it is for the other fonts

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

I love love the oasis outside of the battery life which sucks. I have to recharge 2 or 3 times a week

I wouldn't live with it if was me. If Amazon is willing to exchange it, I would find a way to do it. Especially now that you have another eReader to experiment with. (I know your issues with home delivery and packages getting stolen, but it seems like a replacement could be sent to a friend or work ... or something.)

Originally Posted by kcladyz

Thank you. I did not notice the advanced feature till you mentioned it.

Its not available for publishers default but it is for the other fonts

If you patch your Kobo you can make advanced features available for the publisher's default also. You can also find some nice, dark fonts to add to it. I'm using DejaVu Serif E-Ink and Constantia — which I found somewhere on this Forum.

[HLS]

what is patching?

[HLS]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I wouldn't live it if was me. If Amazon is willing to exchange it, I would find a way to do it. Especially now that you have another eReader to experiment with. (I know your issues with home delivery and packages getting stolen, but it seems like a replacement could be sent to a friend or work ... or something.)



If you patch your Kobo you can make advanced features available for the publisher's default also. You can also find some nice, dark fonts to add to it. I'm using DejaVu Serif E-Ink and Constantia — which I found somewhere on this Forum.

as I said before I have no friends in my immediate area, no family and work does not allow packages to be sent

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

what is patching?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=310163

Make sure the patch is for the firmware you're running if you choose to patch.

[bgalbrecht]

I don't know if the Samsung tablet I saw at the Walmart I went to was that big, but it was a pretty big one. I'd guess it was at least a 10", but I really didn't pay much attention to it.

[dakini]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

The price was lowered simply by going from free 2 day home delivery to 2 day store pickup - regardless of payment. I am not sure if all store pickup are cheaper, I have never ordered from Walmart.com.

My sister just ordered something (not a Kobo) shipped to store, and it came with a coupon for % off her next ship to store. Dunno if that was a special last week or is something they regularly do.

[lkmiller]

Wow, that ad is horrible! It looks like a photo of a tablet which they did a really bad job of trying to make look like an ereader. Too glossy, too dark -- even if the light was off -- and too big for any of the ereaders they're selling. I get that it's really for the ebooks, but they couldn't get a picture of someone holding a Kobo?

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

what is patching?

Patching is what makes the Kobo software worthwhile (to me). There are various things you can change with patches.

So you can already add any font you want to a Kobo, easily. But as you saw with publisher's default, advanced font options aren't available. However there's a patch that will enable advanced features on all fonts. There's lots of other tweaks available like that.

I'd say use your Kobo for a little bit to confirm what you do or don't like. Then you can investigate patches. There's plenty of help available for you here.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

Wow, that ad is horrible! It looks like a photo of a tablet which they did a really bad job of trying to make look like an ereader. Too glossy, too dark -- even if the light was off -- and too big for any of the ereaders they're selling. I get that it's really for the ebooks, but they couldn't get a picture of someone holding a Kobo?

I suspect it's one of those Props electronics you see at Ikea in their room displays.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

That photo has to be a fake for the sake of advertising. That thing is bigger than any tablet I ever touched lol

I noticed that. They couldn't come up with an real Kobo for the ad?

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I suspect it's one of those Props electronics you see at Ikea in their room displays.

I guess you're probably right about that. I notice the pictures of the eReaders on Walmart's eBook (Kobo) website are also terrible. The Reader's screens look gray, grainy and blurry (the Walmart "staged" pictures are the bad ones, not the ones they got from Kobo – see attachments). How in the world does something like that get okay'd?