New Kobo Aura HD eInk eReader 1440x1080

[lioslaith]

Originally Posted by Gazella

For those who have the Kindle Paperwhite, are you buying the Aura HD?

I've read that the built-in light can be turned off completely (unlike the Paperwhite), is this true?

Yes. Don't know what else to say so hope that's not too abrupt an answer.

[BadBilly]

No page turn buttons and, from what I can figure out from the "reviews" and specs, questionable dictionaries. One reason I wanted my T1 over a T2 is that the North American version of the T2 has fewer dictionaries than the T1.

[Suzanna]

Originally Posted by BadBilly

I ride the subway to work. When I'm standing (as I almost always am), I hold on to a bar, in the interests of safety. I hold my Sony T1 in my left hand, thumb on the page turn button and do not have to move my hand from the bar to change pages.

For people who are wondering about situations like this ... you can change where on the Kobo screen you have to tap in order to page forward. If one likes to hold their ereader in their left hand, they can make the left side of the screen the page forward area and the right side the page backward area. Problem solved.

Seems very obvious from many of the last several posts that Kobos still render kePub differently from ePubs. That means different rendering engines and fewer formatting options on ePubs, and a HUGE FAIL IMO! Having to modify is stupid, especially if you already had to convert from another format. On the Kobo Touch they never got the rendering worth using on ePubs before my 30 days return policy ran out, so I returned the pitiful Touch. If you have to rely on the extremely lackluster Kobo bookstore to get readable books, then FAIL.

[Katsunami]

Stop pointing out features that the Paperwhite doesn't have....

It makes me feel greedy, even if I'd never use some of them

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

yes, and your point is...?

A woman who WANTS to spend money on gadgets! What's this world coming to?!

Will you marry me?

(Now what do I do if the answer is "yes"? Oh noes.... )

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Getting an Aura now would just be greedy and wanna-have-the-latest behavior.

It's not just a matter of wanting the latest. It's got a faster processor, more RAM, twice the storage, and a more even light. It's a better device. (I say so without having actually used an Aura, of course).

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Gazella

For those who have the Kindle Paperwhite, are you buying the Aura HD?

I would love to have both. The Aura may be bigger and heavier than I would want to take out in my bag. I grab my paperwhite or my Sony T1, as both of them are smaller and lighter than my kindle touch in lighted case. So I would leave the Aura at home, also.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Seems very obvious from many of the last several posts that Kobos still render kePub differently from ePubs. That means different rendering engines and fewer formatting options on ePubs, and a HUGE FAIL IMO! Having to modify is stupid, especially if you already had to convert from another format. On the Kobo Touch they never got the rendering worth using on ePubs before my 30 days return policy ran out, so I returned the pitiful Touch. If you have to rely on the extremely lackluster Kobo bookstore to get readable books, then FAIL.

As I understand it, one can use calibre to get ones epubs into the kepub format, and then all of the on-device modifications will work. A+.

[samhy]

Originally Posted by Suzanna

For people who are wondering about situations like this ... you can change where on the Kobo screen you have to tap in order to page forward. If one likes to hold their ereader in their left hand, they can make the left side of the screen the page forward area and the right side the page backward area. Problem solved.

This is exactly what I'm doing when I'm reading in a packed bus: holding the Kobo in my left hand and having the screen divided in 1/3 (going backward) and 2/3 (going forward). Works great!

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Seems very obvious from many of the last several posts that Kobos still render kePub differently from ePubs. That means different rendering engines and fewer formatting options on ePubs, and a HUGE FAIL IMO! Having to modify is stupid, especially if you already had to convert from another format. On the Kobo Touch they never got the rendering worth using on ePubs before my 30 days return policy ran out, so I returned the pitiful Touch. If you have to rely on the extremely lackluster Kobo bookstore to get readable books, then FAIL.

I'm not sure what you're saying here. There appears to me to be very little difference between how a particular non-Kobo epub looks on my Sony PRST1 and how it looks on the Kobo Glo. Admittedly Kobo has a mildly annoying quirk with very long paragraphs, but the ease of customising text display outweighs it (personal opinion only, of course).

Yes, kepubs display slightly differently because they support some epub3 features. Some will prefer the kepub-look to the standard-look and some vice versa. But as you can easily make your standard epubs use the kepub renderer if you want, no-one needs to be too disappointed.

[mr_nihilism]

Originally Posted by booklover6

As I understand it, one can use calibre to get ones epubs into the kepub format, and then all of the on-device modifications will work. A+.

I so did not know that. How does one go about converting epub into kepub? It doesn't seem obvious because kepub is not one of the options in the output format selection.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by mr_nihilism

I so did not know that. How does one go about converting epub into kepub? It doesn't seem obvious because kepub is not one of the options in the output format selection.

You can read about it here.

I have not personally done it, as I don't have a Kobo (yet).

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by Gazella

For those who have the Kindle Paperwhite, are you buying the Aura HD?

I've read that the built-in light can be turned off completely (unlike the Paperwhite), is this true?

1. Yes

2. Yes

...I'm one more female with a technology/gadget habit.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Suzanna

For people who are wondering about situations like this ... you can change where on the Kobo screen you have to tap in order to page forward. If one likes to hold their ereader in their left hand, they can make the left side of the screen the page forward area and the right side the page backward area. Problem solved.

Can you swipe to change screens?

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Can you swipe to change screens?

I can on the Mini.