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Yes, I agree 100%.
What I want to know from twowheels is do you actually like the look of your Kindle and would you duplicate the look of your Kindle on a Kobo if you had a Kobo because you like it or would you go smaller margins and/or line height if you could? Or, are you just saying you like it because that's the best you've got and there isn't anything better? |
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edit: and now that you mentioned it I noticed that I was on the middle setting and have now increased it to the higher setting, which looks even better IMO. |
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And the major issue with Kobos is of course the variable bugginess. |
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Yep. As do most companies who hope to be successful in any meaningful way. That is certainly true. Kobo is easily my second favorite e-ink manufacturer and designer. I do loathe .kepub, but its not the end of the world. And their store needs a ton of work still (as it did in 2010 when I bought my first Kobo). Still, I would not feel good recommending BN to anyone at this point, unless they go in with both eyes open to the financial and market realities that the bookseller is currently in. |
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I, personally, like having choices. Not one of my smart phones has ever not been rooted, jail broken, or otherwise hacked.
Now, when it comes to ereaders, I know I am part of a niche. What I want in my (next) ereader is out of the norm of what a regular Joe expects. I basically want a tablet with an eink screen, not a dumb device with a set amount of features. With all of that said, I believe the Kindle is perfect for regular Joe in most ways. I think people would appreciate it if Amazon did include an SD slot and support for DRM-free epubs, but overall the consumer gets a good deal. Even though it is a walled garden, it's so vast that regular Joe probably will find all of the books he needs. On the subject of fonts and line spacing... I'm not sure if consumers care too much about it. I mean, with pbooks, you got whatever it was the publisher decided the book should look like and no one really complained, except for maybe those with eyesight issues. The Kindles though have enough options to satisfy those that need larger fonts to read... As for Greg, I think if you need to physically check how your books look on an ereader, you need to get two: A Kindle and a Kobo. Those are the two most popular, so it would make sense to use them both because of their different eBook formats. There is no one ereader to rule them all, but by having those two, you secure testing for the largest amount of devices possible. I understand its not cheap, but you don't have to get both right now. In fact I would get the Kindle first due to it's popularity and maybe a kobo months later (or whenever you find it financially acceptable to get one). Last edited by Shades; 12-09-2014 at 10:37 PM. |
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Two negatives don't always make a positive logically speaking. My apologies if you meant the opposite of what I interpreted. |
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One complaint I do see quite often in Amazon discussions is that there aren't enough font sizes. There have been just eight sizes at least as far back as the K3 and they haven't added any more even on the high-res Voyage.
The steps from the first through the sixth sizes are reasonable but the last two are enormous jumps. A lot of people who need large print say they'd like several smaller steps after the sixth size. I like bookcovers as sleep screens, book title at the top of each page (yes, I do sometimes forget what I'm reading ![]() ![]() |
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Here's a couple of questions. Since most of the books I'm interested in are epubs, how do epubs converted in Calibre look on a Kindle? So if I'm reading 90% epubs is it a disadvantage to buy a Kindle? And Kobo with its kepubs. All right so if I buy a book from Kobo I get a kepub and it displays perfectly on my Kobo. But how do regular epubs display there?
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Converted ePubs look exactly the same as the original.
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Kobo manages ePub with no problem, aside of a bit less features (header / footer and so on...)
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Good to know. Thanks much.
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I do have an old Nook Glow as well, and there is no way I'd ever buy the new Nook Glow, it's memory for side loaded books is far too small and again compared to a Paperwhite there is no competition. Last edited by Josieb1; 12-11-2014 at 01:27 AM. |
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If Amazon did go and change the Kindle to suit my needs, I would consider one if I was in the market for a another Reader. What Amazon would have to do is give useful settings and at least DRM free ePub support. |
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