Sage Kobo Sage opinions

[martinot]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

The Sage sleep cover IS magnetic - very strongly so.

Ahh. Sound like a perfect solution!

[lesley9]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

No. The website for conversion, not KOReader, which is not a converter at all.
https://pgaskin.net/kepubify/try/

Wow, that's super easy. Thank you very much!

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by lesley9

I've wondered about that with Calibre...yet users talk about it all the time. Go figure.

So if you had an android tablet only, how would you go about converting epub to kepub as the latter apparently formats better with the Kobo. For folks without computers, conversion seems unavailable.

(am I going too off topic here...it's suppose to be about Sage impressions)

A good start to your finding the answer to the highlighted question would have been if you had actually READ my earlier post, in which I explictly said

"And if a kepub is deemed absolutely essential, there's always this option which works on phones.

https://pgaskin.net/kepubify/try/"

Again, the issue of whether kpeubs format better than epub is one that is open to debate. Personally I do prefer kepub to epub in Kobo's stock reader but there are many who actually prefer epub because epubs on Kobo are rendered with support for ligatures. If ligatures matter to you, then epub may be a better bet.

[lesley9]

Originally Posted by davidfor

You might be about to connect the Sage to your phone or tablet with an OTG adapter. I'm fairly sure people have had success with other Kobo devices, but, I don't have the adapter with me to try.

I'll have to research that. Not familiar with it. Thanks for the idea.

[martinot]

Originally Posted by lesley9

I should say this is my first Kobo as I am a forever Kindle user. One thing I don't like is you can't enlarge illustrations. On a Kindle, on virtually any illustration on any source of book, you can long press the picture and a magnifying glass icon pops up, hit it and the picture goes full screen. I miss that feature. But otherwise it's a fantastic ereader. I mostly read library books these days so a Sage made sense. And wow, Pocket and Dropbox are fantastic.

Agree. I love the OverDrive, Pocket and Dropbox integrations on Kobo readers. That makes them truley awsome!

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

No. The website for conversion, not KOReader, which is not a converter at all.
https://pgaskin.net/kepubify/try/

Thanks for reposting that Sirtel - why the OP ignored it when I linked to it initially I don't know. Perhaps an issue with conversion

[Barty]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

I have impaired motor skills - the sleep cover is not difficult for those whose motor skills are not impaired, but putting it in the case and ESPECIALLY taking it out of the case is fiddly and difficult when doing it essentially one handed. For me, that is. Otoh, Plugging in one of the half dozen or so USB-C charging cables in my 16m2 living room/office where I spend 80% of my life is no problem at all

As a person with handicap USB C is a blessing. I can just sort of jam the plug in there and it's fine.

Anyway, the sage is too heavy already. Doubling the weight is a big nope. 500g? I might as well read a book 😃

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Barty

Anyway, the sage is too heavy already. Doubling the weight is a big nope. 500g? I might as well read a book 😃

Exactly!

On the other hand, the extra screen real estate is REALLY proving useful for me now. Pages can display a worthwhile amount of body text AND still have footnotes that aren't microdot size

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

Exactly!

On the other hand, the extra screen real estate is REALLY proving useful for me now. Pages can display a worthwhile amount of body text AND still have footnotes that aren't microdot size
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What are you running that displays that particular progress bar?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Skydog

What are you running that displays that particular progress bar?

KOReader, probably

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Skydog

What are you running that displays that particular progress bar?

KOReader.

[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

KOReader.

How’s the power drain using KOReader? I’d tried it awhile back before it was added to the stable builds but the battery drain was notably greater than with nickel

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

How’s the power drain using KOReader? I’d tried it awhile back before it was added to the stable builds but the battery drain was notably greater than with nickel

It's better than when the Sage was first released, but the devs have explained why it's worse than on Nickel. I think my Sage was losing 10-12% an hour when I first installed KOReader, probably 8-10% now. So still bad, but I can put up with it for the features I like about KOReader, like better epub handling and much better stats.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Barty

As a person with handicap USB C is a blessing. I can just sort of jam the plug in there and it's fine.

Anyway, the sage is too heavy already. Doubling the weight is a big nope. 500g? I might as well read a book 😃

That depends a bit on how your read.... I read my books mostly in bed, laying on my side. And I prop my reader against something (generally a stuffed animal ). Try doing that with a book! I always had a very heavy arm, especially if I had to read the page on the thinnest part of the book (and I had to hold the heaviest part of the book up...)

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Deobulakenyo

Bringing a powerbank seems to be a better option than having a heavy powercover. At least with the powerbank, you can read without the additional weight

But the powerbank needs a cable and it's awkward.