08-30-2018, 09:36 AM | #16 | |
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08-30-2018, 11:01 AM | #17 |
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Can you point out one of these videos perhaps?
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08-30-2018, 11:01 AM | #18 | ||
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Your argument that loading content onto a Kindle being easier than Kobo makes for a better eReader are salient points, but here is my “against your logic” response. The iPod was arguably the single best MP3 player back in the day. In fact all MP3 players were default branded iPods by some, just as all copier machines were Xerox machines, all facial tissues called Kleenex. But the iPod was not a standalone device, to put music on you had to “sideload” everything from a computer. People just had to learn how to do it, and it wasn’t that bad. iTunes for Mac worked well enough, but iTunes for Windows (the dominant desktop OS) was buggy. And yet people didn’t have any issue using a computer to buy music and put their purchased /pirated music onto their mobile devices, and off they went singing the praises of the iPod listening to a whole lot of music before needing to go back to a computer to load on some more music. Why is it so hard for people to do so with a Kobo that they complain about it so much? To me Calibre is no worse than iTunes. Now, both the Kobo and Kindle have an expansive online store and can purchase books directly from the device. And with Kobo putting Overdrive support into their newest eReaders, you’ll be able to borrow library books directly. So I wonder if people will still poo-poo Kobo? |
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08-30-2018, 11:02 AM | #19 |
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Given the number of messages from posters outside the USA about having to strip DRM from library books so they can be converted and sent to their Kindle eInk device and out of a perhaps morbid curiosity, from which countries other than the US are you able to borrow an ebook in a Kindle compatible format and have it show up on your Kindle eInk device? To quote from Overdrive's site: "Since Kindle Books are available in the U.S. only, you can't send books to Kindle from outside the U.S. (even if you borrow from a U.S. library)."
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08-30-2018, 11:04 AM | #20 | ||
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Some people don't want to put in the research on a new device that others do, so they go with what's the most popular. Honestly, I can't blame them. I love my Kobo. But if my mother-in-law wanted a new reader, I'd recommend a Kindle. Quote:
But I've never owned a Kindle or an iPhone/iPad. As dakini mentions, there may be good reasons one device is better, even if the reviewer does a poor job of explaining the reasons. |
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08-30-2018, 11:10 AM | #21 | |
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08-30-2018, 03:19 PM | #22 |
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In their case it's probably both ignorance AND bias. But, hopefully, they're the exception, not the rule.
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08-31-2018, 12:40 AM | #23 | |
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If a kindle doesn’t have the current update, they probably still sideload ADobe Books, or have trouble. So,e of the older models don’t have the newer features, to be honest I didn’t think a 2014 model would. |
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09-15-2018, 08:39 PM | #24 | |
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It appears that PCMag has updated their reviews and ratings!!!
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/ebook-readers# The Kobo Clara HD now is rated at 4.5 stars, and earned the Editor's Choice award! It shares the EC award with the Kindle Oasis 2017 and Kindle Paperwhite. They updated the review date of the Clara HD to September 11th 2018, and added a section to the review reflecting the Overdrive support. Quote:
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09-16-2018, 07:28 AM | #25 |
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Wow, that's very good of them!!
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09-16-2018, 10:16 AM | #26 |
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One fact is wrong in the article. If you use the Libby app to connect your library accounts for your overdrive account, you can stay signed in to multiple libraries.
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