WANTED eReader that has epub Formate....

Barbara1955 · 10-01-2015, 11:29 PM

Trying to get away from Amazon. ALL my ebooks from them I have DRM removed & put them in epub format. When I started this I also had a Litterati..which was epub. Now have over 1500+ don't want to reload & change format

call me lazy

OK except for Litterti & Nooks I no clue which of the millions of e-ink readers use the epub format AND that I can walk into a B&M store & buy in the USA.

No Nooks! Had 2 both were broke out of the box.

Not buying used! Want new!

AnemicOak · 10-01-2015, 11:47 PM

Pretty much every model of reader except Kindle is going to support ePub as one of its formats. Kobo would be the big one. Others include Onyx-Boox, Pocketbook, Boyue...

Problem is that in the US it's hard to find anything in a B&M store that's not a Kindle or a Nook anymore. Best Buy used to sell Kobo, but dropped them. A handful of independent bookstores across the country sell Kobo's or will order them, but I don't know how good they are about having the newer models in stock. Family Christian sells, or at least did, Kobo but again not sure about the newest models and not sure if they still sell them with their bankruptcy stuff that's been going on.

Barbara1955 · 10-02-2015, 12:01 AM

Well maybe some one knows where I can buy one in the USA. Tried buying the Kobo Glow But cant even get an price from Kobo for them! Not in USDollars anyway.

Cinisajoy · 10-02-2015, 12:24 AM

Katie,
https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-glo-hd
http://www.amazon.com/Kobo-Glo-Digit...words=kobo+glo
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query...h=sem&cat_id=0

https://www.google.com/search?q=kobo...boglo&tbm=shop

There are 3 places and Google shopping for the Kobo Glo.

AnemicOak · 10-02-2015, 12:25 AM

They Glo is discontinued, but the Glo HD is available on Kobo's site for $129.99 USD
https://us.kobobooks.com/collections...ts/kobo-glo-hd

I know some folks have bought from Chapters in Canada instead and gotten a pretty good deal with the current exchange rate.

The only independent bookstores I can remember that stocked Kobo's (I know there are more) are Politics & Prose in Washington DC and Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn NY, but I don't know if they still do, nor if they have the current models.

Barbara1955 · 10-02-2015, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Katie,
https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-glo-hd
http://www.amazon.com/Kobo-Glo-Digital-Text-Reader/dp/B009A9SV6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443759675&sr=8-1&keywords=kobo+glo
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query...h=sem&cat_id=0

https://www.google.com/search?q=kobo...boglo&tbm=shop

There are 3 places and Google shopping for the Kobo Glo.

Got excited over Walmart till I saw it was Refirb

I thought of buying 1 thru Amazon ... trying to get away from Amazon kinda on then fence

AnemicOak · 10-02-2015, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katie1

Got excited over Walmart till I saw it was Refirb

I thought of buying 1 thru Amazon ... trying to get away from Amazon kinda on then fence

Be aware that the ones on Amazon (sold by Kobo) and Walmart (as you said a refurb) are the older discontinued Glo and not the Glo HD with the higher resolution Carta screen.

Barbara1955 · 10-02-2015, 02:03 AM

Why cant I buy direct from Kobo? Every time I try they wont let me. When I try to contact them they wont let me. Been their customer Long before I was ever a Amazon customer.

O well Any other ereader out there like PW that reads epub?

meeera · 10-02-2015, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katie1

Why cant I buy direct from Kobo? Every time I try they wont let me. When I try to contact them they wont let me.

Is there a reason you won't buy from Chapters? By all accounts, this seems the best option for US folks who don't have a nearby B&M that sells Kobos.

Barbara1955 · 10-02-2015, 03:06 AM

What is Chapters? I buying an eReader not ebooks. I Have a Kobo account I purchased Kobo eBooks. But for some reason they wont Price the eReaders. Wont even let me contact them. I can See the readers but 1 there is No Prices on them. 2 when I try to contact them there is Nothing about readers it asks different problems I having with eBooks! Not only do they have my Kobo books they have all my Sony Books too...total about 100+ Litterti crashed Sony crashed yet I cant find a Kobo or Buy any ereader for the epub format except Nook Hate Nook!

So any Ideas?

eschwartz · 10-02-2015, 03:17 AM

"Chapters" is a store: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca...kobo-ereaders/

Barbara1955 · 10-02-2015, 03:21 AM

ok in CA I live in West Virginia Near Washington DC not much help.

No Stores in Washington DC Virginia Maryland West Virginia or PA

Josieb1 · 10-02-2015, 03:56 AM

I have a kobo Glo HD. I bought it this week but I am in th UK. I think most Americans who buy one buy online from Chapters but you could ask in the Kobo forum.

meeera · 10-02-2015, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katie1

ok in CA I live in West Virginia Near Washington DC not much help.

Chapters online, not B&M. I don't think there are any B&M Chapters stores outside Canada.

robko · 10-02-2015, 09:51 PM

This:

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I know some folks have bought from Chapters in Canada instead and gotten a pretty good deal with the current exchange rate.

and this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

"Chapters" is a store: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca...kobo-ereaders/

Exchange rate for Canadian dollar to U.S. dollar gives you a 20-25% discount currently, so buy from Chapters in Canadian dollars and even if you have to pay a small fee on currency exchange and/or foreign transaction on your credit card you'll still be miles ahead. Better in fact than buying direct from Kobo in US dollars.

10-01-2015, 11:29 PM	#1
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	WANTED eReader that has epub Formate.... Trying to get away from Amazon. ALL my ebooks from them I have DRM removed & put them in epub format. When I started this I also had a Litterati..which was epub. Now have over 1500+ don't want to reload & change format call me lazy OK except for Litterti & Nooks I no clue which of the millions of e-ink readers use the epub format AND that I can walk into a B&M store & buy in the USA. No Nooks! Had 2 both were broke out of the box. Not buying used! Want new!

10-02-2015, 03:21 AM	#12
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	ok in CA I live in West Virginia Near Washington DC not much help. No Stores in Washington DC Virginia Maryland West Virginia or PA Last edited by Barbara1955; 10-02-2015 at 03:26 AM.

10-02-2015, 03:56 AM	#13
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,084 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra Colour, Libra 2	I have a kobo Glo HD. I bought it this week but I am in th UK. I think most Americans who buy one buy online from Chapters but you could ask in the Kobo forum. Last edited by Josieb1; 10-02-2015 at 09:09 AM.

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10-01-2015, 11:47 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Pretty much every model of reader except Kindle is going to support ePub as one of its formats. Kobo would be the big one. Others include Onyx-Boox, Pocketbook, Boyue... Problem is that in the US it's hard to find anything in a B&M store that's not a Kindle or a Nook anymore. Best Buy used to sell Kobo, but dropped them. A handful of independent bookstores across the country sell Kobo's or will order them, but I don't know how good they are about having the newer models in stock. Family Christian sells, or at least did, Kobo but again not sure about the newest models and not sure if they still sell them with their bankruptcy stuff that's been going on.

10-02-2015, 12:01 AM	#3
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Well maybe some one knows where I can buy one in the USA. Tried buying the Kobo Glow But cant even get an price from Kobo for them! Not in USDollars anyway.

10-02-2015, 12:24 AM	#4
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	Katie, https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-glo-hd http://www.amazon.com/Kobo-Glo-Digit...words=kobo+glo http://www.walmart.com/search/?query...h=sem&cat_id=0 https://www.google.com/search?q=kobo...boglo&tbm=shop There are 3 places and Google shopping for the Kobo Glo.

10-02-2015, 12:25 AM	#5
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	They Glo is discontinued, but the Glo HD is available on Kobo's site for $129.99 USD https://us.kobobooks.com/collections...ts/kobo-glo-hd I know some folks have bought from Chapters in Canada instead and gotten a pretty good deal with the current exchange rate. The only independent bookstores I can remember that stocked Kobo's (I know there are more) are Politics & Prose in Washington DC and Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn NY, but I don't know if they still do, nor if they have the current models.

10-02-2015, 02:03 AM	#8
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Why cant I buy direct from Kobo? Every time I try they wont let me. When I try to contact them they wont let me. Been their customer Long before I was ever a Amazon customer. O well Any other ereader out there like PW that reads epub?

10-02-2015, 03:06 AM	#10
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	What is Chapters? I buying an eReader not ebooks. I Have a Kobo account I purchased Kobo eBooks. But for some reason they wont Price the eReaders. Wont even let me contact them. I can See the readers but 1 there is No Prices on them. 2 when I try to contact them there is Nothing about readers it asks different problems I having with eBooks! Not only do they have my Kobo books they have all my Sony Books too...total about 100+ Litterti crashed Sony crashed yet I cant find a Kobo or Buy any ereader for the epub format except Nook Hate Nook! So any Ideas?

10-02-2015, 03:17 AM	#11
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	"Chapters" is a store: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca...kobo-ereaders/

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