I’m almost chagrined at how much more I like my Kobo than my Kindle. Native ePub, better management with Calibre, send web articles to it with one click through Pocket, check out ebooks from my library…
(Uh, anyone want a Kindle Voyage? It’s great, really!)
@chipotle That’s good to hear. One of these days I’ll justify getting a Kobo reader to go along with my Kindle.
@chipotle I have been intrigued with them and wished I could try one out… but ebook vendor lock-in is cruel, and I have too many Kindle books bought from Amazon over the years and the thought of either re-buying or converting and transferring those books if I want to read them again is enough to make me reluctant.
@verumsolum Understandable. I’m fortunate in that many (although not all) of my purchases turned out to be DRM-free—tech books and indie press books, and novels from a few publishers like Tor that don’t use DRM.
@josephaleo The Kindle’s still pretty good, to be sure—it has the “market leader” advantage, and I miss not having my own custom text font (Charter). The Pocket read-it-later and Overdrive library ebook integration tips it over for me. (And it’s a big, really nice screen.)
@chipotle This was my exact reaction when I got a Kobo to replace a broken Kindle. The Overdrive integration on the Kobo works much better for me. The Calibre management, even of the special Kobo digital versions, is far superior. I find the backlighting to be better as well.
