Re: Kobo Mini e-reader

"Eric Green" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.culture.backpacking.light
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--- In [email protected], Cara Lin Bridgman <cara.lin@...> wrote:
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> Any of you compare the Kobo to Sony?

I had the Sony before I bought my Nook. eBook selection was the big issue I had. It was possible to side-load non-Sony ePub ebooks purchased from other stores onto it, but it was always a royal pain to do so (I had to use a piece of software called Calibre because Sony's own software stank), and Sony's own ebook store stank too, it had limited selection and high prices. 

The thing about a Nook or Kindle is that buying and loading books is pretty much transparent. I go onto the Barnes & Noble web site, buy a book, turn on my Nook, and it shows up ready to download when I turn on the WiFi. Hit the "Download" icon, and it downloads and is ready to read. Amazon's Kindle works pretty much the same way. And at least with the Nook, I can use Calibre to side-load "foreign" epubs too. Unfortunately the Nook and Kindle aren't available in many places outside the US...
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