You typically see individuals on-line saying they wish to change from Kindles to a special ereader model for some cause or one other (they need an ereader with web page buttons, they don’t like one thing that Amazon did, they’re fed up with Kindles deleting their sideloaded ebooks, and so forth), and most of the people advocate Kobo as an alternative choice to Amazon.
I agree that Kobo is the best choice if you wish to get away from Amazon and their locked down book system, however I’d argue that the best choice is to easily embrace each platforms. Having a Kindle ereader and a Kobo ereader opens up extra choices. Why do some individuals really feel like they must be loyal to only one model?
There are some folks that choose Boox gadgets as a result of they’ll learn Kindle ebooks and Kobo ebooks, amongst others, on the identical machine utilizing Android apps. Android apps aren’t optimized for E Ink and apps normally supply much less options than devoted ereaders (Kobo’s Android app is fairly terrible, frankly), so this isn’t nearly as good of an possibility as you would possibly suppose it’s. The Kindle app works fairly properly on Boox gadgets, particularly ones that help BSR, however you’d most likely be higher off eradicating the DRM out of your ebooks and utilizing the built-in NeoReader app on Boox gadgets, or one thing like KOReader.
One of many worst issues about Amazon that some individuals don’t find out about is their exclusivity guidelines. Quite a lot of ebooks are solely obtainable by means of Amazon; most authors that use Kindle Limitless aren’t allowed to promote their ebooks elsewhere.
If you happen to cease utilizing Kindles completely then you definately received’t have the ability to buy sure ebooks anymore. Kobo’s platform can be critically missing with regards to stuff like comics and magazines.
However Kobo presents a number of benefits with regards to their software program. Kobos have extra customization choices, they don’t make you pay an additional $20 to indicate e book covers on the sleep display screen as a substitute of ads, they work seamlessly with Calibre, they help extra codecs, and you are able to do various things along with your Kobo like set up an alternate studying app equivalent to KOReader with out having to jailbreak your machine.
One factor individuals miss when switching from Kindle to Kobo is the truth that Kobo doesn’t sync sideloaded books like Kindles do. If you wish to completely use one platform then you definately’re going to have to surrender sure options a technique or one other.
If you happen to actually wish to stick it to Amazon, purchase your ebooks from Kobo, take away the DRM, after which use Ship to Kindle to have Amazon backup your Kobo ebooks without spending a dime, so then you may learn the identical ebooks on Kindles and Kobos if you wish to.
I like switching forwards and backwards between Kindles and Kobos. I’ll admit that I not often purchase ebooks from Kobo as a result of I merely despise Adobe Digital Editions and refuse to have it put in on any of my computer systems, however Kobos are nice for borrowing ebooks from public libraries. They’ve OverDrive help built-in so you may get library ebooks straight on Kobos with out having to make use of a separate machine, and that’s fairly handy (you may really borrow ebooks straight on Kindles now too ever since they up to date the online browser, nevertheless it’s not built-in into the shop like it’s on Kobos).
I see lots of people wanting to change from Kindles to Kobos, or vice versa, however I feel the best choice is to make use of each to reap the benefits of the upsides of every platform. You may get a fundamental Kindle on sale for beneath $100, and the Kobo Clara BW is $129, so you may get each for lower than the worth of one of many dearer fashions. I’ve been utilizing the Boox Palma 2 recently and I prefer it quite a bit, however rattling, you should purchase a Kindle and a Kobo for much less and nonetheless have cash left over for ebooks.
