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Old 05-11-2017, 05:29 PM   #1
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Thinking about a new ereader for my mom
Now I have a Kindle PW3, jailbroken and with screensavers hack. But managing collections on it is terrible. I heard it is better on Kobos.

So, I am planning buying me a new reader and passing my PW3 to her.

Even if I want an Oasis very much, I could not justify the price, because I would still have the same problems.


Most of my books are sideloaded and drm free, so changing systems would not be a problem.

So, which backlight kobos are interesting? I will have to import (long wait), cause all kobos in Brazil disappeared from the stores. They are really better to manage the books?

Or should I just buy her another accessible PW3?

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Old 05-11-2017, 09:03 PM   #2
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I have an older Kobo Aura and a Paperwhite 3. I've helped my neighbors with their Kobo HDs so I have a little more up-to-date experience with Kobos than from my older one. I prefer the Kindle but the truth is they're both really good. A coin toss is a good way to decide.

I don't do much with collections so I can't help much with that.

I think the problem you're going to run into with this question is all the Kobo fans are going to give you excellent reasons to get a Kobo and all the Kindle fans are going to give you excellent reasons to get Kindles. I doubt any of us are going to really be all that helpful.

My suggestion is to do some research on both, watch Youtube reviews of both and comparison videos, and then come in here and ask any specific questions you might have. Then you'll have some real information to use for a decision.

None of us knows what you'll like best. Except in rare moments of clarity none of us realizes that and we each know which one you'll like best.

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Old 05-11-2017, 09:47 PM   #3
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Now I have a Kindle PW3, jailbroken and with screensavers hack. But managing collections on it is terrible. I heard it is better on Kobos.

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They are really better to manage the books?
I don't use collections myself, but yes in general Kobo's are much easier to manage collections on, if you use Calibre. Calibre can generate the collections and put all of the books in them for you instead of you having to do things manually. The basic on device process for a Kobo is very similar to a Kindle, it's in conjunction with Calibre where the Kobo really gets a boost in ease of collection/shelf management.

Here's some info on it from the Wiki...
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...nd_Collections


Both companies make good devices IMO. The Kobo is more "tweakable" in general (no need to jailbreak, it comes that way) while I find the Kindle is more of a "it just works" solution (it's what I bought my Mom).
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Old 05-12-2017, 01:46 AM   #4
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By the way, if you run a Mac, be wary of Kobos if you will need to use a SD card. Once I needed to extend the storage in my Kobo Touch, the Mac-Kobo connection started playing up, so I've gone down the Android route (Icarus Illumina).
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Now I have a Kindle PW3, jailbroken and with screensavers hack. But managing collections on it is terrible. I heard it is better on Kobos.[...]

So, which backlight kobos are interesting? I will have to import (long wait), cause all kobos in Brazil disappeared from the stores. They are really better to manage the books?
Yes - you set up collections in Calibre (check the mobileread wiki for details), and they're automatically managed on the Kobo. It's a piece of cake.

After that, "interesting" depends on you. The firmware is almost all the same; collections management is the same on all devices.

I'm guessing that in Brazil, Overdrive integration is not of interest (I'm pretty sure it's not there yet). Do you want a larger device, do you want waterproofing, do you want the user-controllable light temperature? Or are you after a lower end six inch device on a budget?

(btw: there are no backlights on eink devices. The lights are frontlights.)
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Old 05-12-2017, 05:35 AM   #6
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By the way, if you run a Mac, be wary of Kobos if you will need to use a SD card. Once I needed to extend the storage in my Kobo Touch, the Mac-Kobo connection started playing up, so I've gone down the Android route (Icarus Illumina).
The problem with the card and main storage being swapped will be fixed in the next release of calibre.
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If it helps, Kobo's also display series information in library/books view.
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The problem with the card and main storage being swapped will be fixed in the next release of calibre.
OK, that's good to know. Fortunately him indoors' Glo is still OK (although it threw a wobbly when it took against a USB cable).
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Old 05-12-2017, 03:00 PM   #9
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You provided lots of good advice. I suppose a bigger screen would be appreciated by my mom, but if I get a kobo I will keep it for myself.


But now I am more confident, considering it would be me doing all the management, it will depend on the price I find.

Here there is no overdrive, but we don't get goodreads integration either, so....

Thanks for the tips.

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