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eReader recommendations?
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I still see Kobo recommended these days, so an upgrade might be a good option for you. I use a Kindle, but that obviously locks you in with Amazon. I wish I'd have gotten a Kobo myself.
Can you read books checked out from libby on kobo?
I’m not sure if it’s the same everywhere but in Canada you can for sure. Kindle has a very slightly better selection (small press horror lit tends to be missing from Kobo) but doesn’t support Overdrive here.
This makes it seem like you can, but I don't know for sure.
https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/4477058367895-About-the-Libby-app**___**
That’s cool, I tried a kindle paperwhite, but returned it because I kept accidentally hitting that stupid power button they put on the bottom right where you hold it while reading.
Weird - literally never happened to me because I hold it 4 fingers on the back and thumb on the left edge.
Ha, yeah I do that all the time. I'm still considering switching to a Kobo once I read all the books in my queue.
I have a kobo Clara hd and it has the button on the bottom and i do this, its very annoying
It occasionally takes some doing, but my wife does! She reads lots of Libby on Kobo and even manga from Libby.
My daughter reads a lot of books checked out via overdrive on her kobo (in Canada), though the search feature on the kobo itself is kind of garbage. We have better luck doing a search with the Libby app on a phone, checking it out, then syncing the kobo.
I use a Kindle myself (purchased on one of the good sales for roughly half price), though primarily via epub files transferred to the Kindle using Calibre. It's a busy UI, but it does work well and has lots of features. Pretty good as an archive of your ebook library.