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Kobo in Ireland (vs Kindle?)

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  • 06-09-2015 3:54pm
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    delta36
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    I can't see any recent threads on this, so here goes. I'm in the market for an e-reader, and was thinking of getting the latest Kobo branded one, the Kobo Glo HD, but it seems very hard to find in Ireland at anything approaching a reasonable price, and the same can be said for cases for it. Does anyone know a good place to get one?

    As an aside, I'm going for this over the newest Kindle Paperwhite because I don't particularly want to be locked to one store, and the fact that the Kindle doesn't handle epub files, which I think would make it more difficult for me to get access to the classic free books. From a monetary perspective, both readers are (supposedly) the same price, but am I just making life more difficult for myself by not going for the Kindle? Are my concerns completely invalid?

    Thanks!


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    Yolande
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭Yolande


    Hi, delta36,

    I'm just checking out boards, too, to see advice re Kobo vs kindle - for same reasons as you - primarily to not be locked into one store - noticed there've been no replies to your thread...and just wondering what you went for in the end - what advice do you have?

    Ta muchly!

    Yolande


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    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭adox


    ePub files can be converted to mobi in seconds and emailed to your kindle.


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    Yolande
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭Yolande


    ah, thanks, adox! - so are you recommending a kindle over a kobo? I don't have either yet - well, actually, it's for my aging mother who's finding it hard to hold books open (she only has the use of one arm and hand nowadays). I had bought her a Kobo, but that's gone to the Great Electronic Gods in the Sky, so am looking for a replacement. I have a decrepit Kobo Vox, but also a small Samsung tablet, the latter of which I now use almost exclusively for reading...but still left with the question: kobo vs kindle....


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    About 70% of the content on my Kindle is from mobi and epub files that I email to my Kindle,
    I have https://calibre-ebook.com/ to manage my ebooks and once Calibre is setup I just select the book I want and email it via the program to my Kindle...or my wifes kindle.


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