And book subjects, genres, and summaries are not included. However, it only does one area at a time. You can select different areas: store or your books or library or notes, etc. Kobo's search ability is much less robust than Kindle: Kobo's is limited to author/title/series/isbn. If you don't get it through the store, Overdrive, or Pocket, then you sideload through USB cable. Note exporting needs to be manually added, then it just saves to a separate TXT file on the ereader.Ĭan't wirelessly send ebooks through email on Kobo. No Wikipedia integration, and fewer languages supported. Also, Kobo notes don't have spelling suggestions. You know how Kindle notes and bookmarks sync flawlessly across all devices and ereaders? Kobo doesn't do that! Notes created in Kobo apps sync across apps, but NOT to ereaders, and vice versa-it's the most ridiculous thing I've heard of, but there it is. Of course, Kindle handles DRM-free MOBI files from anywhere too. But since EPUB is a native filetype, I can buy and sideload ebooks from several other stores happily. I avoid such books as much as possible since I don't have that Adobe software.

DRM-free EPUB files give you a straight file, but 'Download options: EPUB 3 (Adobe DRM)' will send you through Adobe's special software loops. For Kobo, you go through the same process, but it doesn't work for every book: if you look through the Kobo store website, you'll see 'download options' under 'ebook details'. And Pocket integration.ĭownloading ebook files to computer is both easier and harder for Kindle, every book is downloadable from desktop computer as a AZW or MOBI file, though your mileage may vary with these files. Public library integration with Overdrive/Libby is simple and easier than Kindle's: don't have to 'send to kindle' through the Amazon store. It turns off automatically when you shut the cover, and this is AWESOME. The Kobo ereader has better features and organization options. After several years with Amazon Kindles, I recently bought a Kobo Libra ereader.

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