I like the bar at the bottom showing reading progression and how I can customize which information is shown at the top and bottom of the screen. The text looks sharper and I found myself being able to read with smaller fonts (on the Kindle, I was always using huge fonts!). Overall reading experience: I like the asymmetric format and there are various options to configure text appearance and make adjustments on the fly.Yes, that includes all the books from the public library! 🤩 Synchronization: e-books synchronize both on the e-reader and on the Kobo app, so I can continue reading on my laptop or phone if I want to.It’s totally integrated with the public libraries in Canada through OverDrive: I can download e-books from the Ottawa Public Library directly from the device, or I can use the Libby app on the phone to do so, and it all syncs! (in Canada Kindles do not connect to the public libraries like they do in the United States).

Overall better device compared to my old Kindle: size, weight, screen resolution, real buttons to flip pages, text sharpness, it’s faster and I can rotate it to read in whichever position feels right at the moment.īattered old Kindle and the new Kobo side by side.These are the main reasons I’m enjoying it: I got the Kobo Libra H20 and I’ve been using it for over a month now. Since my Kindle was almost 10 years old and it started to lag more than usual, I finally made the jump out of Amazon’s grasp. Not to mention the accounts of their underpaid and over-exploited employees. Over the years I grew leerier and leerier of Amazon’s power and influence. My first 2 Kindles (Left: 4th Generation 2012 | Right: Paperwhite 1 – 5th Generation 2013) There are some exceptions in which I just want a better device. I tend to use my devices (be it e-readers or mobile phones) up until they become useless due to lack of support or just stop working. Sometimes it froze, true, but nothing that a soft (and long) reset couldn’t solve. My Kindle Paperwhite worked fine throughout all those years. But the access to the huge Amazon’s e-books catalog was unrivaled back then. There was also Barnes and Noble with their Nooks and even a Brazilian publisher with their locally produced e-readers.

Amazon was convenient.Īt some point along the way, I heard about Rakuten Kobo, a Canadian e-reader/e-books focused company (now also owned by a Japanese group). I wanted to read books in English and Amazon was the only service I could access back then.

At the time I got my first Kindle, back in Brazil, there weren’t too many options available. I’ve had 2 Kindles in my life: the 6” 4th Generation (2012) and the 6” Kindle Paperwhite 1 – 5th Generation (2013). On the left: new Kobo – On the right: Old Kindle My Old KindlesĪfter using Kindle e-readers and Goodreads for 9+ years, I decided to move away from Amazon’s e-book empire.

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