Things I love about my Kobo Touch!
Until recently, I was definitely skeptical about purchasing an eReader. I'm someone who enjoys reading traditional print books, and I also love displaying my books at home on my bookshelves. I've heard a lot of good things about eReading, so I decided to purchase a Kobo Touch last month to try it out. I've had my Kobo Touch for over a month now, and here are some of my favourite things about this eReader!
What I love:
- The ability to carry multiple books in one small device.
- You can control the font size. I find it much easier to read with bigger text.
- I read eBooks much faster on the Kobo rather than traditional books.
- I can'turn the book pages with the swipe of my finger.
- The screen doesn't have any glare and I can read it for hours at a time without it hurting my eyes.
- Because I only see the book cover, I'm no longer intimidated by how big the book seems.
- Toronto Public Library has an excellent selection of eBooks, and the collection continues to grow all the time! You can view the library's collection from Overdrive here (ePub is the format for the Kobo Touch).
- You can also download free public domain eBooks from Toronto Public Library that do not have a due date or expiry date.
- If you are interested in purchasing eBooks, the selection of eBooks availble from the Kobo store is really good. The Kobo store also has regular sales and promotions on their eBooks.
- I really love the handmade case I bought from Etsy.com.
What I don't like:
- The Kobo customer support is definitely lacking. I've always had great customer service in the Chapters/Indigo store, but when I call the hotline for troubleshooting it seems that the only thing they recomend is to factory reboot your device.
- The touch screen isn't seamless. If I touch a bit too hard it turns two pages instead of one!
- The device can be slow sometimes. Big books take some time to load and if I turn the pages too quickly it doesn't always register the page turns.
- My Kobo book purchases are only compatible on Kobo devices.
Overall, I love how small and lightweight the Kobo is. It's perfect for reading on my subway commute. I read so much faster on the Kobo, and in the past month alone I've read 11 books! Although I still appreciate traditional books, but I've definitely become an eBook convert! Despite some of its minor shortcommings I would highly recomend the Kobo Touch to any book lover!
12 thoughts on “Things I love about my Kobo Touch!”
Thank-you for the blog regarding the Kobo. Have you had a chance to try the ipad2? I am in between the decision whether I should purchase a Kobo or an ipad. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks for your help.
Hi Greg,
The Kobo Touch is an eReader, so it’s designed for reading eBooks. It is wi-fi enabled, but the internet browser is extremely slow for internet surfing. The Touch comes with the Kobo Store app, but you can’t install any other applications to the device.
The iPad2 is a tablet, so it has a lot more features. It’s a faster, so surfing the internet is great. The touch screen is pretty seamless. There are millions of apps you and install to the iPad. Kobo has an iPad app to read and download their books from. You can also download the Overdrive app to read eBooks from Toronto Public Library. I do find reading eBooks on the iPad is a bit harder, because there is a shiny glare from the screen. I definitely prefer reading eBooks on my Kobo.
The Kobo Touch and the iPad are pretty different, so it really depends on what you are looking for.
If you’re looking for a tablet eReader that isn’t as expensive as the iPad, Kobo has the new Vox model. It has all of the features of the Kobo Touch, but it’s also a tablet. On the Kobo Vox, you can download android apps and surf the internet in a similar way to the iPad.
Hope this helps!
Melanie
That case is awesome!
I have only one complaint about my Sony eReader. When I read a Dead Tree Book, I always flip ahead to see if I can finish the next chapter before my bus stop, or the end of my lunch break. I hate to stop reading in the middle of a chapter. With an eReader you can’t really do that flipping back and forth.
It’s a small complaint, though. Overall I’m very happy with eReading.
boo kobo going down booo
the library sux boo
i think you u guys are a bunch of kobo
put together
sorry some used my name to write these things , i apologies , it was not me , i think kobo a great idea and i think the library and great place to get lots of information ,
I am trying to decide between a kindle or a kobo….comments welcome.
where did you purchase the case?
Hi Del,
The link is in blog post.
Melanie
Hi Lydia,
I haven’t used a Kindle, but from what I have heard it is very similar to the Kobo. Currently the Kindle eReader isn’t compatible with Overdrive, so you aren’t able to sign out eBooks from Toronto Public Library. Overdrive is in the process of making the Kindle compatible, so you will be able to sign out eBooks from TPL for your Kindle in the future, just not yet (it will probably be available sometime this year).
Hope this helps!
Melanie
How does one turn off the “Featured” listing of books they want to sell me that appears at the bottom of the Kobo touch screen?
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when do I use Adobe digital editions and when would I use Overdrive with my Kobo?
thanks
Linda