[vlod]

Would you mind elaborating on the problems you have with the Kobo? I'm thinking of getting one of these once my kindle dies.

[wrxd]

It works well and I haven’t had any issue. It doesn’t get full marks because it’s not an open device itself but more a device that’s easy to hack.

For example, most books in the kobo store have DRM (to be fair I don’t think it’s entirely their choice), albeit an easy one to break.

You see people here recommending “get a Kobo and install koreader”. That works and there is a one-click install process but it’s still an hack.

Another common thing to do is to keep the stock reader but tweak a file to point the store API to a self-hosted Komga/Calibre Web Automated/Grimmmory instance to get your own books in the system. Again, it works well enough but it’s not like these are documented API.

The bottom line is: it works very well and you can very easily tweak it but the way you tweak it are hacks (reasonable clean ones) rather than officially supported features. Thats why it loses a few marks

[wrxd]

Said that, if you are not in the business of self-hosting, you can easily load books via USB or and it even has Dropbox or Google Drive integrations that work out of the box if you prefer network synchronisation

[jm4]

No issues here. I liberated my kindle library and put it in Google Drive. The Kobo can download books from there out of the box. The Kobo store works fine too, although a lot of books barely have any reviews if you’re into that. I have the Kobo Libra Colour and it’s by far the best reader I’ve ever owned.

[lostlogin]

Im in NZ, no issues.

Setting up syncing with a home library is a bit messy first time, but very doable.

The only other e-reader I’ve owned is a Kindle Paperwhite and it’s similar.

[kimos]

I’m in Canada. I’ve had a couple of Kobos and I’ve loved every single one of them. The Kobo bookstore works fine. No complaints.