Nor can
the Kobo reader access the magazines available through the Kobo store, while the Kindle offers not just magazines but also newspapers.
Not exact matches
For those who read enough to desire a dedicated e-
reader device, the leaders in the category — Kindle, Nook, Sony
Reader,
Kobo — are coalescing around a standard set of features: a monochrome E Ink display, a keyboard (physical or virtual), an MP3 player, Web
access, note - taking / highlighting / bookmarking functionality, simple games, and support for common document formats (notably, PDF and Word).
That's because the default ereading software that InkBook chose (FB
Reader, I think) was awful and
accessing an alternative — Moon Plus — was a multi-step process compared to a dedicated ereader like
Kobo or Kindle.
Kobo's firmware was built right into the Literati, ensuring that
readers would have instant
access to the
Kobo Bookstore with nearly two million titles, including New York Times bestsellers, new releases, cookbooks, children's books, magazines, newspapers, and more.
Even longer answer: You can not
access the play store through the
kobo reader (in any meaningful way), but you can download epub books from the play book store, and then use Adobe Digital Editions to sideload them onto your
kobo.
You can also
access articles from your Pocket — Formally Read it Later account, to turn your
Kobo into a virtual news
reader.
«We are excited to give our
Readers access to their
Kobo eBooks on the Microsoft Windows ecosystem,» said
Kobo's Sameer Hasan.
Speaking of reading the unit is bundled with the
Readers HUB, which gives you
access to Zinio and
Kobo.
Not a great move for
Kobo readers who have lost easy
access to a large number of reviews and it is unlikely a
Kobo only ratings system will generate anywhere near as many reviews as Goodreads / Amazon.
With the
Kobo e-book
reader, one will also have
access to over 2.2 million e-books, newspapers, and magazines along with free, unlimited
access to Bell's Wi - Fi network.
Obviously if you are trying to
access the Japanese
Kobo books from a country other then Japan, this is evident with any
reader.
You'll have to
access the store via the
Kobo website (or via the
Kobo Cloud
Reader which for some reason keeps crashing on my iPad 4 these days).
Through the partnership,
Readers will have
access to
Kobo's eBookstore, which has 4 million titles across 68 languages and includes international and local bestsellers.
Also uncertain at this point is whether
Kobo plans to launch the ebooks of traditionally published writers whose works are currently unavailable to those
readers without Kindle store or Nook
access due to international agreements.
Even more of us have mobile phones and tablets, which means wider
access to free
reader apps from
Kobo and Amazon.
It will also add Samsung's Media Hub movie and TV purchase and rental service, as well as
Reader Hub (powered by
Kobo Books and Zinio) and Social Hub (for
accessing social networks under one roof).
So,
readers who purchase eBooks from Barnes & Noble,
Kobo or Apple (to name just a few other eBook retailers), don't have immediate
access to the e-versions of my books.
It is not as easy as downloading them directly to your
Kobo reader, but it is not true that he is denying you
access to his books.
Yesterday E Ink announced a new collaborative ebook
access program with
Kobo that gives manufactures of E Ink devices the opportunity to offer
Kobo's ebooks on their ebook
readers.
In partnership with Pocket, the Read It Later feature allows
readers to save articles and other online content for
access later in their
Kobo libraries.
It will also add Samsung's Media Hub movie and TV purchase and rental service, along with
Reader Hub (powered by
Kobo Books and Zinio) and Social Hub (for
accessing social networks under one roof).
Oddly enough I see no reference whatsoever about this new
reader on the
Kobo webpage that I
access from continental Europe.
Once rooted you are free to install other ebook
readers, I have the kindle app, Nook app, FBreader (which has a wide selection of free and paid books and can handle PDF files with a plug in) and the
Kobo reader, giving me
access to a wide gamut of
readers and stores.
Kobo Aura is designed for the
Reader who desires a stylish, premium, and extremely portable eReader with
access to over 5 million of the best quality titles the world has to offer in books, comics, and kids» content.
With increasing competition from powerful, multifunctional and increasingly affordable Android tablets like the Nexus 7, hybrid eReaders like the
Kobo Arc and the Kinde Fire are a tough sell since they are
readers with coloured screens and offer limited
access to the Android ecosystem via a curated (albeit greatly reduced in number) app store.
You can easily move a variety of different eBook formats (including PDF, EPUB, TXT, and RTF) to your eBook
reader using the provided USB cable, but it's still a hassle to have to
access an entirely different platform to read the stuff you've downloaded from Borders /
Kobo.
Worse yet, the
Kobo application displayed an inclination to crash just about every single time I tried to
access it, rendering the Next5 a total bust in its capacity to perform as an adequate standalone eBook
reader — although the separate Borders library worked just fine.
On
Kobo it feels like the curated lists are overflowing with big name and big press titles simply because a staffer has easier
access to them and knows it will take less effort to convince a
reader to buy them (thus making
Kobo money).
Kobo: Besides
Kobo hardware
readers,
Kobo books can be
accessed on iPads, iPhones, iPod Touch handhelds, Android phones (version 2.1 and later), Android tablets, many BlackBerry phones, Windows PCs, Macs, and via Web browsers.
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and
Kobo all offer apps that allow you to
access each ebook
reader's library on an iOS or Android tablet or phone; you can also use a tablet or smartphone to read ebooks from Apple's iBooks Store (on iOS) and the Google Play Store (on iOS and Android).
All
Kobo readers featured in this article have built - in Wi - Fi connectivity and micro USB function and can
access millions of reading materials from the
Kobo Store.
you're right, there was no where else that i could find any instructions for
accessing the library (even though my local library recently had a draw for a
kobo reader).
Borrowing eBooks has Never Been Easier:
Readers can easily connect to their local public libraries right from their
Kobo Aura ONE with built - in, one - touch OverDrive library lending
access *.
The Sony
Reader Store will also close, with users to
access Kobo instead, in the UK, Germany and Austria, and follows a similar change in the US and Canada in March.
«Sony's current
Reader Store customers in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Australia will have
access to the
Kobo eBookstore soon after the closure of
Reader Store via a simple and easy migration process,» said
Kobo.
Kobo has announced that the Sony
Reader Store will close on 16 August and that «soon after the closure» Australian users will instead
access its «comprehensive digital reading ecosystem».
Like the Kindle, the
Kobo E-
reader Touch Edition is an accomplished, affordable
reader with
access to many thousands of titles.
Whether new to
Kobo or with an existing account an account, customers will be able to transfer your
Reader Store eBooks to your
Kobo account so you'll continue to have
access to them in the future.
The general purpose Apple iPad and the forthcoming Blackberry PlayBook (which will come with
Kobo's e-
reader software installed) mean that the number of lawyers with
access to some variety of eBook
reader is likely to increase.
However, customers using the Sony
Reader and select Xperia devices will be able to
access Kobo's e-book store once the Sony
Reader Store shuts down on June 16.