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Borders Is Closing – eBooks Can Be Moved To Kobo
By Best-eReaders, July 20, 2011
After filing for bankruptcy few months ago, Borders today announced all its 399 brick and mortar stores will be closed by September. Liquidation will start as early as Friday. If you own e-books purchased on borders.com you can easily transfer them to a Kobo account. The process is very easy and takes just a few minutes, [...]
How To Install Fonts On The Kobo Touch
By Best-eReaders, July 02, 2011
Out of the box, the Kobo Touch comes with two font types only: Georgia and Avenir. A thread over MobileRoad got started about how one can install new fonts to the Kobo Touch. The procedure is quite easy and takes only a couple of steps to accomplish. In 2 minutes or less, you can add [...]
Kobo Touch
By Best-eReaders, May 25, 2011
As the world’s attention was focused on the Kindle Tablet rumor and the upcoming Nook 2 the past few days, no one had foreseen this spotlight-stealing, bold surprise from Kobo – a 6-inch touch-enabled reader with an elegant one-button design and a lot of upgrades over its previous iteration, the Kobo WiFi. Aptly called [...]
Kobo Launches A Touch Edition eReader
By Best-eReaders, May 23, 2011
Kobo today announced it will be launching a new screen touch based e-Reader. Retail price will be $130, $9 less than the Kindle Wi-Fi. The pocket-sized device strives for a reading experience more akin to that of old timey paper books, courtesy of a Zeforce infrared touchscreen, new Pearl eInk technology, and a freescale i.MX507 [...]
What Will Happen To Kobo Readers After Borders’ Bankruptcy?
By Best-eReaders, February 21, 2011
Like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, Borders has created an online platform for selling eBooks. Rather than building its own brand of eReader device, however, Borders opted to partner with Kobo, a subsidiary of the Canadian book retailer Indigo Books & Music. But you must have heard the news already: Borders filed for bankruptcy protection [...]
Kobo WiFi Now Only $99
By Best-eReaders, February 13, 2011
It wasn’t long ago (less than a year) when Kobo introduced the first e-Reader to cost under $150. It’s amazing how fast things change as at the moment the Kobo WiFi an even more advanced version of the basic Kobo reader is offered at Borders for only $99. That’s without any sale prices, one time [...]
How To Transfer Kobo Books To Sony Readers?
By Best-eReaders, February 02, 2011
Kobo does use Adobe DRM lock for its own books, but it also supports non-proprietary Adobe DRM. Unlike the Kindle, however, Kobo embraces open technology. Open technology gives owners the freedom and flexibility to read Kobo books whenever and wherever they want. What this means is that you can buy books from different book vendors [...]
eReaders With Public Libraries eBook Downloads Support
By Best-eReaders, February 01, 2011
Trips to library may not become a thing of the past as some people envision, but eReaders like Sony and Nook have made library book borrowing easy, fast, and convenient. Borrowing books from a virtual library is a great way to access and read thousands of books for free. In recreating the traditional library experience, [...]
Kobo Are Running A Contest – 15 e-Readers To Be Won!
By Best-eReaders, December 27, 2010
Kobo are running a scratch N’ win contest where you can instantly win hundreds of different prizes including 15 Kobo Wi-Fi readers. Prizes include 10%-50% discount coupons, $25 value Kobo gift cards and a grand prize of a Kobo WiFi reader + $500 gift card. No purchase is needed and as mentioned, you’ll instantly know [...]
Kobo WiFi Review
By Best-eReaders, November 14, 2010
The first Kobo eReader was poised to take the Kindle down with a combination of low pricing ($149) and an open platform. But Amazon easily fought back by introducing a $139 wireless model. The Kobo eReader was readily forgotten in the wake of cheaper and better Kindle. Now Kobo is striking back with sharper [...]