# Replacement e-reader **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-e-reader/1031467 "2026-07-06T20:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
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> [@Cachalot](#): > > Looks like the Kobo has its share of fans, so I’ll check that out. Thanks for the info! We had some recent threads on these, btw: - [Tell Me About Your Kobo E-reader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-kobo-e-reader/1028395) - [Best e-Reader Kindle v Kobo v Nook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-e-reader-kindle-v-kobo-v-nook/804576/) - [E-Readers, 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-readers-2025-edition/1018239) I have a couple Kobos and like them well enough. I switched from Amazon/Kindle a few years ago. They have (front/side) lights and color these days too, like the Kindles. And some models have physical page turn buttons, which I really like. They’re waterproof too, so you can take them into bathtubs and pools and hot tubs and such… that’s oddly where I tend to do a lot of my reading, lol. They have library ebook support via their Overdrive integration: [Borrow eBooks from the public library using your Kobo eReader – Rakuten Kobo](https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017677053-Borrow-eBooks-from-the-public-library-using-your-Kobo-eReader) As for bringing your Kindle library over, ah, well… you cannot _legally_ do so due to the DMCA (cracking their ebook DRM is illegal in the US, in and of itself). There may or may not be per-se illegal ways to do that on your own, but you have to search for that elsewhere; we’re not allowed to discuss that here. Sometimes authors will sell DRM-free ebooks on their site, or on the DRM-free section of the Kobo store: [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/drm-free](https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/drm-free) Kindle generally has a larger selection of books, both because authors/publishers can be lazy and because sometimes Amazon pays for exclusives. And on Kobo you don’t get the paper + ebook + audiobook discount that Kindle used to offer, or reading/listening progress sync (where you are in the book) across multiple formats. So the marketplace and ecosystem offerings are generally strictly worse, but not by a whole lot. About 80%-90% of books that have an ebook version, in my experience, are available on the Kobo store too. But more than a few times I’ve seen Kindle-only versions. But the devices themselves are fine. Comparable to Kindle, and not noticeably better or worse in my experience (after having owned like five Kindles and three Kobos and a few other e-ink devices). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-e-reader/1031467)._