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   PID: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov   
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   RealName: August Abolins 2:221/1.58   
   Answering a msg from Kurt Weiske:   
   >-=> Alan Beck wrote to ALL <=-   
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   > AB> Is this a good area to be discussing books and ereaders?   
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   > AB> The Kobo Libra H20 is the one I am looking at.   
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   >There's no topic off topic here, and we don't have a book echo   
   >anywhere on Fidonet, so fire away!   
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   >I have two hand-me-down Kindles - an ancient one and a more recent   
   >paperwhite model. Since they own the biggest ebook seller and the   
   >hardware, it's easy to get locked in.   
   >   
   >Will the Kobo let you side-load books via USB, or do they have their   
   >own store?   
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   >Do you know what ebook formats it uses?   
   >   
   >Lately, I've been getting more books and texts from the internet and   
   >using Calibre to convert them to .mobi format. Lately, I've been   
   >finding a lot of text and pdf references on the net and converting   
   >them, as a pdf converted in Calibra looks a lot better then if you use   
   >the kindle mail send-to feature.   
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   >... Mechanicalise something idiosyncratic   
      
   I have the 1st gen Kobo model.  Works fine. The screen is the gray-version   
   which can be hard to read. I use the Adobe reader prgm to import the purchased   
   copy-protected books. And then I feed the Kobo with a USB connection. Good   
   enough. I wouldn't mind owning one of the modern paper-white models - but that   
   is a low priority.   
      
      
   --- tg2fido.pl   
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