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   Alan Beck to August Abolins   
   Books and ereaders   
   04 Oct 20 09:40:47   
   
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    AA> Hello Alan!   
      
    AA> ** On Monday 28.09.20 - 08:01, Alan Beck wrote to ALL:   
      
    AB>> Is this a good area to be discussing books and ereaders?   
      
    AB>> The Kobo Libra H20 is the one I am looking at.   
      
    AB>> Quite seriously actually.   
      
    AA> I don't see why not?  This is a general talk-about-anything   kind of   
    AA> echo.   
      
   GRoovy   
      
      
    AA> The "read in landscape orientation" is new.   
      
    AA> $45 for the slipcover seems expensive.   
      
    AA> --   ../|ug   
      
    AA> -+- OpenXP 5.0.46   
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   I pulled the trigger on a Kobo Clara.   
      
   The other new ones have problems that I was not prepared to put up with.   
      
   Kobo Libra H2O. Parts of  the screen were not lit up and it was from one side   
   or another.   
      
   The top end Kobo has a Display that flashes to maintain brightness. Could be   
   trouble at best it is enough to give you a headache.   
      
   The Kobo Clara has pretty well the same features as the Kobo Libra except   
   there is just a bit of loss of luminace at the bottom of the screen, since I   
   am not reading from there it is not a hassle.   
      
   Kobo's now have an orange candlelight mode for reading in the dark. All of   
   them have it including the ability to borrow library books.   
      
   Very nice.   
      
   It fits in my oilskin vest pocket better than anything else did (OK, Kobo Glow   
   with no case). This one goes in with the case.   
      
   The case also doubles as a reading stand.   
      
   All for $139.00 CDN   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Alan   
      
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