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   Hello Alan!   
      
   ** On Sunday 04.10.20 - 09:40, Alan Beck wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AB> I pulled the trigger on a Kobo Clara.   
      
    AB> The other new ones have problems that I was not prepared   
    AB> to put up with.   
      
   I would have thought that now 10+ years after their first     
   introduction, they would have nearly perfected all of their     
   models.   
      
    AB> Kobo Libra H2O. Parts of  the screen were not lit up and   
    AB> it was from one side or another.   
      
   THAT would be totally annoying. I'd rather wear a headband     
   light, or have a light clipped to the device in that     
   situation.   
      
      
    AB> The top end Kobo has a Display that flashes to maintain   
    AB> brightness. Could be trouble at best it is enough to give   
    AB> you a headache.   
      
   At $300/8GB and $350/32GB for the top Kobo Forma, that's     
   ridiculous.   
      
   The last time I dropped into an Indigo (which is now over 8     
   years ago), they had the various Kobo models on display and     
   available for public testing.   
      
      
    AB> Kobo's now have an orange candlelight mode for reading in   
    AB> the dark. All of them have it including the ability to   
    AB> borrow library books.   
      
    AB> Very nice.   
      
   The integration with Canada's library systems via Overdrive is     
   pretty nice.  But you can still end up stuck in a waiting list     
   until another copy of a book is "returned".  As a bookseller,     
   I'm getting more and more people frustrated with the waiting-    
   list and the pressure to read a new-release 400+ book within 1     
   week that they option for the real thing.   
      
      
    AB> It fits in my oilskin vest pocket better than anything   
    AB> else did (OK, Kobo Glow with no case). This one goes in   
    AB> with the case.   
      
   My original Kobo slips into a sport-jacket's outside pocket     
   quite well.   
      
      
    AB> The case also doubles as a reading stand.   
      
   The Sleepcover at $35?   
      
      
    AB> All for $139.00 CDN   
      
   I see the Clara HD at $149 + $35 for the Sleepcover, online.   
      
   Did you acquire yours for a lower price in-store?   
      
      
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