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