That’s good to hear. One of these days I’ll justify getting a Kobo reader to go along with my Kindle.

I read Jason Snell’s review of eReaders and I’m this close to getting one, but I’m sticking with Kindle.

I have been intrigued with them and wished I could try one out… but ebook vendor lock-in is cruel, and I have too many Kindle books bought from Amazon over the years and the thought of either re-buying or converting and transferring those books if I want to read them again is enough to make me reluctant.

@verumsolum Understandable. I'm fortunate in that many (although not all) of my purchases turned out to be DRM-free—tech books and indie press books, and novels from a few publishers like Tor that don't use DRM.

@josephaleo The Kindle's still pretty good, to be sure—it has the "market leader" advantage, and I miss not having my own custom text font (Charter). The Pocket read-it-later and Overdrive library ebook integration tips it over for me. (And it's a big, really nice screen.)

@verumsolum Check this by @burk out.

This was my exact reaction when I got a Kobo to replace a broken Kindle. The Overdrive integration on the Kobo works much better for me. The Calibre management, even of the special Kobo digital versions, is far superior. I find the backlighting to be better as well.