Yes, Kobo is designed to work only with their own books. That is definitely a limitation, but my e-reading practices (as a matter of fact, my reading practices in general) are generally to use these for fiction books that I don't plan to read again, so once I finished all of the eReader books I had bought, I didn't have much reason to go back and reread them.
Kobo's selection hasn't been great so far, but it's been good enough and more convenient than the other options, since I can buy and download the books right from my Pre, without needing the desktop. Your mileage will obviously vary... Sam [email protected] wrote: > I saw the same problem with Kobo - it wants me to have an account with them. > I have too many books to limit my options. > > Edward Fultz > [email protected] > (978) 807-4225 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Messeder" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:30:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Treo] Ereaders > > > > > > > Closest to eReader on the Treo is pReader, so far. I've still got > eReader Pro on my PC, and run it under WINE on Ubuntu notebook. > Trouble with Kobo, unless I'm misunderstanding something, is the > only books it reads is what you buy from it. I couldn't get it to even > notice the books I've already got on my Pre. > pReader claims it'll read several formats. So far I've only tried > pdb, but as I've mentioned - that's what comes from eReader.com and B&N > > On 4/1/2010 1:43 PM, Sam Kamens wrote: > >> Jim Griffin wrote: >> >>> So... I should be able to download via ereader (even with DRM), and >>> >> use preader (but not Popelli)? >> >>> >> Yes, pReader will read books downloaded from eReader. >> >> Another option you might want to consider is Kobo (formerly >> Shortcovers). They're the only eBook house that I know of with a full >> WebOS client. >> >> I'm still a bit nostalgic for eReader on my treo, but Kobo isn't bad. >> >> Sam >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
