About 8 months ago myself and some friends decided to form a book group, we meet once a month and the host is the person who has chosen the book. I was quite bad for not finishing and had about a 75% complete rate due to waiting to see the book in a charity shop or for someone else to finish it. So with this in mind and with some of the others buying eReaders and hearing good feedback from them I decided to treat myself. Though I got my boyfriend to research between the two leading eReaders, the more popular Kindle and the Kobo Touch, I went for the latter and am very glad I did. eReaders In General I think people either love or hate the idea of ...  Read the complete review

I'd dabbled with the thought of an ebook reader for a while, but really couldn't justify the purchase. I tried a friend's Kindle and simply wasn't impressed - far too much attention to DRM and not enough to the customer. Not to mention the price of ebooks - if I'm going to pay printed book prices, then I want a printed book, plain and simple - something I can keep, give away, loan out or hand on to a charity shop. Not a digital file lacking in every convenience but that of actually reading it. But, courtesy of a generous family and a birthday, I now have a Kobo Touch. And to be honest, I was thrilled with it. At first. It's certainly handy. I ...  Read the complete review

As an avid reader, my home has always resembled something of a second hand bookshop, with bookcases groaning under the weight, and that slightly reassuring smell of aged yellowing paper. However, when one of my bookcases actually decided to collapse under the pressure, I decided the time was ripe for a good old clear out. Knowing however that , given my past behaviour, I'd only start hoarding more books, I decided the time was right to buy some kind of e-reader. Having heard a few terrifying stories of people having their kindle libraries deleted for no reason by Amazon, one of the few things I was absolutely sure of was that I didn't want a kindle. I also ...  Read the complete review

I have had the Kobo Touch for a year now, and did a fair bit of research before choosing between the main two rivals of the Kobo and the Kindle and hopefully my review will help someone else make the same choice. Initially I wanted to purchase the normal Kobo Wi-Fi however after having done more research I saw that this Kobo Touch has many more advantages and was worth spending the bit extra. The main differences between the two are as follows. The Touch has a touch screen which is its main draw and allows you whilst reading a book to move page by touching a different part of the screen. The left inch of the screen and you will go back a page, whilst the ...  Read the complete review

I am a big reader and usually go through a couple of novels a week. I have always loved my books and resisted getting an E-reader for a long time until the amount of books that I had started taking over my house and I started become more receptive to the idea of being able to store all one books on one device. In the end I bought a Kindle Keyboard and loved it. I found that reading on an electronic device didn't detract from the story at all and if anything I read even more with the Kindle than I did when I was reading paper books. Unfortunately my Kindle broke down a few weeks ago and I was devastated as I probably used it more than anything else that I own. ...  Read the complete review