I bought the Kobo Libra Color because I was tired of supporting Amazon. I wanted to link bookshop.org to a local book shop so they would get the sale. That’s a good enough reason to buy it for me but I was also happy about being able to side load books by connecting to Google drive through Kobo. Even better, the device connects directly to my library instead of having to connect to my library through my phone and have it sync up with kindle later. Kobo’s book store is also on par with any book on Amazon so I love that option as well. About the Libra Color. My most favorite thing is that the screen flips while in portrait mode. That way I can read in bed and flip to the other side and still have the book laying sideways while reading. There are so many nice setting options and all of them are easy to navigate and understand. I keep telling my friends and family how happy I am that I made the switch. The negatives: It takes about two weeks to get to the customer. When you try to track it it says it’s in their possession and will ship shortly but never changes from that. It was getting close to the two week deadline and I chatted and called because it hadn’t left the warehouse according to their site and I hadn’t gotten the shipping update that it was shipped. After two chats and a phone call I was told they think it left the warehouse. It showed up a couple days later and THEN after it was in my hands I got an email saying it shipped and then was delivered. The customer support and shipping need to be worked on but the product is great.
