Cool Reader VS Kobo Books

Cool Reader

Fast and small cross-platform eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices

Kobo Books

Kobo Books is a best in the class eBooks and eReadering apps for many reasons.

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2023-04-25

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Cool Reader and Kobo Books)

Kobo Books

eBook Reader

54 54%

eBook Reader

46% 46

Ebooks

54 54%

Ebooks

46% 46

eBook Manager

58 58%

eBook Manager

42% 42

Books & Reference

61 61%

Books & Reference

39% 39

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Social recommendations and mentions

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Cool Reader mentions (2)

Recommended E-reader? [more in comments]
An Android tablet and the CoolReader app. For me, it's simply the best eReader experience available. It's incredibly customisable. The only downside is it doesn't support PDF or AZW3, both of which can be reformatted to your preferred file type with Calibre anyway. Source: over 1 year ago
E-Reader for Windows 10
Cool reader is also another option https://sourceforge.net/projects/crengine/. Source: almost 3 years ago

Kobo Books mentions (38)

Buying a Clara HD in 2023?
If I were in your position I would spend the extra and get the 2e, if for no other reason than iirc, it has an audiobook feature. The clara2e is only $139 on kobo.com right now. Source: 5 months ago
Tolino Vision 6 eManga
Im buying my manga from kobo (kobo.com). Theyre usually drm protected, but its incredibly easy to remove it. After doing so you get a standard epub file which you can read on basically any ereader, including yours. Source: 10 months ago
How do you keep up with LNs that have dozens of volumes? Is it even possible to keep track and remember what happen in each?
LNs are short. If they look like they're as long as your typical Western novel, it's only because of the font size or thickness of paper used. You'll probably find similarly thin books in the YA section of a bookstore, but most Western books are longer. And while Harry Potter books start out shorter, in general, they absolutely dwarf the size of the typical LN, and I don't know if there are even any LNs which are... Source: 10 months ago
Some kobo.com purchased books not showing up on Kobo Clara HD
I purchased some ebooks and I can see them at kobo.com but not all of them show up on my Kobo Clara HD reader. Everything is up-to-date and synced. Source: 11 months ago
Is piracy my only option?
I usually buy from either ebooks.com or kobo.com (sometimes Google Play). They have their own Android apps where you can read your purchases without removing the DRM. On Boox, I've only ever tried the ebooks.com app, but I've found it to have a very limited feature set, so I prefer Pocketbook. By the way, ebooks.com sells DRM-free ebooks whenever the publisher allows it. I usually don't buy Kindle books, because... Source: 11 months ago