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[tlug] Kobo-Glo Reader on Sale



Just a heads up for anyone wanting an inexpensive monochrome-screen e-book reader with a good reputation. The Rakuten Kobo Glo, which is a head-to-head competitor to the Kindle Paperwhite, is currently on sale for 3990円 until 22 NOV in celebration of the Rakuten Tohoku Eagle's Japan Series victory over that Tokyo team that wants to be mistaken for the Yankees.

Some reviewers report that the Kobo Glo screen is brighter than the Paperwhite but, generally it gets good reviews. It has a larger memory but no 3G, so you can't buy new books while riding the Yamanote-sen like you can with Amazon's offerings.

Further downside on the Japanese-language site is that all of the "popular" books seem to be titty-boom types with garish, explicit covers. Other than that, it does reading at a quarter the cost of the Kindle and seems to play all of the same formats.


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