Kobo Touch e reader

[Phoenix .]

Anyone got one of these?

I got one for Christmas, no idea how it works and their website isn't that helpful. It does not tell you how to download the 3.500 free books it advertises?

[andy01424]

How do I buy eBooks? How much do they cost?

Like any bricks-and-mortar bookstore, browsing and buying eBooks is simple. The Kobo eBookstore gives you access to over 3.5 million eBooks globally, including new releases, bestsellers, newspapers, and magazines! All eBooks are organized into easy to browse categories and are competitively priced with paper books. Once you've found the eBook you want, click buy and, after the payment has been processed, the eBook will be downloaded to your library where it can be accessed from your Kobo Touch and any of our free Kobo eReading apps!


install the app

Where can I get the Kobo Desktop app?

Downloading is easy. Visit kobosetup.com to get the free Kobo Desktop software. The Kobo Desktop app comes in super handy for setting up your new Kobo Touch, shopping the Kobo eBookstore, reading on your computer, and managing your growing eBook library.

[seniorphil]

I have a Sony bookreader. I download the books onto my pc, then transfer them to the reader. Mine is a couple of years old so yours may have wifi/bluetooth/sorcery built in.

[Phoenix .]

Thanks, I understand how to BUY books, but, they advertise there are 3,500 books available for FREE, my question is, how do I access them?

[Karma]

Dec 28, 2013 20:00:26 GMT Phoenix . said:

Thanks, I understand how to BUY books, but, they advertise there are 3,500 books available for FREE, my question is, how do I access them?

It tells you on the front page here

www.kobobooks.com/free_ebooks


Step 1: Perform a search using any keyword



Step 2: Filter your results by "Free Only" from the pull-down menu



Step 3: Select your download from the search results

[Karma]

store.kobobooks.com/en-gb/Search/Query?q=crime&sort=PriceAsc

store.kobobooks.com/en-gb/Search?Query=fiction&sort=PriceAsc

store.kobobooks.com/Search/Query?ac=1&Query=classics&sort=PriceAsc

[Phoenix .]

Thanks Karma, just the sort of info I need.
You must have one of these to have the knowledge?

[Karma]

Dec 28, 2013 22:11:13 GMT Phoenix . said:

Thanks Karma, just the sort of info I need.
You must have one of these to have the knowledge?

I had a basic one when they first came out.  It was always really glitchy and totally stopped working after a year.  I hope you have better luck with yours.

I have a basic Kindle now, coming up to a year old and it's just so much better than the Kobo and so much easier to download etc

[jcol]

Phoenix . i am an expierenced Kobo user, i have had one for nearly 2 years now lol
I have 1000's of books in my collection on my pc and if you ever want any i can send them to you for free and even help you put them on the kobo

[Phoenix .]

Jan 7, 2014 19:49:54 GMT jcol said:

Phoenix . i am an expierenced Kobo user, i have had one for nearly 2 years now lol
I have 1000's of books in my collection on my pc and if you ever want any i can send them to you for free and even help you put them on the kobo

Thank you jcol, that would very helpful, so kind of you to offer. I will need all the help I can get. My daughter downloaded some books of the crime genre which I read a lot of, and I actually managed to read a chapter of one of them last night, for me, that was no mean feat.

I will pm you, so we don't bore everyone on here.