Kobo Touch Black eReader £29.99

DERICKOO

Available from WHSmith

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/kobo-touch-black-ereader/product/35487678

Reduced from £90
Beautiful New Design! With the Kobo-signature soft quilted back and travel friendly size, the new Kobo eReader Touch offers the ultimate reading experience. Kobo eReader Touch Edition Video: Read in Style - Kobo's signature quilted back now comes in an assortment of new designer colors for any occasion. Choose from Lilac, Blue, Silver and Black. The Ultimate in Reading Comfort -

J_E

Absolute steal!

DERICKOO

Forgot, you will have to use the code BT11AA.
yes it is a good deal great for me as i read a fair bit.

thecornflake

DERICKOO wrote: »

Forgot, you will have to use the code BT11AA.
yes it is a good deal great for me as i read a fair bit.

Why do we have to use the code ? , the code isn't working, but the reader is showing at 29.99 anyways.

WildCardDoW

For delivery!

ParcelMotel or DeliverMe.ie will work just as well!

alksander

Too bad all the colours are out of stock already

blabley

Damm! too slow, all out of stock... But they are doing the mini for the same money, random!

raddo

Got the mini a while back after seeing it on BA in Argos for 35 euro.
Great piece of kit, not as responsive as a kindle but still a great little e-reader.
I use mine a lot, no problems at all.

txema

It seems they are back in stock now, excep for the Silver one

blabley

txema wrote: »

It seems they are back in stock now, excep for the Silver one

Well spotted! Cheers, ordered one as the mrs and I have been waiting for Amazon to do the UK kindle for €49 euro's for sooooo long now.

marrm

txema wrote: »

It seems they are back in stock now, excep for the Silver one

Got a black one, via PM.. Thanks.

WildCardDoW

Just ordered, first time using PM, hoping I didn't muck it up ha!

So, what's the deal with these things?

Interrobang

Nabbed one too - thanks, OP!

theavenger

Got 2. Cheers OP

Shazamm

Roughly how much we looking at for the delivery?

blabley

Shazamm wrote: »

Roughly how much we looking at for the delivery?

Free Delivery to UK, then Parcel Motel (www.ParcelMotel.com, if you don't have an account already)

I paid via PayPal as didn't have my card on me at the time, so it was €37.62 then €3.50 for Parcel Motel. I've waiting for a mate to get back home to his place in Berlin as i was going to order from amazon.de 2 Kindle's at €49 each, and get him to ship it over... but this will do in the mean time for the Mrs and I. (As have no experience with the Kindle so don't know how much better they are in comparison)

jobless

thanks OP, picked one up.... not a massive reader but at that price i couldnt resist

styron

blabley wrote: »

Free Delivery to UK, then Parcel Motel (www.ParcelMotel.com, if you don't have an account already)

I paid via PayPal as didn't have my card on me at the time, so it was €37.62 then €3.50 for Parcel Motel. I've waiting for a mate to get back home to his place in Berlin as i was going to order from amazon.de 2 Kindle's at €49 each, and get him to ship it over... but this will do in the mean time for the Mrs and I. (As have no experience with the Kindle so don't know how much better they are in comparison)

OP suggested using BT11AA code for direct post here without Parcel Motel. I've done it and the order appears to have processed fine!

WildCardDoW

There's always a risk with BT11AA that it might get rejected in the North!

pah

Great, something else I don't really need.

Thanks OP, ordered.

styron

*Gulp* I've always assumed the BT11AA code was product/order-specific ... if one got through, they all would be treated consistently and make it - but registered items were generally a no-no using it. Adds a little spice to the wait for sure.

blabley

WildCardDoW wrote: »

There's always a risk with BT11AA that it might get rejected in the North!

yeah, that's what i was worried about. For free stuff, don't care but stuff i've paid for... umm na, i'll pay

pm1977x

cheers op, have been waiting for a cheap e-reader

jamescd

Thanks, got one

jharr100

Is this model backlit / illuminated?
Thanks

Interrobang

jharr100 wrote: »

Is this model backlit / illuminated?
Thanks

Nope.

Salvation Tambourine

I actually own one of these, paid €70 for it. It's excellent, no fancy trimmings to it, just an e-reader. Does the job for me anyways.

WildCardDoW

So mine arrived yesterday.

Using Calibre to control it rather than the included software and it's looking good, can't wait to start reading!

Anyone see any good cases?

wingnut

back in stock by the way

Big Nelly

Does this have Kindle app support? free books?

uck51js9zml2yt

what size screen is it?

pah

great little yoke. even posting this with it right now

pm1977x

Fired mine up this morning, doesn't seem too keen on setting up via Kobo Desktop setup...

wingnut

You can't install the Kindle App but you can get software to convert your Kindle books.

pm1977x

pah wrote: »

great little yoke. even posting this with it right now

Have you rooted it?

CAUN

I cant add the black one to the basket! Anybody else having the same problem?

By the way what sort hack/modding can you do to this?

CAUN

Fuuuuuuuuuu!!!! Black one out of stock.

alexanderomahon

Thanks for this. Just ordered 2, only had lilac in stock though but as we all know only real man have Lilac accessories

Interrobang

I picked up mine from Parcel Motel on Thursday. It's quick and easy to set up, and I was keen to see how it reads so I just copied and pasted in a couple of epubs directly into it. It's a great little device for that price, and it's rarely been out of my hands since :-)

I'll use Calibre rather than Kobo Desktop to organise books on it, though.

An absolute steal for the price - thanks, OP!

pm1977x

Interrobang wrote: »

I picked up mine from Parcel Motel on Thursday. It's quick and easy to set up, and I was keen to see how it reads so I just copied and pasted in a couple of epubs directly into it. It's a great little device for that price, and it's rarely been out of my hands since :-)

I'll use Calibre rather than Kobo Desktop to organise books on it, though.

An absolute steal for the price - thanks, OP!

To copy epubs directly to Kobo, where do you aim them?
I ended up using Calibre but really hate the GUI on it.

WildCardDoW

You could use Adobe Digital Editions! I'm actually using a mix, since some of my books from Calibre uploaded with no cover pages / wrong page used as cover!

Interrobang

pm1977x wrote: »

To copy epubs directly to Kobo, where do you aim them?

Once you connect the Kobo and it shows up as a removable disk on your computer, just drag and drop the epubs directly into the drive.

WildCardDoW

If you're using calibre, here's a handy page to set up managing your library:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193184

I used the following as I have lot of books that are in series, and found it easier than editing the names:


Changing Book Titles to include Series Info

One probably also wants to change book titles to include Series info. That gets done via what is called a "metadata plugboard". Through these you are able to modify items like the book's title or author as it gets transferred to your device.

Go to Preferences | Import/Export | Metaboard plugboards

It looks complex, but is not.

On the line that reads Add new plugboard do the following
In the box Format (choose first) select epub
in the Device (choose second) box select KOBOTOUCH
In the Source Template the magic happens . Here you have a lot of options
To modify the book's title to <Series> - <Number> - <Title> type

Code:
{series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title}

To use it you need to have the series column filled, and have to fill it in the correct order, but it looks neater doing it this way!

Interrobang

WildCardDoW wrote: »

To use it you need to have the series column filled, and have to fill it in the correct order, but it looks neater doing it this way!

Neat is good!

Raoul

Anybody know of a good clip on type light to use? Preferably very cheap.

Mary1910

These are available in WHSmith downstairs in Arnotts , Henry St Dublin for 39.99 euro this works out just about about the same when the 29.99 st is converted to euro and parcel motel cost.

Interrobang

The black one is back in stock again. It shows as out of stock on the search results page, but in stock when you click into the product page (OP's link). I ordered another two this morning for upcoming birthday presents.

corcaigh07

how is this for browsing the web? Limited?

Interrobang

corcaigh07 wrote: »

how is this for browsing the web? Limited?

It's passable - B&W, obviously, no audio, no Flash, etc. Grand for pages that are predominantly text-based, just ok for everything else. Handy if you want to check something, but I'd say you'd more readily turn to your smartphone.

Edited to add: Scrolling will drive you bonkers.

styron

Thanks OP - and the BT11AA worked fine.

rebellad

Thanks OP - just ordered 1. Having a sister in the North is costing me a fortune and very handy at the same time!!