Ten days ago, I received a Kobo eReader Touch for father’s day. It’s a lovely device. Here’s my impressions.

It’s a USB device. 1. Plug it in to your Ubuntu machine (or probably any modern Linux distro). It shows up as a USB storage device. 2. Drag and drop books in any supported format onto it. 3. Unplug, switch on, read books.

It’s that simple. If you had a solid-state MP3 player (before your phone played them), this will feel familiar.