Last week I posted about how something appears to be fishy with the distribution of Kobo ereaders in the US because they’re always out of stock, and they’re often priced above MSRP on Amazon when they are in stock, while the same exact models are readily available to order in other countries without any issues. […]
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Is Kobo Planning to Stop Selling eReaders in the US?
Either Kobo is in the process of downsizing (or possibly phasing out) their US distribution or they’re incompetent. I’m not sure which, but the fact of the matter is Kobo’s ereaders are constantly out of stock in the US or priced above the MSRP, while they’re readily available in other parts of the world. You […]
The Kobo Elipsa Was a Flop and People Still Aren’t Buying It
Over the past few years, just about every ereader company has jumped on the eNote bandwagon after seeing how successful the Remarkable Paper Tablet was, but it appears that few people are interested in buying Kobo’s eNotes, especially their first gen model. The Kobo Elipsa was released in June of 2021, and then Kobo released […]
Kobo is Seriously Slacking Off on Software Updates
A lot of recent Kindle defectors want to crown Kobo as the saviour of ebooks and ereaders, but I’m not sure if Kobo is truly up to the task of competing with Amazon, because, like usual, it doesn’t look like they’re putting any effort into it whatsoever. Eventually some of the deserters will be forced […]
Kobo Not Honoring Price Match Guarantee on Some Kindle Books
Lately I’ve been seeing reports of people having problems with Kobo’s Price Match Guarantee when it comes to buying certain ebooks that are on sale at Amazon. There are reports on MobileRead and reddit of price match claims getting denied by Kobo’s customer support for reasons that are unclear, while other people aren’t having any […]
No Signs of Kobo Releasing a Kobo Libra BW in 2025
If you frequent certain segments of the interwebs, it’s surprising how often you hear people wishing Kobo would release a new Kobo Libra with a regular black and white E Ink screen, but so for there’s been zero indication that that is going to happen anytime soon, if ever. Last year at this time everybody […]
Calibre 8.0 Update Adds Native Support for Kobo eBooks
There’s a new update for Calibre, version 8.0.1, that adds some new goodies for Kobo users, including native support for Kobo’s KEPUB format. This is good timing for those that recently switched from Kindle to Kobo over Amazon removing the ability to download purchased ebooks for USB transfer. Kobo has always worked better with Calibre […]
Are People Really Dumb Enough to Buy This?
I was browsing Amazon today and came across this listing for the Kobo Nia, and it’s selling for an absurd $389.68 from Triplenet Pricing, a reseller that’s been around for years and currently has over 70,000 items listed on Amazon, so they’re not just some new scammer listing. You see this kind of thing on […]