The eBook Reader Blog

Kobo has a couple of ongoing deals for the Kobo Aura Edition 2 and the 1st gen Kobo Aura H2O. The Kobo Aura 2 is on sale for $99. It normally sells for $119 but often goes on sale for $99, like the Kindle Paperwhite. The Kobo Aura (review) is Kobo’s latest 6-inch ereader, their […]

Review Date: October 2016 – Review unit purchased from Chapters.Indigo Overview The awkwardly named Kobo Aura Edition 2 is the second generation model to the original Kobo Aura, not to be confused with the Kobo Aura One, Kobo’s new 7.8-inch model. The Kobo Aura 2 was released in September 2016 at the same time as […]

The Kobo Aura One is getting all the attention lately but Kobo actually released two new ebook readers this September. In addition to the Aura One, they also came out with a new 6-inch Kobo Aura Edition 2 to replace the original Kobo Aura. I posted a Kobo Aura One review earlier in the week […]

I’ve been spending most of the time using the new 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One lately, but Kobo also has another new ereader called the Kobo Aura Edition 2. It has a 6-inch E Ink screen and it uses an older version for some reason with lower resolution. Most newer ereaders have 300 ppi screens, but […]

Kobo’s two new ebook readers for 2016, the 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One and 6-inch Kobo Aura 2, are now available to pre-order from Kobo.com and Chapters.Indigo (links below). Currently they aren’t showing any ship dates but both devices are officially supposed to get released on September 6th. At first Indigo was showing them as “in […]

In addition to the 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One that Kobo announced today, they also have a new 6-inch Kobo Aura that’s getting released at the same time. Like the Aura One, it will go up for pre-order starting August 30th and will be released on September 6th, according to the press release. The new 6-inch […]

I happened to come across a listing yesterday with a seller offering some Kobo Auras on eBay for $67.95. The item condition is listed as “new open box”, so they were most likely demo units or leftover stock. Either way they are the version with the magenta-colored back. Kobo dropped the price of the Aura […]

I was checking out Kobo’s website today to see if they have anything new going on and I happened to notice that the Kobo Aura has received what appears to be a permanent price drop down to $99. The deal is even better over on the Chapters.Indigo website. They also have the Kobo Aura for […]