Kobo has put their ereaders on sale again for the holiday shopping season. It’s almost like a redo of their Black Friday sales, except the Kobo Clara Colour is on sale this time instead of the Kobo Libra Colour.
The Kobo Sage and the larger Kobo Elipsa 2E are both on sale again too, with the same prices as Kobo’s Black Friday sales. Kobo’s gift card deal is still ongoing as well, where you can get a $10 bonus when buying a $50+ gift card.
This is the first time the Clara Colour has been on sale since it was released back in April of this year. It’s surprising they haven’t put the Clara BW on sale during the holiday shopping season; it’s the only model that hasn’t gone on sale yet.
See my Kobo Clara Colour review for a closer look at Kobo’s 6″ color model in action. Even when it’s not on sale it’s the least expensive ereader with a color E Ink screen on the market. Now it’s the same price as Kobo’s BW Clara model, and it’s also the same price as the entry-level Kindle without ads, and it has several upgrades over it, including a warm frontlight, waterproofing, and it has a user-replaceable battery.
Here’s the link to my Kobo Elipsa 2E review if you want to learn more about it. It has a 10.3″ screen and it comes with a stylus for notetaking. The Sage can also be used for notetaking but it doesn’t come with a stylus and it has a smaller 8″ E Ink screen, but it adds page buttons. The Clara models don’t support stylus input.
According to Kobo’s website, these current sales will end on December 24th, and the gift card deal runs until January 5th.
Kobo eReader Sales List
Kobo Clara Colour – $129 ($20 off)
Kobo Sage – $239 ($30 off)
Kobo Elipsa 2E – $349 ($50 off)
Kobo Gift Card Deal – Spend $50 get a $10 bonus
I’m so disappointed that the Clara BW is not on sale this holiday season as I was looking forward to upgrading from my old Aura One. I know the discount would have probably only been about $20 off and they typically don’t include any accessories on the promotions but I was still hopeful the BW as well as the Clara Colour would have been on sale together. I can only assume Kobo did this in hopes to increase the CC sales over the BW model. At least I’m content with waiting a bit longer to obtain a BW model, just disappointed these were excluded from any deals this season.