With Amazon finding new ways to anger Kindle customers, some people are switching from Kindles to Kobos over Amazon’s latest fiasco in order to download ebook purchases without having them locked into Amazon’s ecosystem (which isn’t really true since there are currently three different ways to download backup copies of Kindle ebooks, and there’s no […]
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Kobo Now Selling Their eReaders Directly from Amazon in US
It looks like Kobo has just launched their own Kobo US Amazon store to sell their ereaders and accessories in the United States without going through a reseller. The storefront is titled “Kobo US” and the business name is “Rakuten Kobo US Inc” so it appears to be Kobo’s official store, but it just launched […]
Why Does Kobo Advertise Discontinued Models on Their Homepage?
Kobo is one of the best alternatives to the Kindle platform when it comes to ebooks and dedicated ereaders, but sometimes it seems like Kobo is asleep at the wheel. Not only does Kobo not offer a device that’s comparable to the Kindle Paperwhite (the most popular ereader model of all time) to entice would-be […]
Kobo Dropped the Ball Not Offering More Kindle Alternatives
Now that Amazon has ticked off a bunch of Kindle users by removing the ability to download purchased Kindle books for USB transfer and backup, a lot of people are jumping ship and are looking for alternatives to the Kindle store and Kindle ereaders. While a few ebook stores still offer ebook downloads in Adobe […]
Why is Kobo Hiding the Fact Kobo eReaders Support Adobe DRM?
Here’s something I hadn’t noticed before. If you didn’t know that Kobo’s ereaders support Adobe DRM for ebooks, you certainly wouldn’t learn that fact by visiting Kobo’s website and reading their product pages and FAQs. This morning I noticed that Kobo has redesigned the layout of the homepage on their website (it’s back to how […]
Kobo Just Raised the Prices of Their eReaders by $10 Each
Kobo has done it again. I noticed the Kobo Clara BW is now back in stock on Kobo’s website, but the price is $10 higher than it was before it went out of stock, and the price of Kobo’s color models are now higher as well. This is the second time Kobo has done something […]
Has Kobo Already Discontinued the Kobo Clara BW?
A lot of people have been asking about the Kobo Clara BW lately since it’s no longer available to purchase from anywhere in the US, and some are starting to wonder if Kobo has decided to phase it out. I assumed it was out of stock because of a simple supply issue, but now it’s […]
Time for Another Round of Sales on Kobo eReaders and eNotes
If you’re looking to get a new Kobo ereader or eNote, three of the current models are currently on sale in the US through BlueProton (Kobo’s US partner) on Amazon (oddly they aren’t on sale on Kobo’s website, but maybe they will be later). This time around the Kobo Libra Colour, the Kobo Sage, and […]