A lot of people have started switching from Kindles to Kobos this past year because of Amazon making changes to the Kindle platform and locking down Kindle ebooks more than ever, but has the Kobo platform started to reach the enshittification stage as well? I can’t help but notice a number of things changing for […]
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Kobo Now Supports Exporting Annotations From Kobo eBooks
It looks like Kobo is in the process of finally adding support for exporting annotations from Kobo ebooks, with support for exporting notes and highlights in PDF, HTML, TXT, and Markdown formats. The weird thing is I haven’t heard anyone talking about this anywhere yet, and I haven’t seen any official announcements from Kobo, but […]
Kobo CEO Says “New Little Hardware Surprise” Coming Soon
I saw this posted on reddit and thought some folks over here might find it interesting to speculate about. Kobo’s CEO is always posting stuff on social media, and the picture above shows a recent post with a tease about some new hardware coming soon. Some folks are getting riled up about the possibility of […]
Is Kobo Done Releasing eReaders with Black and White Screens?
Yesterday Kobo announced the upcoming release of a new white version of the Kobo Clara Colour, but, mysteriously, they didn’t release a white version of the Kobo Clara BW to complement it. That’s a bad sign for those that prefer regular black and white E Ink screens. Both devices are virtually identical, aside from the […]
White Kobo Clara Colour Now Available – Is Kobo Clueless?
It’s official. After a few unintentional leaks and some social media teases, Kobo has started accepting orders for a new white Kobo Clara Colour that’s getting released on September 23rd, 2025. At $159, it’s the same price as the black Kobo Clara Colour that was released in April of 2024. It’s still the least expensive […]
Kobo Update Causing Boot Loop Issue for Some Models
Earlier this week Kobo released a new software update for Kobo ereaders that adds Instapaper support, but there are a lot of reports of the update causing problems with some Kobo models where they get stuck in a boot loop and won’t restart. If you haven’t installed the software update on your Kobo ereader yet, […]
Latest Kobo Software Update Adds Instapaper Support
Kobo has started rolling out a new software update for their line of Kobo ereaders that replaces the now defunct Pocket integration with Instapaper support for reading web articles. The new software version is 4.38.23429 for all older models going back to the Kobo Touch from 2011. The software version for the newer models (the […]
Report of New Kobo Spa eReader is False – Here’s the Proof
Some other ereader website has a news article up saying that Kobo is going to release a new ereader called the Kobo Spa later this year, but after doing 2 minutes of research I don’t think that is true at all—once again they’re missing some key details and getting the facts wrong, as they often […]