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 […]
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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 […]
7 Things to Know Before Switching From Kindle to Kobo
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 […]
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 […]