It looks like 2024 might be an interesting year for new dedicated reading devices, as a third new Kobo ereader has turned up at the FCC for testing. The model number for this latest new device is N367, and the FCC ID is NOIKBN367. Most of the pertinent information and photos are hidden until August […]
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Kobo Software Updates Have Really Slowed Down Lately
It’s been six months since Kobo last released a software update for their line of dedicated ereaders. They used to release updates a lot more frequently than that, so what has changed? It was the same story last year. After 6 months of nothing for the first half of the year, they finally released a […]
Kobo eReaders on Sale for Valentine’s Day, up to $50 off
If you’re thinking about getting a new Kobo ereader for yourself or someone else, now is a good time while they’re on sale for Valentine’s Day, which is coming up on February 14th. The sale ends on February 8th so you have about a week and a half to get the sale prices, and the […]
What Would Happen if Kobo Closed Their eBook Store?
If you follow the ebook business closely over the years then you know it’s not unusual for an ebook store to go out of business. It happens fairly often, and Kobo has benefited a lot from some of those closings. Kobo absorbed Sony’s accounts when the Sony ebook store closed down back in 2014. They […]
These are the Most and Least Popular Kobo eReader Models
I noticed that Amazon has started showing an estimate of how many units they’ve sold in the past month for some products, and I was looking at the list of Kobo ereaders on Amazon and thought the results were pretty interesting. Kobo doesn’t reveal any kind of sales figures and they obviously don’t say which […]
Kobo Research Team Asking Users to Take a Kobo Survey
If you like Kobo ereaders and Kobo’s platform for ebooks, you might to be interested in taking a survey to help influence future decisions at Kobo. There’s a post over on reddit from the Kobo Research Team asking the Kobo community to take an anonymous survey regarding Kobo’s services and products. Here’s a quote from […]
Black Friday Deals on Kobo eReaders, up to $50 off
Kobo has started their Black Friday sales. You can get up to $50 off on Kobo ereaders, and they also have a gift card deal where you can get an extra $10 back when buying a $50 Kobo eGift card. The sale on Kobo ereaders runs through the end of the month, and the gift […]
New Kobo eReader on the Horizon – Let’s Speculate!
A listing for a new Kobo ereader turned up on the FCC website a few days ago so we can expect a new Kobo model to hit the shelves at some point in the near future (probably a few months from now). The FCC paperwork doesn’t reveal any specific information about the new device so […]