The eBook Reader Blog

An odd thing is occurring. Amazon has started selling the Kobo Clara HD, Kobo’s latest 6-inch ebook reader. It’s available for $119 with free shipping, which is the same price that Kobo sells it for and $10 cheaper than the equivalent Kindle Paperwhite ($30 minus ads), and unlike the Paperwhite the Kobo has a color-adjusting […]

It’s been awhile since there have been any good deals on Kobo ereaders, but now both 6-inch Kobo models are on sale at Walmart for under $100. They have the Kobo Aura 2 marked down to $79 and the newer Kobo Clara HD is only $99. Both include free shipping. That’s $20 off the regular […]

The Kobo Aura One and Kobo Clara HD are at two opposite ends of Kobo’s ereader lineup. Obviously the biggest difference between the two is the size. The Clara HD has a 6-inch screen and the Aura One has a larger 7.8-inch E Ink screen. The Kobo Clara HD is more toward the budget end […]

Kobo unveiled a new style of sleepcover for the Kobo Clara HD so I wanted to try it out and post a review of it. The cover has a flip-up design with a lower magnetic flap to keep the cover closed, and the flap also flips around to the back to prop up the case […]

Review Date: June 2018 – Review unit purchased from Chapters.Indigo Overview The Kobo Clara HD was released the first week of June 2018. It’s Kobo’s fifth frontlit 6-inch model, and it’s the first 6-inch Kobo to have a Comfortlight Pro to adjust the frontlight color, which was previously only available on Kobo’s larger models. The […]

The Kobo Clara HD is the latest 6-inch ebook reader to hit the market, so let’s compare it to the most popular 6-inch ebook reader, the Kindle Paperwhite. The Kindle Paperwhite 3 was released three years ago now, and it has been sporting the exact same design since 2012, so it feels kind of odd […]

A number of people have left comments on this blog over the past week about the new Kobo Clara HD suffering from a light bleed issue with the frontlight. Light bleed is an LCD problem so the term might not be exactly correct in this instance, but it basically results in a similar effect where […]

Kobo has announced the upcoming release of a new 6-inch ebook reader called the Kobo Clara HD. It’s up for pre-order at Kobo.com for $129 USD and it will get released on June 5th. Kobo decided to go back to using a 300 ppi E Ink screen on this model instead of the 212 ppi […]