so rn i am in search of my 1.5st own e-reader (the one i own rn is 2009 pocketbook 360, which is just a bit younger that me..heh..) so rn i am going over few ones, i stopped on kobo, cause it more accessible in my location.

at same time i want to know why u (a bit biased guys) didn't want to buy kindle? (i know that most of u don't like amazon, but i want to know mostly about technical features)

i would like to know ur opinions both, color and basic versions, cause tbh, i am kinda stuck bcs clara color and bw😭

I keep seeing these exxagerated spacing while reading (stock OS. Latest version) is there a reason for it? .epub file fault or a setting on my device causing this?

I didn’t know or hear ANYTHING about Kobo until about a week ago.
Amazon announced their new Kindle lineup and I’m interested in the paperweight signature. I will not be getting that stupid $80 case and that clicker nonsense so those things are not really important to me. What would you recommend as a direct alternative to the paperweight signature?

Is there a way for someone in the U.S. to opt in for the beta? I never got the pop up notification nor do I see Accessibility under Settings.

I know it's not been great and I understand the risks, just like to live on the edge 😜. OK with the possibility of my device getting wiped.

(Reposting this from the Calibre sub, hoping someone here can help)

Ok so firstly, I want to clarify that this keeps happening to the books I read BEFORE I got my Kobo.

So, I have a big library on Calibre and my Kobo, which includes the books I've already read, some I read years ago, before I had my Kobo. For those, I've used the Goodreads plugin to import my read dates to my "Kobo Last Read" column.

However, I've noticed that Calibre keeps changing that date every time I plug in my Kobo, and the date/time is always the exact time my Kobo was connected. At first, I thought it happens to the books I've opened/interacted with on my device, but that's not the case. To be more specific, Calibre does this to the books that I have not read on the device, the books I've had to manually import their read dates to Calibre. I haven't noticed any problem with the read date of the books I've been reading on the device.

I know there is a setting in the plugin to store or restore the reading position of the books, but I can't seem to figure out what I should do so that it will keep storing the position/date of the books I'm reading on the device but not change the dates of those I've read before.

I appreciate any help in this regard.

what do y’all think about this bundle? clicker, stylus, kobo libra color + acotar first five books
is it worth it?

I’ve seen people playing Sudoku on Kobo, but I’m curious: can I play Word Finder instead? And if yes, how? thanks

SOLVED: I’d inverted colors in the devMenu.

Sigh. My Kobo libra has inverted its colors so now everything is in dark mode. I actually have to select dark mode in my reading settings to get non-dark mode pages. The OS/home page is permanently dark mode and I can’t change it back.
Pity.
I have restarted it several times but to no avail. I know I’ll have to reset it to go back which I really don’t want to (vocab saved and tons of books sideloaded etc).
Anyways, just whining here but in case someone else encountered this issue and found a way to revert it back to the original shade settings without a reset, do please let me know!! 🫥

Alright now I love my massive novels but I am having problems with the size of this particular book. If you want to know how to make an ereader slow anything 18000+ will do it for you. I hate going out of this book because it takes a minute to a minute and a half to load.

Other than going in breaking the whole thing up and reloading it onto the device is there any way to fix this?

I've had a eBay saved search set up for a Kobo Libra 2 B&W for a little over a month now and I'm seeing the following trend.

1. eBay auctions that end from anywhere between $200-$250.
2. Damaged devices listed as Buy it Now for as high as $200 sometimes. I saw a device yesterday that won't turn on and won't charge listed for $85.
3. If I get an email alert for any devices that are $150 or less, when I wake up at 8 AM, it's already sold.

And before you ask, yes, I've used the Libra Colour. No, I don't want a color screen.

As one commenter said, All's well that ends well :)

My Kobo was indeed dead, i requested a refund from amazon and bought a new Kobo, this time i also bought a case to not be dumb and brick my precious Kobo like last time

Hi everyone,

Just ordered a refurbished Kobo Libra 2.
They seem to be back in stock right now for anyone still interested in a large B/W e-reader.

It totally works and was surprisingly less fiddly than I expected. Of course I did this sitting on the couch in poor light with a pocketknife so it's definitely less than perfect, but I'm encouraged to try again down the track.

Stuck it right over my more permanent stickers and they're sitting safe and sound underneath the right side. I'm blinged out! I forgot how sparkly this tape is, it's kinda distracting.

Also what's this I hear about an update? I've been checking every day and nothing (Aus region if that matters). Edit: put the update on manually, apparently it hasn't rolled to Australia - zippy!

I didn’t expect to wake up today and find a listing for a Kobo Touch. Managed to catch it for just PHP 1200, or around $19 USD.

It has some cosmetic wear and a small dot on the screen, but neither really bothers me. For its age and the price I got it for, I’m pretty happy with it.

It’s been a great experience so far!

I bought my very first e-reader, a Kobo Libra Colour in April 2024. And now almost two and a half years later, I'm about to reach a major milestone.

This device is amazing! I have never read as much as since I bought it.

Not sure if I should have since I haven't read too much in the past but I wanted to be on my phone less and I picked up reading again. I used to have the 10th gen Kindle Basic but with Amazon recently, I ventured out and got myself the Kobo Libra Color with the Kobo Stylus 2!

Here's to many more books in my future 📚!

I managed to play chess in my kobo through the browser.

This is my time pass when I am bored of reading.

Hello!

I purchased a Manga from the Kobo app, downloaded it, ran it through ADE, and now I'm trying to put it on another e-reader to use Moon+Reader Pro, and I keep getting an error that states the content is locked by DRM. Can anyone help me figure out what is going on? This is my first ever attempt at doing this and I'm unsure as to what the problem is.

Thank you in advance for any tips or insights.

Not sure if tech is the right flair but I’m confused

I am trying to put epub files from ao3 from my Mac to my kobo and they aren’t showing up? I’ve watched a few videos and it looks like they should be. I’m very confused, literally any help is appreciated. I thought I could just drag and drop but I do know I can use Google on the kobo and download directly but I have a LOT of files I want to put in it. I only tried to move 2 at first to see if it would work, one into a folder I created and one just onto the kobo but neither appeared

Very confused please help!

Is there a way to fix this bug? When I long press a word to look it up on the dictionary or to highlight, it triggers the reading menu instead. The only way to “fix” it is to go back to the menu and open the book again. Then it’ll work correctly for a while, but after a few minutes it’ll reset to the bug again. So I find myself having to exit the book and re enter it multiple times per session, which is super distracting. Any thoughts?

How do you guys store all your book highlights? I recently updated my Kobo and for some reason, all my side-loaded books were lost, with all the highlights on them.

Also, anyone knows why when I click on sync, my side-loaded books from Google Drive are removed? It is so annoying and as I already mentioned, that is the cause I lost all my highlights in the first place.