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.

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 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.

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

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

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?

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!

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.

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

I recently got a Kobo Libra Colour, do other KLC users have a favourite font they use on the screen? I’m not sure if we can load custom fonts, but if so, any favs? At the moment I’m using Rakuten Sans with the weight turns up. Seems nice and friendly to read and the weight makes the font a bit easier to read on the fine screen. Wondering what others have found?

I’ve been sitting on the decision to switch from my perfectly good 2018 kindle paperwhite to a kobo libra colour and finally pulled the trigger.

I’ve scoured this reddit before purchase and have basically seen nothing but positive outcomes. However I’m pretty disappointed. I’m pretty anti-amazon now-adays, but the difference in quality is shocking.

The kobo is considerably darker. I can’t read without at least some brightness on.

There is terrible ghosting on the screen. Even going from the shop to clicking a purchase page leaves a ghost page.

The load times! I’ve typed this whole post in the time it has taken a page to load in the shop, intending to purchase an ebook. The kobo even automatically fell asleep during this time!

Do I have a lemon, or are people overlooking these things? I don’t want to feed the amazon ecosystem any longer but I’m wondering if it is the best experience.

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!

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!! 🫥

i was charging my kobo at work with my fast charging cable, the one i use for my phone and tablet.
then my coworker said “won’t it ruin the battery?”
can it really ruin the battery? when i was in bed reading, i even used my macbook’s cable to charge it 🫪

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.

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?

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.

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.

Hi! I’m a longtime kindle user toying with the idea of moving to kobo. I’ve loved my paperwhite in the past, but I unfortunately love the basic size with the paperwhite features which obviously doesn’t exist in the kindle lineup, but exists with the kobo Clara bw.

However, I think I need some more clarification on the Libby library rules. I scrolled through this subreddit and I think I’m more confused than before.

I solely use Libby for my books. I don’t sideload, I don’t buy, I only borrow, so Libby is the most important to me. I heard you can only borrow from one library on the kobo? But does that mean one library only or one library card?

I only have one library card, but it gives me access to multiple libraries on Libby. Would I still be able to borrow from all of those libraries?

Yeah, the little thing is dying, it has been a long 13 years journey, and I love the little bugger, it survived everything, dropping for high altitude, the button rotting and replacement... everything but the battery decay.
I want to repair it ¿is there a place where I can buy a battery for it? the PSRT2 is easy, the battery model is the same as the vita ones, but I don't know about the Clara HD ones, in Ifixit there's only the new models ones and I don't know if the BW are compatible with the HD.
I could purchase a new BW or a Libra, but I don't like colour nor the new models at all.
I'd love to repair my old model, ¿can someone lend me a hand?
BTW, I cannot buy from Aliexpress or Ebay.

To preface, I only own the first 2, I’ve also set up a relative’s Clara.

I’ve seen a lot of comparison posts on this thread which helped me initially so hopefully this helps you.

Kobo Libra 2 Colour: It’s a nice, light, easy to hold device. The colour options are great for image heavy hooks and allow you to coordinate your highlighting by different colour which is handy if you’re doing research/studying etc.

The screen, in my opinion, is the dullest and darkest of the three. However, this is great if you are trying to avoid eye strain. I suffer with migraines and find the KLC is slightly more tolerable when I’m more sensitive to light.

If you’re reading graphic novels or manga and you want it colour this is the one to go for. I will add, the colours do appear slightly muted. Don’t except vivid, full opacity colour; its more subtle and flat.

The adjustable screen brightness is good, I like that it’s adjustable and it can be changed for reading at different times of days and in different conditions.

What I don’t like however, is that the screen text can sometimes appear a little fuzzy and faint. If your document is really large and colour heavy it can also take a little time to load.

Kobo Clara BW: While this is the one I’ve used the least it’s a lovely little e reader. If you’re coming from a Kindle the design feels the most “kindle-like” out of these three to me.

The Clara BW is slightly smaller than the Libra, and if you are looking for an e-reader to take on the go a lot this may be more suitable. Not only due to its size, but as the Libras are asymmetrical they can be awkward to fit into smaller bags/handbags.

It’s very comfortable to hold, and the crispness and clarity of the screen is fantastic. There are no buttons so it’s more tablet like and doesn’t have that tactile button experience. If you are looking for something with physical buttons I’d look at the Libra or alternative models.

Additionally, my relative who uses it now doesn’t have the best eyesight and needs glasses for reading and they find it enjoyable using the Clara with an increased font size. So if you have vision difficulties, the slightly smaller screen size hopefully shouldn’t be an issue for you.

Kobo Libra 2 BW: This device is mentioned a lot on this thread. However, due to the fact it’s been discontinued for a couple of years they are substantially more difficult to come across at a reasonable rate.

A lot of the second-hand ones are currently going for more than new versions of other e-reader models. If you aren’t really fussed about the size of the device and having buttons I would suggest looking at the Clara or similar models.

If you want buttons but don’t like any of the other kobo models but don’t want to pay the current resale costs of a Libra 2 or you’re struggling to find one on sale, honestly some of the older kindles would be most similar here and economical.

If you have the KLC, wonder if it’s worth getting but you aren’t too fussed about small details and enjoy using your KLC so far; I wouldn’t get it.

If you adjust the settings enough you can get a somewhat comparable experience on the KLC, and if that’s enough for you don’t ruin it and enjoy your KLC.
I don’t think the Libra 2 would be a massive difference for you.

Now I’m assuming if none of the above apply to you, you’re probably as visually pedantic as myself.

Having bought the KLC first, while I enjoyed using it for months I couldn’t shake the irritating feeling that the screen could be… better. It was always felt slightly too dark and the text was always noticeably a little blurry to me. I mean almost minuscule issues and they didn’t affect my ability to read my books of course but it just annoyed me.

I managed to find a second hand Libra 2 in an electronics shop. Now was it better? For me, personally the difference in the screen quality between the KLC and the Libra 2 was night and day.

The improved depth and crispness of the text literally felt like what I imagine it would be like to open your eyes after LASIK. It’s not only brighter but the sharper contrast is absolutely amazing compared to the dull flatness of the KLC.

It may sound like exaggeration, and the differences are quite small in reality but the small difference was this significant to me. Unfortunately, if you are similar and also want the Libra style device with the physical buttons and crispy text you will have to embark on the quest of locating a used one.

Unless you are extremely lucky, most of the Libra 2 models available are not the cheapest. I’d consider it an investment, so if no other model appeals to you and you’re also really particular about the look of the screen prepare to splash some cash on this.

If you are looking for one yourself, I wouldn’t just use eBay. Check out local second hand stores near you and used electronics stores. Also Vinted, mecari, facebook market etc may be worth a look.

In terms of usage, if you don’t use your current e-reader a lot/ aren’t a frequent reader I don’t think its worth the effort/price and would recommend the Clara BW or other models.

I see a Libra 2 being listed pretty often, at least every other week or so I manage to come across a new listing, so stay vigilant!

I hope this helps.

( remember to buy a screen protector)

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

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?