Screen arrived broken so haven’t been able to fully test it. Take over a month for their replacement to arrive so still waiting for the new one. Regret this purchase.
Quality: 1
Value for money: 2
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The Kobo Libra Colour is a 7-inch colour eReader featuring an E Ink KaleidoTM 3 display, designed for book lovers looking to combine digital convenience with tactile note-taking. This eReader with page-turn buttons offers comfortable, one-handed navigation, while added Kobo Stylus 2 compatibility lets you highlight and annotate with handwriting-to-text input. Beyond its design, the Kobo Libra Colour packs 32GB of storage for up to 24,000 eBooks, ComfortLight PRO adjustable lighting, and Bluetooth® wireless technology to listen to Kobo audiobooks. With a battery that lasts up to 40 days on a single charge and customizable fonts, it is built for long-term reading. Plus, you stay seamlessly connected through local library borrowing with Libby, save online articles via Instapaper, and sync your documents directly through Google Drive and Dropbox.
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I love the size, and it is very easy to use. I previously had a kobo Clara, which i gifted to my daughter, and I had no problem using and finding the options. Definitely recommending to my friends.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
I love all the features. The device is a little laggy and glitches at times but it’s still worth it.
Quality: 4
Value for money: 5
Love that this edition is repairable
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
I am so happy I finally decided to purchase this. My one qualm is that the cover of the book I’m reading default appears even when the device is powered off. That isn’t my favorite but that is such a minor thing.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
So far, I'm finding my first Kobo e-reader nice in some ways, but also weirdly annoying. The nice -- being able to write notes is cool, the backlight for reading can be muted in a way that's much nicer than reading on my phone when I read in bed at night, the battery life is good. The weirdly annoying -- I bought it (mostly) to read library books, and it doesn't seem to link fully to my Overdrive account or to allow me to access all my checked out books easily. As one example, a book I was reading (checked out from my library last night) had to be renewed. I was able to renew it on my phone, no problem, but my Kobo is telling me it's on hold and won't be available for 2 weeks. To be clear, on both the Kobo and the phone, it's checked out to the same account from the same library, so I don't understand why they're different. Also the 2 devices (phone, Kobo) don't seem to sync, so if I'm reading a book on the Kobo I have to remember where I am and move there on the phone (I'm "solving" this by simply reading different books on the 2 devices). And, the Kobo won't let me be logged into my 2 different library accounts (1 for my town, 1 for my university) at the same time, which is pretty annoying. Also, Kobo does link to my Dropbox, but only (as far as I've been able to figure out) to a new folder to save notebooks. I think (?) I actually have to link my Kobo to my computer using a cord to move pdfs from the computer to the Kobo, which seems pretty annoying in this day and age (I haven't actually done it yet).
Quality: 3
Value for money: 3
Very happy with my new eReader
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
It is comparable to my old Kobo forma. Better battery and even though it's one inch smaller it has a good resolution and I don't need to go back to old forma.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 4
Bought as a gift.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Feels great in the hand. The colour works amazingly. Love getting books straight from my library. Only thing that could be better is the battery life, but that's probably the price of colour!
Quality: 5
Value for money: 3
Perfect e-reader, colored covers, warm dimmable lighting, multiple viewing formats (auto-rotate, landscape or portrait mode), bottons or screen swiping for page turning just excellent all around.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
I got nothing for my money and your company isn’t doing a damn thing about it!!!
Quality: 1
Value for money: 1
Love having a broader access to books; quickly load thru OverDrive or the Kobo Store. Light weight to hold while reading. Both light and text are simple to adjust. Tucks neatly into your bag for traveling. I use mine everyday.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Overall solid for reading and LOVE the Overdrive Integration. The pricing of the device itself was good value. Device feels solid and looks great. My only gripe is it only exits the screensaver via the power button. The page turn buttons do nothing even with that setting turned on and it takes nearly 10s to "wake up" from screensaver
Quality: 4
Value for money: 5
It's easy to hold and easy to use.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
A step up from previous eBooks. Love the layout of Kobo eBooks - easy to use all the functions and with the Libra Colour, I can now highlight words or sections, or underscore sentences in multiple colours to refer back to later. I also like being able to write comments on the screen - and everything can be easily erased should I want to.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
So far I’m enjoying my Kobo Libra Colour. It’s my first e-reader and is living up to the hype. I do wish I could use all of my library cards at the same time, instead of just one at a time. I also wish I could export or somehow save the annotations/highlights I make for borrowed books. Otherwise it’s been great!
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Definite improvement over older models.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Al things considered I am really enjoying my new Kobo. Love how light it is compared to my kindle fire tablet.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Perfect for day-to-day, had some issues loading lots of books at once from Calibre (would crash partway through the indexing process), all workable around.
Quality: 4
Value for money: 5