Kobo Libra Colour | eReader | 7” Glare-Free Colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 Display | Dark Mode Option | Audiobooks | Waterproof | Black

Fantastic replacement of Kindle Paperwhite
I’ve owned a Kindle Paperwhite for 11 years and decided to upgrade since the newer e-readers now have a more gentle backlight with less blue light. I bought both the new Paperwhite and the Kobo Libra Colour to compare side by side.The Paperwhite was hardly an upgrade from my 11 year old device–plus it is heavier, larger, and harder to hold. The Kobo is much more lightweight, comfortable, and ergonomic with the wide side bar and physical page turn buttons. I can easily and comfortably hold it with one hand. The user interface on the Kobo is also much cleaner and less in your face Amazon-store-junky. I can also access Libby directly from Kobo to easily check out library books. I love how you can change the screen brightness by just swiping up and down on the left of the screen instead of having to go into the menus.As for the downsides, I wish the screen was a tad brighter since I almost always have to have at least 15-20% brightness turned on. The color is also a nice touch but I wouldn’t say it’s vibrant.Overall, I find reading on the Kobo a lot more comfortable and natural than on the Kindle. I would probably only return to the Kindle if they brought back the Oasis and cleaned up their user interface.

Feels like major upgrade from Kindle Paperwhite
I cannot explain how much I love this kobo.I am so glad I made the switch from a kindle paperwhite.The reading experience is excellent. I love it so much, all of the different features make it feel like such an upgrade. Annotating books directs on the page in different colors is such a game changer. I wasn’t an annotation before this, but the kobo makes it so much fun to do while reading. Very light, battery lasts very long time, colors look great.So many customizable features which is fun.Also I just very much prefer the software over the kindle software. That was my biggest complaint and why I wanted to switch. But at the end of the day, what I love most is the buttons. It seems like such a small thing, but it makes all the differenceLastly – for those worried it will be too big – it’s not. It’s smaller than you think it would be. A perfect size.I could not be happier

Excelente producto, muy ligero, soporta muchos tipos de archivo, aunque la selección de la tienda de Rakuten no es tan amplia como en otras opciones.El color se ve muy similar al periódico impreso, la primera vez que se ve es impresionante. Por lo mismo la bateria le dura semanas, aun con la retroiluminacion al maximo. Usa cable USB tipo C, y la caja solo incluye un cable. No tiene fuente para toma corriente.Tiene rotacion por giroscopio y botones de hardware para cambiar la pagina, que hacen que la lectura sea aun mas comoda.Opcionalmente se puede adquirir un lapiz para poder tomar notas en el, que sumado a su bateria podrian hacerlo una buena alternativa para estudiantes, aunque es mas pequeñito que una tablet de 7”.Excelente opcion para leer.

I had a Kindle basic from long long back and wanted to update it to newer model, possibly with buttons like Kindle Oasis, however Oasis has been out of commission and it was not renewed in newer line-ups of Amazon kindle. The ones which were updated was not having a good feedback from users. Hence I decided to go for Kobo Libra Color(KLC). Here are my thoughts.PROS:-1. KLC is a color version with physical buttons and the colors are good enough for e-ink technology and please so not expect the tablet like quality in this. Colors are vivid and comics look as good as you can get with this technology(see images). Also you can get even more vivid colors by switching developer mode on.2. Battery backup is excellent(a week or two probably) with normal reading(couple of hours a day) and even better if the content is pure black and white(B&W). Color has lower dpi but B&W is excellent.3. You can use stylus for annotating and drawing directly on the book. It also has notebook feature.4. If there is a screen door effect(search for this term) then either I don’t have that issue or it really doesn’t matter because it is not at all noticeable.5. Like I said physical buttons are a god-send and very handy.6. You use google drive or Dropbox for very easy file transfer. You can also use applications to make it very easy as well.7. PDFs work very well so epubs is not the only supported format. While you can annotate on PDF file, you can’t highlight on the PDFs like you do on epubs(this is because PDFs are basically like images with no text layer)CONS:-1. You lose the variety that Amazon kindle offers with its large selection of books and also in half the price that Kobo will offer. Regional books will not be found on Kobo and if it is there there it will more expensive than what Amazon offers. A work around is that you can buy on Amazon and convert it to epubs and use it on Kobo. Amazon has that facility.2. Kindle unlimited is yet another thing you might miss if you use that(I didn’t).3. I don’t know if Kobo has service centers in India so that another thing you might have to keep in mind.Final Verdict: Go for it if it is in your budget, it is worth it.