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

My family now owns 4 of these, if that is enough of an endorsement. We had bought them for our older daughters and then, loving them so much, for ourselves, as well. My daughters use them for school reading, as well as recreational reading. We can either borrow books from the library or buy them. They can use the stylus to annotate their reading and highlight to make completing assignments easier. We can carry books with us when we travel in small form. My family members who prefer audiobooks have that option, as well. My husband prefers to color code his highlights when he reads and this allows him that options. The e-notebook features (which can also be color coded) and the ease of writing to text and loading to the computer are also amazing features. My husband was a hardcore Kindle guy for years. I found this and he was thrilled to jump ship to this device.My only complaint is that the Libby integration isn't perfect. They seem to freeze up when trying to return books, which is odd. I work around by returning via the Libby app on my phone. I also hate that audiobooks from Libby are not compatible for some reason. Again, we can use the phone app instead, but it would be nice if it was truly fully integrated with Libby. With that said, this is still the best ereader for utilizing the library. I have recommended this to sooooo many people.

I used to be a longtime Kindle user, but I got frustrated when Amazon decided to block me from downloading books I bought and kept trying to lock me into their ecosystem. After reading a bunch of reviews, I gave Kobo a shot, and so far, I’m loving it.Libby integration is a great bonus, but it only supports one library card. If you use multiple libraries like I do, you will have to get a little creative. Hopefully, they fix that soon.I also love the Dropbox and Google Drive support. Sending articles from the web with Pocket has been super convenient too.The Libra Color is smaller and lighter than my Kindle Scribe, which was nice for writing but too bulky for comfortable reading. The Kobo is a much nicer reading size. You do have to buy the stylus separately (and it is pretty pricey), but writing with it feels smooth and natural.Also, I didn't think I needed the physical page-turn buttons, but they might actually be my favorite feature!

I'm a long-time Kindle user, and my last three Kindles have been high-end: the Voyage, Oasis, and Scribe. The bungled release and poor handling of the Colorsoft made me look into Kobo after I decided the Scribe was a little big for casual reading (I still love it, though). I was a little concerned that after years of metal and glass Kindles, I'd be disappointed in something "less," but this was not the case once I got the Libra Colour in my hands for the first time.The build quality is excellent and I like the form factor. I love the page-turn buttons; I found I missed them after I got rid of my Oasis. Buttons aside, the form factor and curved-up edge where the buttons reside make this a joy to hold in any orientation, including landscape. While I prefer the flush screen of my Kindles to the slightly recessed screen of the Libra, it's a minor complaint, and one the page-turn buttons mitigate. The plastic feels sturdy, the device is lightweight without feeling cheap, and I like the location of the power button and USB port. The Kindle Scribe made terrible choices for power and USB, in my opinion. The fact that Kobo made this device intentionally repairable is a huge plus for me, though it feels durable enough I doubt I'll ever need to, barring major accidents.Coming from Kindle, figuring out the user interface wasn't a challenge. It's not identical, but most of the conventions are close enough that in 10 minutes of poking around I had everything set up as I wanted. I think the UI is better than Kindle, overall. Once I got my Kobo account set up, purchasing books from the device was simple. The lighting temperature (from cool to warm) has a broad range, as does the overall brightness. The color presentation is excellent. No, it's not super saturated and vivid like an OLED or LCD screen, but it's not supposed to be. I vastly prefer the color presentation on the Libra to my wife's Kindle Colorsoft. So does my wife. Text is clear and easy to read, if not quite as sharp as black-and-white eInk screens. I knew this going in; it's just how color eInk panels are currently. Again, I think the Libra's text looks better than the Colorsoft's. It does feel slightly slower than the Colorsoft, which I admit feels extremely snappy. But in practice, I don't really notice it unless I'm comparing it side-by-side.The Kobo Store experience falls behind Amazon's shopping experience, but I expected this. You won't find any books that are part of Kindle Unlimited on the Kobo store, as Amazon requires KU books to be exclusive. Otherwise, there's a vast selection, and certainly, the bestsellers and popular books are there. I find it a little harder to find what I'm looking for on the Kobo store, but part of that is my familiarity with shopping on Amazon and my newness to Kobo. Honestly, this was my biggest concern when switching devices and platforms, but overall, it was pretty painless.All in all, I love this device.

So far I've really enjoyed this e reader! I have seen a few reviews mention that the screen isn't as nice as a regular black and white reader, which I can see that being true, but since I do not own and haven't ever used a b/w reader, that's not a problem for me personally. It does sort of have a hazy look to it, and the colors are muted when you do look at stuff in color, but it's not a problem for me personally. However, if you're looking for a more smooth look, I do hear b/w are better.Just be aware, if you try to load your own books onto it, it may end up lagging and even freezing your device. I had to delete all the books I loaded on from my laptop because of that issue.Otherwise, I really haven't had any problems. I've enjoyed it a lot! Despite bring a physical book lover, this reader has really helped me read more, because I can lay in bed and not worry about shadows and poor lighting. I also love the blue light filter.But yes, again, look into a b/w one if you're not really planning to read much in color. I mainly got the color one so I could use the highlighter in different colors, since I'm using it for books for classes.Overall, I do recommend this product!

I really have enjoyed using this for about a month now. The battery seems to last a long time, using about 10% brightness I am getting through around 1000 page changes and there is still plenty of battery left at the end of the week.The color pages are nice but nothing impressive.It is quick changing text pages (feels less than a second), but sometimes takes a 10 to 20 secconds to display images.