NEW Kobo Libra Colour FULL REVIEW | Best All-Round eReader?
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I don’t read a lot in colour, but I ordered this device anyway. I like the ability to highlight in colour, and annotate directly on the books. Thanks for your review.
I ordered this for the same reasons!
Being able to write directly on the page is what Amazon should’ve done with the scribe!! Definitely wanting this now
Same 🙌🏼
No better way to show off a color e-reader than with a giant shelf full of colorful book covers. Now digital readers can experience that too. 👍
Great review! Another point to note for those in the UK is the integration of Libby via Overdrive, so you can access a library and borrow books and audio books for free while supporting local libraries!
Is that just on this model or on all of them?
@@jaysfarrell I think it is a general Kobo thing as opposed to Kindle, although you can use Libby with Kindle already but not directly on the device itself :)
So you can read all books you get from the libraries all over UK in kobo?? Because if I were to use libby, get a book from UK libraries, I cant choose to read it on kindle at all. Only books from US libraries
@@chairunnisya3565as far as I’m aware you can read books from UK libraries on the Kobo - I’ve just ordered one and cancelled my Kindle Unlimited subscription
@@chairunnisya3565 yep! you connect your library card so whatever ebooks your library has you can access.
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You: So if you mostly read novels, or already have an e-reader...or two...you don't *need* it...
Me: Yeah, but I'm gonna 😅
Honestly I've wanted a colour e-reader to exist since the first Kindle - and from one of the bigger e-reader brands too. I understand that the technology isn't perfect, and will probably be perfected in later releases, but I still think I'm going to enjoy the heck out of this thing. Thank you for such a thorough and honest review.
I feel the same! I already have a kindle paper white and bw kobo Clara but I still ordered it. It’s so pretty!
Kobo was late to the color screens on ebook readers. So they already have the joy of using some really good color tech. Most of the bad things are out of it.
I've been waiting for this since I discovered your channel! Thanks!
Thank you for this review!
IMPORTANT CORRECTION:
Kobo e-readers with handwriting capabilities can use *any* stylus that implements the Microsoft Pen Protocol.
For instance, I use a Rennaiser 520c for my Sage and it works exactly as a Kobo Stylus would but with better battery life.
Thanks for the review! May I ask after you annotate the book in a particular orientation and font/size, then if you rotate, or change the font and size, will the annotation still be displayed?
Great review! Thank you!
Great review, any thoughts in the bigme b751c. Thank you. I bet kindle is on it now for color one too.
Not sure if you own or have handled the boox mini tab c but if you have what would your comparison be of the two?
I have a Clara so I will be upgrading to this one, can’t wait ❤
Any chance to see a video about the writing experience with close up clips and how fast the display keeps up with the pen?
I don’t have an e-reader, and I’m very tempted to make this one my first.
I made it my first 😊And I'm quite excited to get it. And I honestly think that being new to e-readers and having nothing to compare it to we may just love it and not have any worries like others who are worried about it due to them having many e-readers. We also don't need to worry about the kindle unlimited and wanting to switch to kobo situation. We are starting on everything new, so I think if you want to get it just do it 😊
This will be my first one !!! Do it ! Do it!! Do it!!!
Great review. I really want a color eReader. Is it the size of the oasis? How is this one outside?
Since this is your first Kobo, how do you like the physical page turn buttons? I don't think you mentioned them in your review?
A question: when you annotate in the margins, what happens to the the written notes if you change the margin size after?
Maybe I missed it, but did you enjoy using the buttons? That’s part of the appeal for me, so I’m curious about how well they work.
How does annotation with a stylus compare between the Kobo Sage and Libra Colour? Colour is not a must-have for me. My eyes are nearly 70 years old, so the 8" Sage panel is a plus. Stylus input is also a must, and I'm wondering whether the faster Carta 1300 display on the LC makes up for the slower dual-core processor vs the Quad core cpu on the Sage. Last but not least, what is the difference between the Sage's Stylus vs the Stylus 2?
I have a kindle page turner clicking button thing, do those work with kobo also and would it work on this Color Libra ?
Can I be a little jealous? I he been a Kobo user for like 10 years. My first was a Kobo Aura (still working by the way, now my dad uses it) and now I own a Kobo Libra H2O. I love it and seeing someone who doesn't even know Kobo being gifted one makes me a little ... why??? give it to meeee, if you know what I mean. Hopefully my Libra H2O will last for years and my next Kobo is going to be even better than this lol. It's not SO different to the one that I own to justify its purchase, even if I do use my kobo a lot and will keep using it/them. Welcome to this ereader universe and thanks for the review by the way
Great review! What happened with the annotations when zooming the page?
Dylan, I have a question about the shipping method of your device. Was it UPS? I’d like to order the Libra C.🎨 Thank you.🇺🇸
Great review. Is it. Good for reading in the dark?
Amazon needs to make one like this cause I can't let go of the Kindle App lol
Rumors are there will be a color Kindle next year. But it will use a different eink technology that won't sacrifice resolution for color like Kaleido 3 does
@@leothefirstis the resolution while on black and white also downgraded?
@@BlueFins7 if the rumors are correct, it shouldn't have a downgrade when displaying color. It'll use Gallery instead of Kaleido. The former has different colored particles to display colors, whereas Kaleido (which has reduced color ppi) uses light filters.
Does this Ebookreader support text-to-speech function? There is a very similar ebookreader from pocketbook, the era color, which supports TTS and is in the same price range and nearly same specs ;-)
This ereader should have a faster processor. Does it help when reading pdf documents? (Say science papers)
Hello!, if you can please confirm if it works with Pocket for article reading. Please note that long article reading is also reading.
I've always had kindle but im sooo interested in moving to kobo. I understand i cannot transfer ebooks i bought from amazon but how about the audiobooks from audible? If i downloaded the audiobooks and sideloaded them, will the play all the same with kobo?
You can convert your Kindle books to kepub format. I do this all the time.
Great review! I would really appreciate your review of the Kobo store and library vs the Kindle store and library.
Can you annotate on ebooks borrowed from Libby/overdrive?
I retired my kindle paper white and went kobo libra colour. So excited.
I really looked into it to replace/upgrade from my 7 year old kindle Oasis with USB type C and color. I fell in love with page turning buttons and I can't understand why Amazon ditched the concept since 2019. I think kobo might be the best software alternative to the kindle universe, but ended with the new Pocketbook Era Color instead. I like flat touch/eink displays and don't wanted to downgrade to a frame, that collects sand outdoors and dust quiete easily like the libra 2 and my first kindle paperwhite. I think a direct comparison between the Oasis would be interesting for many people.
Yes a side by side with the Oasis would be nice.
can u upload epub books from annas archive to Kindle Oasis?
If I borrow a library book will it also be in color, or does it need to come from kobo specifically?
The color is part of the epub file you receive from your library (or where-ever you get your ebook.)
I can set the brightness to 0 in kindle basic and read the text in well-lit room. But when I turn off light in my room, I set brightness to 8 or 9. How does this work in kobo colour? Can I read with the brightness set to 0?
Is the on page annotation work with sideloaded Ebooks or only those purchased from Kobo store?
Yes! It works
I have seen on Reddit forums that the stylus from the surface laptop works on the device since it is very similar even the eraser on the bottom, so any alternative to the surface stylus should work
How do you access the preloaded note templates?
Phones or tablets have backlights that shine the light directly into your eyes. The Kindle Paperwhite uses front lights that shine onto the screen instead, which is better for your eyes. I am curious how about Kobo devices?
Kobo uses front lights as well
I think Kindle will be releasing one with page turn buttons as well since the Oasis hasnt been refreshed since 2018 and there appears to be limited or no stock on the website. Fingers crossed lol. 😅
You can use surface pen as well
Good to know!
Thank you for the review! Im expecting mine on April 30th. Some people in Reddit are claiming that outdoors the screen is unreadable since the frontlight can't negate the sunlight. Can you clarify if that's true?
Oh. Okay, I got to the part where he talked about overall brightness.
Generally, the tech behind color eink is a filter of sorts. So everything is dimmer overall compared to black and white. You will need more ambient light to illuminate the device. Works super well outdoors, indoors with minimal light. You will need to turn on the brightness to compensate.
@@NatalieRath Yeah, exactly. I have reacted the same way. But as I've said some people in Reddit are saying that direct sunlight doesn't mitigate the contrast of the Kobo Color which gives me an impression that it's unreadable outdoors. That's the argument I was having with them since I find that to be a ridiculous misinformation
@@NatalieRath They even share side-by-side pics of the Libra Color and regular Libra outdoors at full brightness. It's funny, it's like they think the frontlight works like a backlight. They spread their disappointment with these pics, saying any black and white reader has better contrast than the Kobo Color.
@@brownwallet942 I've seen some of the things people are saying on reddit as well. And from what I'm getting at, it's like they expected it to be like an LCD or a OLED screen. I'm not saying all are saying it in that way, but ya know. I did seen someone else said that there are just people out there that prefer to read at 0% brightness and those who are like that hates bringing up the brightness for any means. So if that doesn't bother you in any way to adjust the brightness then it shouldn't be an issue.🙂
@@Serena9978 thanks for the reply. I'm definitely ok with using the frontlight. Glowlight feature is a frontlight right so meaning, it won't be necessary to use outdoors when the sun is already providing it more than enough light. Some of those redditors insist that it's unreadable outdoors since the screen is dull. They came to that conclusion by comparing it the regular Libra. I mean sure, the Libra 2 has a whiter page because it doesn't have the extra color filter inside, but to claim it's unreadable outdoors is ridiculous. They're so stubborn and sway people to think this way by showing comparison photos of the Color to the regular one, that anybody who doesn't know the difference between backlight and frontlight would believe them
Hi all, I'm just curious whether other stylus (microsoft surface pen or etc) would work with the Libra? I've already placed my order for Libra, but am hesitant to buy the stylus due to the price.
You can, but not all the functions work the same. I orderd the metapen M2 and while it works, the eraser is the highlighter and the side button is the eraser, so if that does not bother you its a decent option for half the price. I personally did not like that it mixed them up.
Hi@@twobabyboyz ! Thank you so much. At least it's a cheaper option as compared to the Kobo stylus. It's retailing at almost a hundred in my country...
Can I read my Kindle purchase on this? Does it sync to Goodreads? Great review!
Only if your Kindle book is Drm free. Also Kobo doesn't support Kindle format books (Azw, mobi) so you would need to convert them to a supported Kobo format such as epub or pdf.
I would use calibre to manage your books and use that software to sideload them to the kobo.
@@madelines4059 thanks would caliber convert them to a format that can be read on kobo and how is the conversion?
@@jeanjones7396mobi is on the list of 15 supported file types on the kobo official website
It does not sync to goodreads
How is reading during the day with the backlight turned off? I've seen comparisons and Libra 2 is much more readable.
can u highlight text without the stylus?
I have a slightly silly question, if i were to get the clear case would i still be able to snap the pen on the side? or will the cover not let it do that?
No that's not a silly question I did order the clear case to come with mine but I was wondering the same thing I'm hoping that you can but I won't know till I get it
@@debbiemillin8971 thank you so much! Please do let me know once you get it if it's not too much trouble
Yes I will be glad to let you know the only problem is I didn't order the pen but I did order the clear case so I'll put a magnet on the outside of the clear case on the edge and see if it magnetizes if that helps you
@@debbiemillin8971 oh I see! Ok sure, thank you so much! ❤️
@@debbiemillin8971 hi Debbie! I just found out that the case doesn't have a designated space for the pen but it does attach magnetically although not as strong, still does the job 🙂
We ordered this e-reader as an upgrade from my old Kobo Aura H2O, which was just starting to show it's age for our specific usecase of... digital D&D books :p we have them as PDF's (I think we got them from a humblebundle or something, not sure) and the Aura is just very slow with those. That and because it's only grayscale e-ink, it just doesn't look that great with D&D materials. We also use it for manga and graphic novels and such, so it should be really nice.
It is that I already have a sage...
And most books are perfectly fine in black and white.
But yeah, kinda nice.. kinda nice. Nice idea that for $20 more you get colors.
but u dont get a more dull looking screen with color compared to black and white
You said you wished the screen got brihjter but you didn't show what it looks like. I dont usually turn mt brightness highwr than 10% on my kobo libra or sage
thanks for mentioning weight in ounces!!!
As someone who holds his books and ereaders in his left hand, I ask: if you rotate the Kobo 180° from the way that you normally do (with the buttons on the left), will the screen rotate to be rightside up? No one has mentioned this one way or the other in any review that I’ve seen.
Yes it does
@@debbiemillin8971 Cool. Thank you!
Interesting! I'm pretty happy with my Kindle and usually when I want to read comics I buy them physically but I'll keep my eye on this.
Kobo Libra color vs Libra 2 bw comparison ... Is it equally crisp bright and contrasting?
No. Because of the colour filter in front the Libra colour is darker and not quite as crisp.
@@twobabyboyzthank you i am torn between the two tbh ... While i only mainly read bw books the novelty and price point is tempting me to go with color ... Would you say the not so crisp screen is a deal breaker ?
@@prashanthr1993 I felt the same way. After using it for the last day, I would say that if you mostly read in BW and don't annotate or highlight a lot, I would go for the Libra 2.
Can you side load books you own and annotate them?
yes
I’m debating upgrading my 8 year old Kobo with this. But I only read on it. Not sure if I should wait or not to upgrade.
8 years? It's about time for an upgrade!
There is a cheaper colour Kobo called the Clara. It’s a bit smaller and doesn’t have the note taking function.
My only ever e-reader is the Kobo Touch. Preordered Libra Color for the form factor, added benefits of color, plus improved performance. It's a hassle simply transferring files from my computer to the Touch but I was okay with it for the longest time
I want one so badly, it’s amazing, but half my library is on Kindle 😢
Look up Calibre. If you're mildly technical, you can export and convert all of your Kindle books so they can be used on any other e-reader.
Can you read Kindle books on a Kobo?
Yes kobo supports the "mobi" format which is what kindle is.
Mm. I have the previous libre and the software on that's janky compared to my paperwhite. If it's improved I may purchase one. PS. spelling colour correctly is a bonus 😂😂
Lol price. My onyx boox note air 3c which is a 10.3" screen was $500 then I bought a case for $30 and a extra pen for $50. I still would rather have that. But I loved my Kobo h20 and I'm so happy they put out a color model. Too bad it was a month after I bought my boox. But I wouldn't take that purchase back I love my bigger screen cause I do journal on it.
The 'brightness problem' is a general problem with all color screens since the added color layer makes the b&w layer behind it harder to see and therefore needs more light to get to the same viewing experience as with a pure b&w screen. It should be especially noticable if you have two devices with the same carta 1300 screen next to one another where one is pure b&w and the other also has color. The Kobo Clara has both options available. For someone who does videos it might be a good chance to compare the screens and get some views on CZcams.
For all people who are here searching for the review of the new Tolino, which is the brand Kobo uses in Germany/Austria:
Sobald die Geräte im Thalia verfügbar sind können wir uns vor Ort ein Bild von den Bildschirmen machen und müssen keine Vergleichsvideos kucken :)
Does Kobo support the kindle app?
Unfortunately it does not!
@@dylancanread thanks for the info
No. Kobo uses the library service of Libby (formerly Overdrive) especially for people who live outside the United States
Can you ONLY annotate ebooks bought through kobo!
This is what I'm wondering, too
The fact I can highlight in color and annotate is what sells it for me but I’m scared of buying this and Amazon coming out with a comparable product
Try waiting a bit to see if they do.
I buy Amazon said they were coming with a colour reader in 2025
I will wait till the Elipsa has color. These devices now are just too small for note taking and drawing ... etc
Should built in speakers
That looks fun, but I would not pay the price since I have a new Kindle Paperwhite.
I have a relatively new Kindle Signature but this is so tempting.
An impressive device for sure, but it's a shame they chose to give it a 7-inch screen when my old Kobo Forma has an 8-inch screen, which I've got used to. I wouldn't want to go back to a smaller screen.
would u say the 6 inch screen for Kobo Clara is too small?
A big part of the choice of e-reader is the ecosystem. How many books does the Kobo e-book store have compared to Amazon?
I don’t know but I’ve always been able to find the book I want. If I couldn’t I’d just get the book from another source as Kobo is open like that. Though I doubt I would ever need to do that as the Kobo store always has the books I want.
@@mykoc-hx1nx how do the prices on kobo compare to Amazon?
Only 24 books?
I'm sure that should be 24000, right?
I hope so... especially if it can do several times that in audiobooks
He added an edit to that portion of the video stating 24,000**
You said it only holds 24 e-books ?!?!
It holds loads of ebooks.
@@mykoc-hx1nx yes I know but thought to ask as I’m sure he said that.
He did say that, but on screen he corrected it to 24.000 😉
@@AnnEast85 ok I missed that thank you 😎
I would get one of these if it could run the kindle and google play books apps. Otherwise it is useless to me.
But you can access Libby, Kindles can’t.
If you want to keep buying from those stores then I totally get it. However, if you want to just be able to read what books you do have (specially kindle books) you can do some magic with the program Calibre to get your books from your kindle library, reformat them, and transfer to the kobo.
@@artemiskit4279 I second this. I do this and am able to read across multiple e-readers all in different ecosystems
I think the boox devices are able to do that but the reading experience isn't amazing. It's been a while since I looked at it but worth researching.
I was wondering when 32 GB became "whopping" 😂
For e-readers its large since most are 8 or 16 gb
I wish you showed more of how the product works while using it instead of just.. talking about it 😢
Who buys a device like this and only reeds for 30 days? let alone has time to reed during the day when you could get away with the light at no more than 30%? This is a widespread scam in the e-reader world. All manufacturers give the same BS about battery life. They need to be called out more often. I'm not saying the battery life is bad, but I'm willing to bet I could got though it's entire batter in a weekend.
Everything is "very very cool and fun" but then you also say you don't really use the features (colors outside of covers, annotating or notebooks). Let's be real that for 90% of people colors and pen(in a device this small) is pretty pointless and they could spend an 100 € less. Even if you read graphic novels, reading them with dull colors on such a small device (while the usual graphic novel have a page that's at least 10") isn't really ideal. This is something new (at least for the major brands) and i get it feels cool but in reality you're spending more for something that you probably don't need and actually worsen the quality for normal b/w reading.
17 minute review with 40 seconds of showing color. Pointless.
It shows colour throughout the review though?
@@AnnEast85to be fair the colours are so washed out and non existent they kind of look like black and white anyway…
I guess he's proud of his image because the reader is shown in action...4 minutes?
@@Runawayayhe said he had the brightness at only 10% so it doesn't wash out the camera. Maybe there are other reviews out there showing the colour better. (I think at 10% brightness they show up quite well. )
I have the original Kobo when it was first released in I have been waiting ever since for colour. I can't believe it took so lon.
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* A good and fair review; however, I would want at least a 7.8” device for my primary color e-reader - so I’ll be waiting a bit longer… or considering a Bigme S6 7.8” Thanks! 🥸