OOOH I love how you are doing the purchases on Kobo, I love my Kindle but there are sooo many things about kobo that draw me in and I loved your review, I wouldn't have access to libby in Portugal but I might have to look into getting one when I visit Canada! The colour and annotating are so cool and I loved how informative this was!!!

@SubhaReadsBooks

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching, friend! Yes! I’m trying to find a balance between KU and ebook purchases. I feel like this is a happy medium so I can still support the authors on KU but then if I want a book I’ll support the authors on Kobo. I hope that’s fair and it makes sense to me! 🤪

@Sullsworld

6 күн бұрын

@@SubhaReadsBooks I think it makes perfect sense!!

I also upgraded from the Oasis to the Kobo Libra Colour. So glad I did!!!

@SubhaReadsBooks

2 күн бұрын

Yay, I'm so glad too!!! I hope you're loving it as much as I am!

Great review! Mine is on its way and I'm so excited! Also just fyi Rakuten is actually a Japanese company with Kobo being a subsidiary based in Canada!

@SubhaReadsBooks

4 күн бұрын

Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for you! Which one did you end up getting?! Also, thank you so much for correcting me. I didn't realize Rakuten was a Japanese company. Always good to know!!

thank you for your insight! very informative! the Kobo is so cute!

@SubhaReadsBooks

2 күн бұрын

Thanks so much of watching, friend!!!

I don't find the reading experience on color devices enjoyable at all. I can always see the color screen layers in a black and white text. Some call it a screen door effect. The much grayer background is also annoying. No matter how you adjust the lighting you cannot get the text to match the experience of a black and white eink device. Color images also look pastel and washed out and I would say cartoony looking. It's a lot of money for a device that may perform well but I think many people will be a little disappointed in the overall experience.

@SubhaReadsBooks

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts! I also need to look more into the screen door effect.

Super fascinating! Thanks for this. I found you through mans' channel and I'm excited to follow along :)

@SubhaReadsBooks

4 күн бұрын

Hello! Thank you so much for watching. I'm so glad you're here! :)

@booksmitin

3 күн бұрын

@@SubhaReadsBooks ☺

I have the white Kobo Libra Colour and haven‘t found any loss of „pop“ for the colours at all. I also own the Boox Tab Mini C, which is also colour Eink and has black casing- I find the Kobo to have much better quality colour in comparison, as well as brightness.

@SubhaReadsBooks

Күн бұрын

Oh thank you for sharing that comparison! I love to hear that and I’m so glad you are enjoying your Linda Colour like I am!!

I love mine and I’ve used it for a few months now. I had a Kindle 5 years ago and lost it on a plane and I finally got one this year. I loveeeeee it because it has buttons and it’s so light (without cover ofc, yes i raw dog my Kobo in my bag 😂). The link to Google Drive is definitely the topmost reason I got this Kobo as it’s soooo convenient. Plus, I don’t use Kindle Unlimited so that feature definitely useless for me. Is it a bit grainy? I think so. Is the color ink screen good? No. Dies it dampens the experience? No. It does what it supposed to do which is an e-reader with just a bit of cute feature aka colored highlights. Also if you’re hesitating on getting it or not, then just don’t. It’s just a product that works just as well as other existing e-reader. It irks me when people have a good/fav e-reader and want to buy a new one because of FOMO.

I’m so tempted by the libra colour! I converted all my ebooks just in case I end up getting one 😂

@SubhaReadsBooks

4 күн бұрын

Oh, was the conversion easy for you!? I thought it was pretty simple to do! I hope you end up treating yourself!!! You deserve it ;)

Thanks for this video !! I have the kobo libra colour as well, but I feel like it is hard to write with the stylus (compared to writing on an iPad), like it is harder to detect my writing well. What do you think about the stylus ? Thank you !

@SubhaReadsBooks

3 күн бұрын

Helen, Thank you so much for watching! Are you loving your kobo libra colour so far?! I hope you are! I think that for me, the writing is a lot more difficult than the iPad because my ipad is bigger and the screen is small. Usually it takes some time before my handwriting gets better in new devices. I really like the stylus! I like it more than the iPad stylus because you can erase with the kobo stylus and you can highlight with ease! I hope this helps!

I’d literally never heard of a kobo libra before this!!! I never annotate but I feel like I’d be tempted to on a kobo 😍

@SubhaReadsBooks

4 күн бұрын

Honestly, I can't even remember when I started getting Kobo ads. You better watch out because you might start getting these ads as well! haha

I am so tempted to buy this kobo libra colour. I have a kindle paperwhite but I am so tempted to get my hands on it 😮😊

@SubhaReadsBooks

5 күн бұрын

The Kobo Libra Colour is a huge upgrade from the Kindle Paperwhite! 🤗🫣

I've had Kobo since 2011, before I even knew what Kindle was. I'm glad more people are talking about them!

@SubhaReadsBooks

4 күн бұрын

I wish I had known about the Kobo sooner! You're an OG fan, and I love that!!!

I love the color Kobo and I completely understand not wanting to support Amazon. I have considered replacing my Oasis with a Kobo Libre Colour but my problem is I follow some authors who are only on Kindle Unlimited. I was given two years of Kindle Unlimited as a gift.

@SubhaReadsBooks

2 күн бұрын

I totally understand wanting to support those KU authors and I think that's okay!! I think it's okay to use both. Truly, it's whatever you want to do and whatever gets you to enjoy reading. :)

Awesome review girl! You’re so sweet and pretty, I LOVE your shirt ❤. Can’t wait to see what else you have on your channel ❤❤❤

@SubhaReadsBooks

2 күн бұрын

Hi! Thank you so much for watching! You're so kind!!!! :) I'm so glad you're here and I hope you enjoy my videos!!! ❤

Rakuten is a huge Japanese company. Kobo which they own was founded in Canada and is headquartered there.

@SubhaReadsBooks

2 күн бұрын

Yes! Oopsie on my part. Someone corrected me on that. My mistake! 😅😊

I got a white one and it is very beautiful aesthetically.

@SubhaReadsBooks

6 күн бұрын

Yay! That’s so great. Do you love it? Did you use a Kindle prior or is this your first ebook?!

@h.a.6060

6 күн бұрын

@@SubhaReadsBooks Yes, I actually love the reading progress stats on Kobo more than the Kindle. I also have Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Scribe. I use all the three. I think each is suitable for a specific use.

@imihgo8567

5 күн бұрын

oooh, does it get dirty easily?

@SubhaReadsBooks

5 күн бұрын

I love this so much and agree! I love the new reading process stats too! It’s also nice to have separate devices for specifics reading preferences.

Just a couple things to point out while watching your video: I read a lot of indie authors and I can only find them on Amazon. Only the oasis is micro usb. The newer paperwhite and the newer bacic are usb C. The oasis is just an old device and hasn’t had an upgrade in a few years.

@SubhaReadsBooks

3 күн бұрын

I love that! I'm sure that with both Kobo and Kindle there will be unique authors that you can't find in the other. Thanks for sharing about the Oasis. I'm really glad that they upgraded to usb-c for the new products! I wish they had upgraded for the Oasis as well!

@ReadwithLexi

3 күн бұрын

@@SubhaReadsBooks me too! I loved the page turn buttons and I loved that it charged fast but I don’t like looking for a usb charger so I ended up giving it to a friend that doesn’t have a kindle and she loves it. I do love my kobo libra colour and just started my free trial for the kobo plus so we’ll see if I like it. I just wish I could have more than one card on the overdrive side without logging out to add more books from the library.

@SubhaReadsBooks

3 күн бұрын

@@ReadwithLexi oh my gosh, okay I read somewhere online you can add multiple library cards to your Kobo but I could never get it to work! If you figure out a way, please let me know! Also, Let me know your thoughts on Kobo Plus! Love that you got to share your kindle with your friend. We have to spread the love!!!!

@ReadwithLexi

2 күн бұрын

@@SubhaReadsBooks will do! I have a lot of cards and I just picked one. I do love I don’t have the extra step of having to send it to my kobo I just sync it and they show up which is really nice. I have 2 paperwhites and figured I didn’t need 3 kindles so I spread the love.

Girl your skin!

@SubhaReadsBooks

2 күн бұрын

Oh my gosh, thank you!!!!!!!! ❤