Black or White same price.
With more storage, a faster E Ink screen, and Bluetooth wireless technology so you can listen to Kobo Audiobooks, Kobo Libra 2 is an integral part of your rich reading life.
7" HD E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen
Ergonomic design
Fully waterproof
32GB of storage holds up to 24,000 eBooks
Bluetooth wireless technology
Couple of dollars more than the expired Angus and Robertson deal: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/692809
Delivery fee $15 for me?
Underwear cannot be returned for hygiene reasons.
Libra is not underwear .. but something else.
I'm almost certainly going to buy one of these in the next few months. Anybody have experience with them?
I have one, I love it. Do you have questions?
I don't have this but I do have 2 kindles, paperwhite and a Kindle touch.
With regards to #2, you can make the text bigger/larger. I don't find any detriment to it as opposed to regular paper page.
In relation to #3, I do miss the experience of books but I love the trees more. Plus you don't need to think twice about what books to carry with you.
Anyway, I like ebook readers a lot, however, I also have a huge library at home of paper books, mostly from Vinnies and Salvation Army.
Not sure about PC.
Wondering if you’ve found the same.
@FredAstair: I never really cared about it so didn't bother finding a solution. I only encountered it once because one of the books I downloaded was PDF but when that happened I went and downloaded from another source so it wasn't an issue. Thanks though!
I do miss holding & reading paper books but mostly it's the ease with which you can flick back and re-read something with your thumb. Ereaders have a tiny digital button that you have to press down and drag back or forward and the more pages you have, the more crude the accuracy. Sure you can bookmark anything and get skilled with using the interface to move faster but you can't replace that sense of immediate control that physical pages give you.
If you do buy an e-reader, make sure the buttons are on the side. Far more natural and convenient. My latest warranty replacement is a Nia and some bright spark decided it was a good idea to place them on the bottom AND indented from the surface AND so small that I have to use my fingernail just to register a press on the damn thing.
Oh, and I use Kobo because they are unlocked for anything I choose to store on it. I'd never buy a Kindle just because of that feature.
Its the best I've had so far (had PRS-T2, Kobo Glo and Kobo Aura H20 so far). Being lightweight, with buttons on the wide band on the right is perfect for one handed use.
I've been rocking a Kobo Glo HD for many years now and it's still going strong. Only thing I miss is a more comfy one-handed position and warm backlight instead of just pure blue/white which isn't good at night. On the other hand there's also the Sage that supports stylus that I would want to consider.
If you are importing from other sources, the Dropbox functionality works flawlessly. Just download epubs, images, etc to Dropbox on PC or mobile, sync, then import via wifi through Dropbox on the device. I think a common review is the battery life isn’t as good as expected? Backlight seems to reduce it significantly. There’s also a web browser (in beta) and Overdrive support. No regrets and I paid full price.
Any idea of battery Life expectancy ¿
I'm on one of these and use it EVERY day. Started with a $30 bottom-level Kobo that came up on here about 8 years back. Quickly upgraded because I was using it so much. My last one lasted about 6 years before the page-turn screen presses started to misfire sometimes (that model didn't have page-turn buttons), so I bought a Libra 2 last year. Get Calibre for PC and you can side-load eBooks that you downloaded or purchased from most other services. They're not as heavily locked down as most readers but they still support the DRM formats if you need to, and you can just load up any old EPUB you like. If you read every day, they're worth it.
They're useless for reading CBZ comic books, but then I've never found a device that actually does that well anyway.
Got the Libra H2O for $189 in 2020. Barely used it. Is this meant to be the next gen?
Yes, more memory and USB C, Bluetooth for Audio books, larger battery, and better screen. My old H2O didn't have physical buttons for page turns as well.
is this good upgrade from Kobo Clara HD?
Depends what you are after but according to the Kobo website it has higher specs than the Clara
Kobo Clara HD
6" HD 300 PPI E Ink Carta touchscreen
Long battery life
8GB of storage
ComfortLight PRO: Reduces blue light
Kobo Libra 2
7" HD E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen
Long battery life
32GB of storage
ComfortLight PRO: adjustable brightness and colour temperature
Landscape reading mode and page-turn buttons
Waterproof
Listen to Kobo Audiobooks
I have been using one for past couple of weeks, after upgrading from the Clara. It offers some quality of life improvements for me, but the difference in screen quality is negligible if you're not super pedantic. I like it because I am often reading one handed, trying to keep a baby asleep at night by walking around the house, and having the analogue buttons is nice. Also, the usb-c charging is a convenience, and I am looking forward to adding audiobooks to it for the kids to listen to on long journeys, so they're not using a phone or other device that's more stimulating.
Still don't think the OS is as good as the Kindle, but I have a moral opposition to buying from Amazon.
Had the Kindle and then this one. Kobo plastic build not as good as the Kindle, creaks at some parts which is annoying. But display is very good.
I've just put unreasonable force into my Libra 2 and I didn't get any creaks at all. It's built like a brick
Plastic that's built like a brick? Is it made of lego?
Try stepping on it and find out
Does the Kindle have USB-C?
Paperwhite 5 generation 11 does
Thankyou - got one.
An even better price at allphones eBay with PLFY20 (eBay plus required) bringing it down to $225.12, which should be the historic-low on ozbargain!
That might sway some people on the fence :)
Its telling me that the SAFY20 code can't be applied. For those without Plus.
Thanks @newopolarfan1 That got me over the line and bought even though I hardly ever read books anymore
I was thinking of buying next year but this deal got me swayed..lol I don't have to wait another year. Thanks for a good deal mate.
Bought one. Thanks!!
I'm regional NSW and mine arrived today.
Has glued in MicroSD card underneath a water-resistant coating. It's difficult but possible to swap it out with a bunch of pure alcohol and wiggling to help loosen it.
After that, copy to a new MicroSD, enlarge the partition with gparted and you're good to go. With KOReader or the like. Be careful though because the default firmware will wipe it on startup if it thinks the partition is in any way corrupt.