🌈 Kobo Libra Colour Unboxing & Review 📖 

Alright. The fact that you can actually annotate on the book pages instead of leaving hand written notes in a separate pop up window may have sold me. I have so many books on kindle but…….this may have been enough to convince me to switch.

Now this is a thorough review! You even talked about things I didn't even think about (changing font size when having already annotated)!

I want to get one but don't want to leave Kindle.

You’ve covered a lot especially things directly on my mind when I saw this product. Thanks for that!

Hi, I just randomly showed up to see a review, but I just wanted to say the unboxing was really well done.

This is extremely helpful! I wanted to by the colored e-reader since it came out. Thank you for the very detailed review!

Great, thorough review, sheesh 👏🏾 Best one i've seen by far. You answered almost all my lingering questions, and talked about many other things nobody else even mentioned. Thanks so much. I'm off to get me one! Cheers 🥂

I was having the same problem with my palm changing the page. I just went to settings and turn off tap and swipe to go to the next page to swipe only. That fixed it 90% of the time!

I’m in love with mine. I’m keeping my paperwhite for KU, but I have enough books to where I’m gonna be using just the kobo for a while. The annotating is so much fun

FANTASTIC review !! Thank You !! xx

Such a detailed review ! So helpful, Loved it !!!

This is so thorough and helpful, thank you! I would buy this based on the direct-borrow from library option ALONE, that is my dream.

wow this is such a complete review! it's interesting indeed for your e-reader to have colours and you can even write in it

This is my next dream to get this haha thanks for the review

Thanks for the review! The one thing holding me back upgrading my Libra 2 to the colour version, is that I want to be able to annotation scientific papers as well, which I import as A4-sized pdf's. But judging from your test with a planner, it looks like the pinch&zoom you need for that are still not really workable. So for that, I would probably need the Boox, for a bigger screen, if that one even is big enough. Annotating with colours is my way of working as well, great to see it works so well in regular books.

Love this video! A very thorough review with great visuals, great editing, and just great vibe overall. just one critique: while you were talking the camera shifts a lott, i find that a bit distracting, but thats the only downside to this video. great job!

omg im so excited i cant even wait until after the video finishes to comment

I just ordered mine today so excited

Such a great review!!! This kobo is very temping and I was dying to hear your review before I even thought to consider it. ❤

Thank you for such a great review.

Loving your eReader reviews. Accessible and thorough! I've gone for the Boox Palma as I'm so invested in Kindle (probably have a 1,000 books) and it allows me to use Libby and BorrowBox too. I'd love it if Kindle made something similar.

Thanks for the informative video!

I’ve been converted and gonna pick one out this afternoon. However I have so much stuff on my kindle that it’s going to take forever to transfer lol. But gotta do it for the buttons, white colour and coloured screen!!

Great video brought one a few days ago I love it 😊

I use Kindle and Kobo - they both have their pros and cons. Great review. I agree, the new Kobo Colour is a great device.

i have kindle and kobo. and love kobo, having both is fun :)

Your review is very good, I just wondered if you know one thing, can you use multiple cards with he overdrive? I currently use 6 on my Kindle.

Just wanted to say i love ur videos

For your issue with removing DRM from your Amazon kindle library, have you tried to input your kindle's serial number on the DRM remover plugin? I've reset my pc a couple of times and each time I attempted to setup the plugin on Calibre, it was the only step I always completely overlooked, so you might want to check on that.

Very informative! The thing I find the most unfortunate is that when some of us annotate, we do so in order to go to that particular color/tab/etc. in order to revisit certain passages for reference, to re-experience, or whatever other reason. If a reader geared towards annotating doesn't have some kind of sorting function to find not just the highlights, but specifically search highlights by color, then it sort of just defeats the purpose for me. I appreciate your review, and I think I'm going to wait around for the Kindle to think about these sorting/finding kinds of features.

Fantastic, amazing this kobo😊

Thanks for this review! Is it possible to easily export highlighted text and annotations to your PC or are they trapped on the device?

Great video! Not sure if you said this and I missed it, but do you get to view annotations made on library books that have been returned?

Cool features would love to have these options in libby or hoopla.

Great review, very thorough. I’m also super keen for an easy way to mark up my ebooks with handwritten annotations. The only thing preventing me from picking up the Libra Colour is that there’s currently no way to export/sync handwritten annotations (Kobo refers to this as Markup), unlike highlights/notes which you can export and sync to services like Readwise. I use a Supernote with its ‘Digest’ function currently which lets you export handwritten notes to PDF. It would be nice if Kobo let you do the same. Right now, if something happens to your Kobo and you have to replace it, those scribbled notes on your books? All gone. This is especially problematic with library books which you only have access to temporarily. Also, quick tip I saw from Reddit: If you swipe down from the top of the screen, you can access a menu to quickly jump between your last few items. e.g. to switch between a book and a notebook.

I want this too. I plan to buy them.

I will be using both kobo and kindle

I bought this just to get library synch (Amazon stiffs Canadian customers!), and can’t get over how well it works. My Paperwhite and Scribe are sitting idle.

Wow I want one. I will get one in the future

I have a kindle and for the first time I'm considering changing. Personally, I don't know that I would bother transfering my books. Most of them I wouldn't reread, and I can access them on my phone for refrence. I'm waiting to see if kindle announces a new device before making my decision.

Great video! I like how you can annotate on any book. For some reason Kindle Scribe can only do the same on PDFs but on epub/mobi only sticky notes :/

Rumors is 2005 Amazon is coming with two color e- reader. Definitely I can wait

Hi, I was able to go to my content on Amazon’s website and download the files and upload directly to calibre and convert to epub. Unsure if this epub can now be uploaded to the kobo though

Great review. I’ve found Calibre can be a bit tricky in the past too, but it seems to be working for me at the moment so I’m stripping DRM off about 2000 books 😂

I had the same issue with Calibre. I was able to google how to fix it. I think I had to download an older version of the dedrm plugin

Hey! Would you know how to set up screensaver in this device so you don’t see the book cover on this front?

You probably used a broken DeDRM plugin. I used the wrong one and had the same problem happened to me as well, as soon as I downloaded the plugin from another source it worked perfectly. I have the Kobo Clara Colour. I really enjoy your videos ☺️

I wonder if they’ll be able to address the hand pressure problem when writing with the stylus. This looks so fun but I know my writing habits and it would jump all over the place 😅

BTW, I installed the Bookerly font, and it helped with readability.

Great video

Hi, does kobo have an inbuilt dictionary? And if i take notes on the books that I borrow from library , will the notes be missing after I returned the book?

I have the Libra colour and the Kindle Paperwhite for KU.

hi, do you know if the Kobo Libra Color is compatible with other electronic pencils by any chance?

Would you say that you have the same issue while making annotations, in regards to the palm rejection?

I have the Kobo libra in black and white and I like it a lot, although I am a paper fan and I tend to lean towards paperbaks instead of ebooks. The most annoying thing about ereaders so far is the notetaking part: I hate having my notes separate from the page. Maybe having them on the page and the possibility of switching colors will make me use my ereader more :D One thing I didn't notice is how easy it is to switch colors? How do you do that? Btw the last con you talked about is the only reason I will never purchase a kindle, or in general an "amazon only" product.

I am so happy to hear that Kobo is blowing Kindle out of the water for annotating right now. Especially after Kindle had such a great response from their Wacom pen technology. I went with a boox note air 3c cause I wanted not only the color annotations and book covers and comics in color and such, but for how large it actually is. I originally had the first Kobo libra. I loved it. But ever since reading and annotating on the note air 3c I can't go back to a smaller size. And I actually went all digital for all my journals and sketchbooks now too. I wouldn't have wanted to update to this one after seeing other companies doing so much better with a droid. My boox lasts like three days on a charge with everyday use. If I'm reading all day it's two days and that's with drawing and journaling. I'm glad Amazon finally has some competition.

Nowadays i keep watching videos about ereaders so i dont have time to read

I want a coloured e reader but I currently have kindle. What is the best coloured e reader to go for?

Why does the camera keep moving when you move omg im getting dizzy LOL

I’ve no issues removing DRM from my kindle books on Calibre. I’ve done it many times💁

Great review. Are you still enjoying the Libra?

Does your highlighter in the notebook fade after you highlight?

very good review

I do have a question about annotations on library books. Will they be lost once you have to give the book back to your library or will you still have access to them but them but without the link to the specific section in the book?

I really really want this but I am also waiting for a colored Kindle. I’m not rich enough to have both 😭

Im just going to wait for kindles colour as they are making 1 coming between this year to next year

I plan on getting this specifically for library and stuff your ereader day books. I won’t be getting rid of kindle unlimited because I use it too much to actually get rid of it.

Hi, Chantal! I've recently discovered your channel (specifically because of your Onyx Boox Mini Tab C review). Is there a way that you can do a side-by-side comparison of the said device and this e-reader? Thank you!

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can you compare boox tab mini c and kobo libra color?

I want to annotate as well. I hope if the rumors for the color kindle are true, that you are able to annotate in the kindle. How is the battery life?

How do you think about the organization on kindle vs kobo? I'm considering switching because of the annotation abilities, but if kobo had better book organization than Kindle that would push me over the fence.

I want to get this or the mini c for my bf because he LOVES manga but it hurts his eyes when he reads on his phone. But I literally can not decide which to get! 😅😅

Just something that could be helpful - you can change the setting for how the screen responds. E.g. you can turn off the "tap" and swithc to only "swipe" or "buttons" for page turning. Could be useful when you're writing and pressing down with your hand.

Can you compare it to the scribe?

do you like this better than the boox mini tab c?

why is the camera moving around? hahaha thanks for this review tho! I have a 2012 kindle keyboard i got for free from my mom. I love annotating my physical books tho so this is really tempting hahahaha

I'm a converted long time Kindle user too like you haha

I wish they would Sell Kobo in my Country. This white eReader is such a Beauty

Did you keep clear case on when you put in the notebook? It fits that way?

Can you use multiple library cards with the built in Overdrive?

Would love to see a comparison of this kobo vs the boox tablet 💕

If I annotate and then I change the font size, what happens to what I scribbled ? Do you mean it stays the same even if the font size is smaller/bigger? thank you

I asked my mom to order this for my Christmas gift

Do you think that the next Kindle Scribe will have similar capabilities? I want this, but I am in WAY too deep with Kindle lol.

Loved the review! (Its only me or her camera is moving too? Like every hand movement the canara ajusts a bit??)

Can you make a comparison between Kobo Libra Colour and BOOX Tab Mini C?

what case would you recommend? the sleep cover or the clear one?

I download my books on my Kindle, it's still EPUB format on Kobo or it changes?

If kobo would make a big one for students, i’ll be to first one to buy one!

Im wanting to get this, but the issue i have is how am i supposed to transfer my kindle books off my kindle to the kobo when i dont have a computer 😭

i love this size but the big side bar totally ruins it for me. All that space for two buttons, just make it larger if you need more room for computing and give us a full size screen.

From reading distance you can't notice what's so called "screen door effects" at all! Many other reviewers just took camera shots at a close and max zoomed out distance and made it a big deal! May I ask how much brightness you put on? The screen looks naturally off white for me! :)

For me kindle is just way to restrictive with the selection and I can’t even upload pdf files. I’m definitely switching to this Kobo colour

I’m a kindle user but this looks amazing 😭 lol. I paid like 200 I think for the kindle I have 😭. It’s not worth that now at all if I wanted to sell it 😢 lol.

I wish this had all of the big book apps available (libby, hoopla, cloud library, audible, etc.) Because i love the idea of this over the boox one i ordered. And its more affordable. Ugh. Why cant all ereaders just run android

I want one so bad but i bought my kindle just 1 1/2 years ago 😭

5:23 Would it be a bad idea to add a white skin/decal over it? >.> The color doesn't match..

What's better, the palma or libra colour?

Cool but not for my one thing I love about kindle is simplicity