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Kobo has accrued the value of 3 of its e-readers pursuing a akin value summation by the institution successful January 2023. The seven-inch Kobo Libra Colour, arsenic good arsenic the six-inch Kobo Clara Colour and Kobo Clara BW, are each now $10 much expensive, as spotted by TheeBookReader. The prices of the larger (and aging) Kobo Elipsa 2E and Kobo Sage were not affected.
The value summation doesn’t look to beryllium related to recently announced tariffs aliases immoderate affects they whitethorn person connected the costs of Kobo’s e-readers successful the US and Canada.
With the increase, the Kobo Libra Colour is now $229.99, which is still $50 cheaper than Amazon’s $279.99 Kindle Colorsoft. Both devices usage the aforesaid E Ink colour surface technology, though Amazon customized it for the Colorsoft to amended vibrancy and colour accuracy. But the Kobo Libra Colour besides features stylus support for highlighting matter and note-taking, includes page move buttons, and makes it somewhat easier to sideload contented for illustration ebooks and PDFs originated from extracurricular Kobo’s ebook store.
At $159.99, the Kobo Clara Colour besides remains a cheaper replacement to the Kindle Colorsoft for those wanting an e-reader pinch a colour screen, aliases for consumers wanting to debar Amazon altogether.
But the $139.99 Kobo Clara BW is simply a tougher sell. It’s now $30 much costly than the $109.99 base-model Kindle, and though the Clara BW offers upgrades for illustration waterproofing, consumers looking for a inexpensive e-reader pinch entree to a robust ebook shop are amended disconnected opting for Amazon’s entry-level offering. The value summation besides intends there’s now only a $20 quality betwixt the Clara BW and the $159.99 basic Kindle Paperwhite, which offers a larger seven-inch show and noticeably amended build value pinch a flush-mounted screen.