Kobo Books - Reading App

- June 30, 2017

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Description

Millions of readers love Kobo! Join them today and enjoy over 5 million titles at your fingertips.

New to Kobo? Sign up now and get a $5 credit automatically applied to your account. Use it towards your first Kobo purchase!

The Kobo Reading App allows you to browse Kobo's extensive catalogue of the world's best eBooks, comics and children's books, and read them conveniently on your smartphone or tablet. Search by author, title, topic or genre to discover your next great read.

Check out Kobo’s free eBook selection to discover a new favourite.
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The Kobo Reading App has the best features for a comfortable and convenient reading experience:

• Customize the way you read. Enjoy crisp, clear text and adjust to the size and style you prefer. Try Night Mode to make reading easier on your eyes before bedtime; and lock the screen in portrait or landscape mode to read how you like.

• Discovery is easy with personalized recommendations based on your reading habits. Plus, read free previews for thousands of eBooks to help you find your next great read.

• Pick up right where you left off and never lose your spot. The Kobo Reading App will automatically sync your bookmarks, notes and highlights, so you can keep reading across all your devices.

• Share your love of reading on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Post your favourite quotes, notes, and thoughts from the eBooks you’re reading.

• Rate and review the books you’ve read or read reviews from booklovers like you!

• Read in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese or Japanese.

*Offer valid only in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Visit https://www.kobo.com/5credit for complete details.

Reviews

4.2

218,029 total

5 133,350

4 44,374

3 15,615

2 6,565

1 18,125

Nat D

Bring back the old icon! Red is my favorite color but I hate this new icon, bring back the blue!!! And make the recommendation list identical across all platforms. I remove suggestions from the mobile app but they stay on the website or desktop app & vice versa. And if I have a book bundle in my library stop recommending individual books that are already included in that bundle. Also, when I'm 90% done with a book in a series the app keeps suggesting books earlier in the series as my next read, please have it consider series order when making suggestions. Would also be great if a series was shown in reading order instead of alphabetical.

Amanda Richardson

I love my Kobo app! I don't know how I managed to read books so long without it! Best app ever! The only thing Id l change would be the way you choose your font size. Its little hard to set because its a sliding scale. A point or number scale would be much easier.

Hilal Özdemir

The best epub reader ever! It's simple and very functional. You can add bookmarks and notes, it also tracks your reading hours. I only wish to be able to add covers manually and change the opening page. (Edit: New logo is horrible)

Robert Ontko

Slow! Doesn't provide profile settings, like language or genre preferences to aid in ebook searching. Suggest developers look at other e-reader and storefront apps to see how Kobo can be improved. I love the Kobo e-reader hardware, but this app is driving me to Kindle.

Gary Hitch

It wouldn't be so bad if you could at least copy reasonable amounts of text for citations in online discussions. You cannot even copy a single paragraph! And the ridiculously short length of text you can copy is not copied to the clipboard as text but only an image that you can share. Nothing more. Pathetic "feature". Useless for scholars.

Chelsea Redbird1224

Miss the old icon, absolutely love the app. The only thing i dont like is that the books dont go in order when u have a series, it gets very confusing when u cant readily tell which book comes next. . . I have a series with 14 books and its not in order at all and i cant change it, it goes 1,7,4,9,5 and so on and drives me crazy.

User reviews

Nat D July 6, 2017

Amanda Richardson July 1, 2017

Hilal Özdemir July 7, 2017

Robert Ontko July 1, 2017

Kobo eBooks July 4, 2017

Thank you for your feedback. We would be happy to assist you with the issues you are experiencing. Please contact us via our Facebook page through a Private Message or www.kobo.com/help by filling out our web form.

Gary Hitch July 16, 2017

Chelsea Redbird1224 July 11, 2017

Quinton Winston July 1, 2017

A Good reader but. .. I have one problem. At one point it quit displaying the book covers. Very irritating. I uninstalled it, and then reinstalled it. The covers showed and once again I was a happy camper, for a day. The problem returned I use the KOBO bookstore and their reader. I like the way this company does business, great customer service, but with the number of books I own the lack of covers makes the reader unusable.

Kobo eBooks July 4, 2017

John McMenemy July 18, 2017

Will not refresh' have now got the Kobo ARC and it works fine so far. Have now used it for some months and think its great no problems to report. Had the app for a long time now and think it is really good.

Vickie McILwain July 10, 2017

Kobo since the new update I have been unable to download books from other stores, why has this changed, until now have always loved this app now not so much and the new logo, hate it. Have changed my rating sorry

Kobo eBooks July 11, 2017

Glen Seeds July 7, 2017

If you are a Kobo customer, this is your only reasonable way to read your Kobo books on Android. It sometime hangs for very long periods. This is most problematic on startup, before it even displays the splash screen - makes it look like the entire phone is hung. Most of the other problems are server issues, e.g., erratic syncing with Kobo e-mail readers, and having no way to know which books in your library are already read, once they are removed from the device.

Kobo eBooks July 10, 2017

Hornet Green July 8, 2017

When I go back to reading the place I left off is never where the book opens, but the selection of books is good. Just wish it would remember where I left off

Carrie Anne Bolduc July 8, 2017

I bought 7 books. Took money out of PayPal. Didn't send a confirmation mail so wouldn't give books. Wouldn't refund the money even though I sent pics of my account. Then closed the ticket because they didn't reply to my mail. This happened 3x. All for one single purchase. Beware. Take screenshots of every step of your purchase. The cart. The list. The credit purchase. Then close your eyes and make a wish and hope you get even one book you were charged with. Delete, block, unsubscribe

Kobo eBooks July 10, 2017

Marcus July 20, 2017

Fantastic app, great bookstore, let's you load outside ebooks and the books you purchase aren't in a proprietary format like Amazon. The kobo ereaders are also awesome, some are even waterproof. Nothing beats relaxing in the hot tub with a good book. Will be making all of my future ebook purchases through kobo, instead of Amazon.

Tracey Spencer July 22, 2017

I've had to uninstall due to no internet connection. Tried to reinstall but won't open due to no internet connection. And yes I have contacted you directly. Why does this happen after every update?

coleen Rafael July 14, 2017

It is more improve now than before. There are many free ebooks to choose from. I hope you can add more fun reading awards and challenges. Thank you kobo for free

Jim Barton July 3, 2017

I love the way it shows books as finished. If only that was synced across devices! I've just installed on a new phone and it doesn't show any of my books as finished. Reading is easy, clear and simple layout. Smooth.

Sharlene Amalu July 5, 2017

I love this app but I am having trouble with the purchase section of the app - it keeps showing that the page is loading with the indication bar, but nothing shows up. Idk if that's a bug you've heard about lately or not.

Kobo eBooks July 6, 2017

Lisa Cook July 2, 2017

Sometimes swiping to turn the page doesn't always register and I'd prefer if I could change the settings to show the top bar with the time display. Other than these small issues, this app works exactly as it's supposed to.

Mary- Anne Unuode July 18, 2017

Please is the new update the problem with me not being able to download over my mobile network. Does this mean I'll always need Wi-Fi to download my books?

Kobo eBooks March 13, 2017

Hi Mary-Anne. We're sorry to hear you are experiencing issues with our app. Have you tried re-installing the app? If that doesn't work, please contact our Customer Care team who will be happy to assist. Thank you for your patience. We are committed to getting you back into reading.

Makayla Burke July 3, 2017

I love everything about kobo. I've been using it on my phone and reading with my kobo ereaders for the last 2 years and even though it doesn't replace physical books for me, I usually choose it when I'm on the go over carrying the weight of the physical copy throughout the day. I love how it generates book reccomendations and the night read that's available on the aura one.

Iyke Onka July 20, 2017

I just love everything about this app... Seamless and very easy to use... I can read with study aids like the highlight and note features... I can easily purchase, store and access my entire library anytime and anywhere... The app is also very stable... Not a single crash since I started using it and that's almost 2 years now... My account is synced on all my devices... So I can start reading on my tablet and continue later on my desktop or smartphone at the exact point I stopped on my tablet, with all my highlights and notes synced... Awesome... 5-Star app...

Johnny Mercier July 1, 2017

STILL no adjustable margins?! Come on, Kobo! Other reading apps have it implemented. How hard can it be?? It's a no-brainer!

Duane Cowdrey July 21, 2017

Signed in tried to use filters. Did not work. Contacted inside an hour by supposed scammer. Thanking me for new order I know nothing about. Using Sony Expedia signed in through fb

Randeen Dekker July 5, 2017

I'm getting a little tired of the same recommendations coming up even when I say not interested. I'm not getting many new recommendations just the same ones over and over. I emailed a few months ago to complain but got no answer. Please fix it.

Kobo eBooks July 6, 2017

Krishna Prabha Rajaram July 22, 2017

Most of my books got disappeared from this app. When I have tried to add it, it says the book is no longer available, waste of money

Tom Graham July 10, 2017

Fake $5.00 offer. I went to purchase the required item but the offer was not honoured. How do these people get away with this?

Kobo eBooks July 11, 2017

Jeremiah McLane July 11, 2017

I like this app better than Kindle app. It doesn't lag like the Kindle does on a nexus 6. The only issue I have is pre ordering. Finding the books to pre order is nigh impossible.

Helene G July 20, 2017

I love it! Easy to use and fun. As a child I always had my nose stuck in a book, I could have never fantasised reading electronically. Fantastic!

Kobo eBooks July 21, 2017

Thank you very much for your feedback, it is very much appreciated!

Kristy Benton July 2, 2017

It reads like most reader programs. I don't like that I'm unable to put books in reading order of series. That way when I open collection I don't have to figure out which is the first book or the next one.

Angela Chambers July 11, 2017

I really love this app but I don't like that I can only buy one book at a time when I use the bookstore from the app, I have to go to the kobo website to buy multiple books. I'd love for the app to have a night mode like the one on the Google play books were the white writing turns to a very light orange color so it's not so bright against the black when reading in the dark.

Peter Mason July 6, 2017

Pretty good. The pages seem spacious, even on a small screen, and the page turn is quick and fluid. I still download files to an eBook reader, but if I want to read a few pages when I haven't got my reader with me, this is a good substitute.

Geneva Guppy July 17, 2017

A few months ago I was having trouble purchasing books thought my kobo app but the problem seemed to be fixed a few weeks later. But there was an update again and it's back to giving same problem, not being able to purchase book again through the app... please fix this problem. Thank you! I love this app but I only gave it 3 stars because there is some wrong with the purchase part of it... it just keeps loading... I have notice there was a bit of a lag a few day ago but didnt think to much of it seeing as how I was able to do a purchase but now... it just keeps loading over and over again. Leaving me with just a white screen... please fix! Thank you!

Kobo eBooks May 29, 2017

Thank you for reaching out to us. We would be happy to assist you with the issues you are experiencing. Please contact us via our Facebook page through a Private Message or www.kobo.com/help by filling out our web form.

Robert Hayward July 9, 2017

Ever since the last update I have not been able to read any of my books. I have a problem with this as I have paid for them and they won't even load up.

Kobo eBooks July 10, 2017

Mario July 12, 2017

Dejó de entrar directamente a la última página que habías leído... No obstante, han realizado mejoras sustanciales (empezando por el resaltado de líneas, que ahora se ve bien sobre cualquier tema: noche, sepia, etc.).. ¡Están escuchando a sus usuarios!, ¡bien!.Hoy es mi lector predilecto a pesar del detalle que mencioné más arriba.

Robin Goodfellow Malamud July 15, 2017

So I downloaded the newest version of the app and it won't let me sign in successfully, so I cannot access my library at all.

Kobo eBooks July 17, 2017

John Kmet July 10, 2017

I don't read too many books but every now and then I get the urge. Kobo has been my goto app for ebooks for years. I have never considered another app for this purpose as it has everything I need. I love the fact you can switch between night and day modes. Kobo will always be my first choice when it comes to reading on a digital device.

Nicole Tay July 15, 2017

Like that the interface is quite easy to use but would like to be able to add and remove all books from collections and once finished reading is considered done and you are given the option if you would like to reread and start again. Also would like to be able to purchase multiple book at one time. Currently I am inly able to purchase one at a time.

Lucas MacDonald July 4, 2017

I loved this app when it worked, but now it will not allow me to sign in. I am unable to access any of my content through this app if it doesn't allow me to sign into my account.

Kobo eBooks July 5, 2017

Robert Meijer July 2, 2017

I feel stupid for saying it, but I really miss the old blue icon.

Andy Buckle July 6, 2017

After signing up they spam you. Have to use kobo, as not much supports epub3. Also nags you to review. The thumbs down suggests they will take feedback. They then auto-reply your email saying they don't take feedback by email.

Kobo eBooks July 6, 2017