Kobo Books - eBooks Audiobooks

Kobo Books

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About this app

Join millions of booklovers across the globe and access your very own portable reading world. Go shelf-less and take your reading adventures on the go. With over 5 million titles to choose from, there’s something for every type of reader and listener.

Introducing audiobooks from Kobo—our brand new expertly curated collection. Discover the best deal on audiobooks when you subscribe. You earn Kobo Super Points every purchase. With all your eBooks and audiobooks together, the Kobo App is all you need.**

The Kobo App allows you to browse our growing collection of the world's best eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, and children's books, to enjoy instantly 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.

Take a look at our most popular and trending eBooks, updated hourly!

Browse now on the Kobo website.

The Kobo App makes reading even more comfortable and convenient:

• Customize the way you read. Enjoy crisp, clear text in 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.

• Our beautifully designed, easy-to-use player makes it simple for you to move through your audiobook with a single touch. Never worry about losing your spot, and see how much time is left at a glance. Schedule it to turn off after a set amount of time—perfect for listening before going to sleep.

• Discover recommendations just for you for eBooks and audiobooks we think you’ll love. Read thousands of free eBook previews or listen to audiobook samples to help you find your next favourite.

• Start reading on one device and pick up on another. The Kobo App always remembers where you left off, so you can keep reading across all your devices.

• 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.

**Audiobooks available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. You can listen to audiobooks on smartphones and tablets running Android version 4.4 or higher.

Ratings and reviews

I find the app hard to shop, especially when I'm looking for a specific author or book. It might take several searches to figure out where the book is, even when I own it. Delivery is fine, individual prices are a little high, the reading experience is good. The subscription is lower than Kindle, but of course not as many books are available. I'm happy to support authors through this app rather than Amazon. I'm on a budget too though.

I bought some books via humblebundle that were for this platform, so I decided to try it out. I come from kindle mostly. I *love* the series view, but why aren't the books in order? The flash of the start of the previous chapter when starting the next is also a bit disruptive. I *love* the "restart" button when you go to reread a book, but occasionally it resets my progress in the middle for no known reason. Let me know when those are fixed; I like options.

The app has a major fault, it doesn't reliably stop when you stop listening. So you may come back and instead of taking up where you left off you resume hours further on. Most recently it skipped 11 hours. The book I had hardly started said it was finished. Audio quality is acceptable, but not great.

What's new

Finding books in the app is easier than ever! Try using our search filters to narrow results down to exactly what you're looking for.