Libra Colour

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Libra Colour

448 positive 8 neutral 81 negative

Based on 537 Reddit mentions

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I sold my Kobo Libra Color and got the Kobo Clara BW. I couldn't be more happier.

I'm convinced the Libra Colour is selling like it is because a lot of people hadn't used an e-reader before it. Plenty who have used b/w e-readers like yourself come to that same conclusion, that the inferior actual reading experience (KLC on right KL2 on left) isn't in any way worth seeing the book

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shokalion in r/ereader

October 13, 2025 6:56 AM

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Kobo libra colour disappointment

the price is quite high for what it offers. I paid 300 euros for a new device (without the pen) and the user experience definitely does not feel like 300 euros at all Just curious, where is it this high? I'd agree that's far too much. Official pricing in Europe seems to be €239.99. https://eu.kobobo

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dave_two_point_oh in r/ereader

December 12, 2025 9:41 PM

11

New Kindle ScribeColorsoft 2025

As far as the colors are concerned on the screen, Amazon is portraying them to be more vibrant (like an LED or LCD screen) than they actually will be on the device. It's very deceptive, but such is the company... The tech used is kaleido 3, this tech is a bit different than gallery 3 (used on the pa

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SebzMonst3r in r/RemarkableTablet

December 1, 2025 12:21 PM

9

Cool to warm gradient defect in kobo libra color.

This happened to me. I was getting a headache reading because the button side is cool and the non-button side is warm. I returned it and got a Clara BW instead. Search r/kobo and you’ll see others. From what I gather it’s fairly widespread and a lot of people just don’t notice it. Even when people p

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blackandwhitefield in r/ereader

November 20, 2025 2:07 AM

5

Best colored e-reader?

I have a Kobo libra colour and the Boox go 7 colour gen 2. I have a micro sd card filled with books and manga. My boox go 7 gen 2 is my absolute favourite. Since the last update bookcovers finally look better on the Boox than on the Kobo. It’s sleek and smaller and just a really nice device. Snappy,

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NoField9373 in r/ereader

April 27, 2026 5:49 AM

4

If you are looking for an eReader this Christmas, there is one from Europe - Pocketbook/Vivlio

Kobo is really colour-first (worse screen quality), has really buggy software and essentially requires you turn your EPUBs to their own kepub format in order to mitigate that and have extra features, unlike Pocketbook which reads them as is without issues. And the build quality/feel is horrible. Wor

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UlfhfhdraViodbdhhet in r/BuyFromEU

December 8, 2025 11:59 AM

4

Bezle color does matter!

I experience this to a greater degree with my Kobo Libra Colour because Kaleido 3 screen is already naturally grey-er than Carta 1300. Even the BW Carta 1300 at best only has about 70-80% reflectance of actual white surface and to make things worse, Kobo uses a pearly white paint for its white bezel

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blacksterangel in r/ereader

December 13, 2025 5:25 AM

4

help me choose an e-reader

If you only mostly read black and white content/text, the Clara BW is really 100% worth it over the Colour model believe me. The screen is much better for it. The colour e-ink devices have a ton of compromises; and only really properly utilised if you’re exclusively reading comics or similar and you

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Dry_Star_7532 in r/ereader

March 13, 2026 2:06 PM

3

Pocketbook Verse Pro: only 2 months and the screen froze! I'm furious!

As someone who’s had my Kobo Libra Colour completely freeze on me and had to do this, can confirm.

UlfhfhdraViodbdhhet in r/ereader

December 1, 2025 8:21 PM

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Kobo libra colour disappointment

All Kobo readers have horrible ghosting regardless of colour or non colour screen. I got no idea why since they use the same screens as everyone else. Their implementation is horrendous, first time I got a Libra 2 coming from Kindle Paperwhite I thought it was defective. I went through 10 in the sto

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BlatantHarfoot in r/ereader

December 12, 2025 9:42 PM

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