The eBook Reader Blog

A couple weeks ago I posted an article asking if Kobo will release any new ereaders this fall, and a surprising number of people are hoping for a new Kobo Mini. This isn’t the first time this h...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2023/09/08/kobo-customers-are-calling-for-a-new-kobo-mini/

Last month Kobo started sending out emails notifying customers about how they will no longer be supporting some older Kobo devices and Kobo apps after February 28th, 2019. The Kobo Mini is one of...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2019/02/06/will-the-kobo-mini-still-be-supported-after-february-28th/

Kobo has started sending out emails to customers that purchased older Kobo devices and those with Sony Readers that have access to the Kobo store about an upcoming change that will be taking effe...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2019/01/29/older-kobo-devices-require-update-kobo-ending-support-for-sony-readers-kobo-mini/

When you look at Kobo’s current lineup of ebook readers, it feels like there’s something missing at the lower end of the price scale. They used to offer the Kobo Touch 2.0 for $89, which was ...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2018/02/21/too-bad-kobo-never-released-a-kobo-mini-2/

Kobo has started advertising a limited time offer on their homepage for the Kobo Mini. It’s a bundle package deal where you can get the Kobo Mini for $49 and it comes with a free grey sleepcove...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2015/11/03/kobo-mini-back-for-limited-time-comes-with-free-sleepcover/

Last month Kobo released a software update for their line of E Ink ebook readers, version 3.5.0. Now Kobo has already released another new update, and somehow it has jumped all the way up to vers...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2014/08/28/new-software-update-3-8-0-released-for-kobo-ereaders/

A necropost over at MobileRead led me to an interesting project that I hadn’t seen before involving a Kobo Mini and some major hacking. Over at The post GoFly Turns Kobo Mini into Tactical Glid...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2014/06/16/gofly-turns-kobo-mini-into-tactical-glide-computer-for-xc-pilots-video/

Awhile ago I came across a really cool hack that enables multi-touch on Kobo ebook readers that normally don’t support multi-touch. I know it works on the Kobo Aura HD and Kobo Glo because I’...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2014/05/06/kobo-ebook-readers-how-to-enable-multi-touch-video/

The Kindle DX isn’t the only ebook reader that has gone missing recently. The Kobo Mini has also seemingly been discontinued, without a word as to why. A complete opposite of the large-screen K...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2014/04/29/the-kobo-mini-appears-to-have-been-quietly-discontinued/

Somewhere along the line, and it wasn’t too recently because I can recall seeing it a few weeks ago, the Kobo Mini received what appears to be a permanent price drop down from $79 to $59. Thatâ...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2013/11/13/kobo-mini-gets-a-price-drop-is-it-being-phased-out/

There’s a little-known trick to expand the available storage space on Kobo ebook readers, including the Kobo Aura HD, the Kobo Glo, Kobo Mini, and Kobo Touch (sorry the Kobo Aura is left out). ...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2013/10/08/how-to-expand-internal-storage-of-kobo-ebook-readers-video/

Kobo’s ebook readers have settings for customizing line spacing and margins, but there are annoying limitations at times, especially when it comes to all the wasted space Kobo insists on using ...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2013/09/30/kobo-patcher-removes-wasted-space-with-extra-margin-settings-for-kobo-ereaders/

I came across an interesting trick at MobileRead the other day for Kobo’s line of E Ink ebook readers—the Kobo Glo, Kobo Mini, Kobo Touch, and Kobo Aura HD—to get them to display white text...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2013/07/05/how-to-enable-night-mode-white-text-black-background-on-kobo-ereaders/

It appears that Barnes and Noble’s recent epidemic of fire sales on the Nooks is catching. Kobo is joining in on the fun by offering their Kobo Mini ebook reader for an all-time low price of $3...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2013/06/20/kobo-mini-on-sale-for-39-in-the-us-and-canada/

If you’ve read any of my reviews for Kobo eReaders lately, the Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo, and Kobo Aura HD, you’ll notice that I complain a lot about how Kobo chooses to format ebooks. My main issu...

https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2013/06/17/kobo-ereader-tip-calibre-settings-for-minimizing-wasted-space/