Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks
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Join millions of readers across the globe and access your very own portable reading library. Take your bookshelf on the go. With over 8 million eBooks and audiobooks to choose from, there’s something for every type of reader or listener.
Discover unlimited reading and listening when you subscribe with Kobo Plus. Access over 1.5 million eBooks and 150,000 audiobooks with a subscription that’s right for you. With all your books together, the Kobo reading app is all you need to read and listen at home or on the go.
The Kobo App allows you to browse our growing collection of the world's best ereader for ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, comics and children's books: enjoy instantly on your smartphone or tablet.
Search by author, title, topic or genre to discover your next great read, or browse Kobo’s free ebook selection to discover a new favourite. Read and listen to your favourite stories with a digital library in the palm of your hand.
Take a look at our most popular and trending eBooks, updated hourly!
The Kobo App makes reading even more comfortable and convenient:
• Customize the way you read books. Enjoy crisp, clear text in the size and style you prefer. Try Night Mode to make reading ebooks easier on your eyes before bedtime and lock the book screen in portrait or landscape mode.
• Our beautiful, easy-to-use player makes it simple for you to move through your audiobook and listen with a single touch. Never worry about losing your spot and see how much listening time is left at a glance. Schedule your book to turn off after a set amount of time—perfect for listening before going to sleep.
• Discover 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 book.
• Subscribe to Kobo Plus Read for only $9.99 a month, and access hundreds of thousands of all-you-can-read eBooks and audiobooks.
• Start reading on one device and pick up on another. The Kobo App always remembers where you left off, so you can keep reading your books across all your devices.
• Access your ereader and read in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese or Japanese.
Find us on social media!
https://www.facebook.com/Kobo
https://www.instagram.com/kobobooks
https://twitter.com/kobo
**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.
Discover unlimited reading and listening when you subscribe with Kobo Plus. Access over 1.5 million eBooks and 150,000 audiobooks with a subscription that’s right for you. With all your books together, the Kobo reading app is all you need to read and listen at home or on the go.
The Kobo App allows you to browse our growing collection of the world's best ereader for ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, comics and children's books: enjoy instantly on your smartphone or tablet.
Search by author, title, topic or genre to discover your next great read, or browse Kobo’s free ebook selection to discover a new favourite. Read and listen to your favourite stories with a digital library in the palm of your hand.
Take a look at our most popular and trending eBooks, updated hourly!
The Kobo App makes reading even more comfortable and convenient:
• Customize the way you read books. Enjoy crisp, clear text in the size and style you prefer. Try Night Mode to make reading ebooks easier on your eyes before bedtime and lock the book screen in portrait or landscape mode.
• Our beautiful, easy-to-use player makes it simple for you to move through your audiobook and listen with a single touch. Never worry about losing your spot and see how much listening time is left at a glance. Schedule your book to turn off after a set amount of time—perfect for listening before going to sleep.
• Discover 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 book.
• Subscribe to Kobo Plus Read for only $9.99 a month, and access hundreds of thousands of all-you-can-read eBooks and audiobooks.
• Start reading on one device and pick up on another. The Kobo App always remembers where you left off, so you can keep reading your books across all your devices.
• Access your ereader and read in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese or Japanese.
Find us on social media!
https://www.facebook.com/Kobo
https://www.instagram.com/kobobooks
https://twitter.com/kobo
**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.
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Ratings and reviews
3.7
229K reviews
David Mowry
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September 15, 2025
Used to be a great app. Since the last update though, it's very hard to use. The links for footnotes no longer appear to work. When you open a book, it automatically turns the screen brightness up to maximum, which makes it almost impossible to look at because it's so bright. You can't turn the brightness down either because it somehow overrides the phone settings. None of the settings seem to allow you to change any of this and re-installing it didn't do anything.
26 people found this review helpful
Kobo Books
September 15, 2025
Hello! We are sorry to hear that you are having this experience with the Kobo app. Please try to repair your account. To receive further support, please provide photos or videos through a message on our Facebook page or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help. Thank you so much!
Arnie
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October 8, 2025
*I did that yesterday and now it's back to doing the same thing. I was just in the middle of re listening to one of my books and it crashed and skipped to the end of the book. Not very impressed... Every time I listen to my audiobooks after the initial listen, it never holds the audio in the right spot. It'll jump way back or way ahead. It also will just crash randomly after listening for a while and won't restart in the last spot you were at. It's also a pain to be able to buy the audiobooks.
Kobo Books
October 8, 2025
Hello. This is not the experience we want for you to have. If you need further assistance, please contact the support team via Facebook or chat. http://kobo.com/help so we could address the issue.
A Jean
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October 24, 2025
Barely any app settings. App is essentially a tracker. Adobe DRM offical export should work but is no longer supported so you have to either use this terrible app or lose access to purchased items. Needless to say I will never buy their product or their reader after this horrible experience. pop-ups abound! You can't turn anything off. They load your device with trackers. I hate Kobo enough that Rakuten will not see a dime from me ever again. Please use literally anything else.
Kobo Books
October 24, 2025
Thank you for your feedback. We truly apologize for the inconvenience. Please be assured that we will notate of your concern in order to enhance the app's functionality. Any other help, please do not hesitate to contact us through our official Facebook page, or by reaching out to our support team at www.kobo.com/help.
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About the developer
Rakuten Kobo Inc
sarnold@kobo.com
150 John St
Toronto, ON M5V 3E3
Canada
+1 416-302-2268
