Kobo

Canadian e-reader brand

Kobo is a brand of e-readers and digital reading platform, competing with Amazon's Kindle.

The company, originally Canadian, offers devices and an ecosystem for purchasing and reading ebooks: I downloaded the novel to my Kobo. (Lowercase kobo is Nigerian currency.)

ereader

Kindle

Electronic reading tablet

ebookDownloadable text file
digitalOf discrete data
deviceConstructed tool or machine

tablet · touchscreen · e-ink · reading · library · download · Amazon · Rakuten

brand

Canadian

North American northerner

platformRaised flat structure
ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
appMobile device software

store · subscription

Categories

ebooksebooks, PDF, Kindle, Nook, Apple Books
biblioteca digitalebooks, PDF, documentos, Kindle, Google Books
digital readingKindle, e-book, digital copy, Apple Books, digital textbook
Ebook IndustryAmazon, Kindle, Nook, Apple Books, pdf
lecteurCD player, DVD player, cassette player, record player, e-reader
E-Ink Teche-ink, e-paper, Kindle, Nook, paperwhite

Opposites

e-reader market competition

KoboKindle

Electronic reading tablet

Amazon Kindle · Amazon · Nook

reading format

Kobopaper book

Non-digital bound publication

hardcover · paperback

ecosystem openness

KoboKindle

Electronic reading tablet

closed ecosystem · walled garden

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G