I got the Libra Color awhile back. I rediscovered my love of reading. Chewed through dozens of Star Trek books (some are quite good!). And a comic, which surprised me with the color and resolution the Libra offered.

The store seems to work well and the prices are pretty cheap, but you can also load them manually through something like Calibre if you already have a collection of ebooks.

I love how thin and light it is. I originally thought the small size would be a downside, but being able to fit it almost anywhere has made it great for plane/train rides or any kind of trip.

The battery lasts quite a long time, though it seems to discharge quickly if you don't use it for a while.

I think my favorite part is that it's just super intuitive. It feels purpose-built and does everything in the way I expect it to.

Overall, highly recommend. Very good product.

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pull_my_finger 2 days ago | parent [-]

How did the comic handle on your Libra? I use an older Clara BnW and it really struggles with graphic heavy pdfs - slow page changing etc.

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seam_carver 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I am the developer of an app where its main purpose is to optimize file size and page turn performance of comics/manga on low-powered ereaders like Kobo: https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc

	▲	kmfrk 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That looks amazing! I've been thinking to move to Kobo as well with iBooks feeling like abandonware, and it's also been interesting to see community projects like Nico Verbruggen's typesetting fixes for ebooks[1][2]. Honestly, seeing your fixes and his, makes me more excited about potentially getting one with all the tuning possible. Time to wait and see if anything new gets announced at IFA. [1]: https://nicoverbruggen.be/blog/kobo-typesetting-fixes [2]: https://www.youtube.com/@NicoVerbruggen/videos
	▲	themadturk 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Thanks! I'll be looking at this very soon. I'd heard of it, but hadn't ever looked its features.

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Night_Thastus 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As far as I remember it handled it fine. I think the page turn transitions were slightly slower, but not in a way that hurt the reading experience.

I think those are CBZ/CBR archives, which should hold ordinary image files (JPEG/PNG) within. I'm not sure on the details though.

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illwrks 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As far as I'm aware, the colour screen devices have two processors, so that probably accounts for the real difference in processing speed.

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chocochunks 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Libra Colour has a much better chipset than previous Kobo devices. It is very usable for PDF.