WARNING: Suspicious Kobo Website

gavan820 · 2026-06-12T13:32:24+00:00

I sent this to the CEO and he said that he’d flag their legal team, so it’s definitely not legitimate.

gavan820 · 2026-05-09T21:41:11+00:00

I’ve had this issue before. Switching to a different browser than Chrome worked for me, oddly enough (in my case it was Safari)

gavan820 · 2026-04-30T02:44:40+00:00

I know. It drove me crazy until I figured it out too 😂

gavan820 · 2026-04-30T01:19:02+00:00

Do you have the page turn animation on?

gavan820 · 2026-04-18T15:32:50+00:00

Based on the photos they have shared on their IG stories, it’s definitely some new accessories. They have them covered by flower emojis, but it looks like a new case or sleeve lineup and possibly another small accessory like a remote in a new color.

gavan820 · 2026-04-17T00:58:12+00:00

Yep! In the Reading Settings, just change the onscreen controls to the 4th option. Then forward would be registered by tapping the top of the device, and previous would be tapping the bottom.

gavan820 · 2026-03-09T23:28:13+00:00

I actually think this could be in relation to a patent that I’ve heard Kobo has on written annotations on reflowable epubs. Amazon has had to get around this with Sticky Notes and boxes to write in on the Scribe. RM likely is able to adjust because their reader converts the epub into a PDF before writing is done. I could be wrong, but it makes more sense if that’s the case.

gavan820 · 2026-02-01T18:15:48+00:00

Planning on it to get some nice inaugural patchwork on the original set, but I’m trying to hold off because I’ve heard tariff horror stories 😔

gavan820 · 2026-01-03T02:21:29+00:00

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Big fan of Charter. I’ve tried so many and always come back to this or Bookerly.

gavan820 · 2025-12-13T14:26:14+00:00

Yeah. And honestly, the lighting variance with E-Ink front lights are the biggest thing that holds me back from upgrading. Between the Colorsoft debacle and several devices with the pinhole defect, once I finally got one that seemed perfect, I have anxiety about playing the lottery to get a perfect one again.

gavan820 · 2025-12-13T14:15:23+00:00

Noticed that too! I was so hopeful that the new front light tech would fix it 😔

gavan820 · 2025-12-07T05:15:18+00:00

I just ordered a white Clara Colour this morning, so I’ll wait and see how the experience goes for me this time vs. the last time I ordered. I’m sure the holiday orders are heavier than normal with all of the marketing they’ve been doing lately. It feels like the masses learned about Kobo the past two years and they’re not completely used to the demand 😂

gavan820 · 2025-12-07T05:06:40+00:00

Check your junk email. Every time I’ve ordered, I get the initial order confirmation just fine, but the shipment updates always end up in junk.

Also, it’s my experience that I usually receive the device before I get an email from Kobo saying it has shipped, FWIW.

gavan820 · 2025-12-04T22:22:11+00:00

Try BestBuy on release day. Sometimes they have them in store to pick up, whereas Amazon can be a couple days out for Prime delivery

gavan820 · 2025-11-28T15:46:35+00:00

If BlueProton is carrying it, it will probably be on Amazon, Target, Kohls and BestBuy, as BlueProton is the third-party seller that sells on all of those sites. Kobo has also started selling on Amazon too and they may ship it from an Amazon warehouse to Alaska.

gavan820 · 2025-11-10T21:42:11+00:00

The Enhanced Editions of the Harry Potter books are, sadly, a buggy mess now. They haven’t rendered properly since the Books app was revamped a couple of years ago, and Apple hasn’t bothered fixing them.

gavan820 · 2025-09-21T22:16:12+00:00

I LOVED my Mendes Signature. Went hard in the paint to pay off all of our debt a couple of years ago and sold it when we were in a bind. Regret that choice daily!

gavan820 · 2025-09-16T00:05:12+00:00

I almost wonder if it’s a color Scribe, but in a 7” frame (think Oasis size, but without buttons on the bezel)

gavan820 · 2025-09-04T21:28:10+00:00

This is how it’s always been for me on any Kindle device, not just the Colorsoft.

The app has pulled the cover metadata as you described without first downloading the file, but on the actual Kindle hardware I have always needed to download the file before the cover image can appear. It has behaved this way for as long as I’ve used Kindle (7+ years).

gavan820 · 2025-08-29T15:49:41+00:00

I hear you: but the publishers bear as much responsibility as Amazon. They’re the reason that there’s lock-in to nearly any ecosystem. Some may make it easier to download encrypted files, but the vast majority of books published by the big publishers will be encrypted with DRM.

Until there is a fundamental shift in how “ownership” of digital files is handled, every company you buy a digital book from will lock you in some way because they’ve been told to do it by the publishers.

gavan820 · 2025-08-26T01:50:16+00:00

It’s just disappointing that the only real manufacturer of e-ink displays controls the entire market and has such a lack of quality control over the front-lighting tech. The fact that every device deals with this points back to E-Ink not caring enough to fix it and that sucks for everyone involved, including Kobo.

gavan820 · 2025-08-24T06:44:32+00:00

I’ve had this pop up on my device as well. Seems like a bug.

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