Kobo Cuts Libra Colour to $229.99, Reversing a $30 Price Hike
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Updated · The Verge · Jul 1
Kobo Cuts Libra Colour to $229.99, Reversing a $30 Price Hike
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jul 1
Summary
$229.99 listings at Kobo, Best Buy and Target have brought the Libra Colour back to its pre-hike price, down from $259.99 in a broader round of sales.
The discount sharpens Kobo's pitch against Amazon's $249.99 Kindle Colorsoft by undercutting it on price while matching the core appeal of a 7-inch color display and waterproof design.
32GB of storage, physical page-turn buttons and support for Kobo's Stylus 2 give the Libra Colour extra flexibility for annotations, handwritten notes and broader file-format support including EPUB.
The sale makes the Libra Colour a stronger option for readers outside Amazon's ecosystem, especially those who want light note-taking and offline article reading through Instapaper.