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Kobo Libra Colour

A good fit for a heavy reader who also reads comics or cookbooks, or likes to annotate.

Canadian brand

Where to buy

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Why it made our lists

  • Gifts for book loversWorth the splurge

    For a heavy reader who also reads comics or cookbooks, or likes to annotate as they go. Colour is muted compared with a tablet, and the stylus is sold separately, so add it if they write in margins.

  • Gifts from Canadian brands

    Toronto-based Kobo's waterproof colour e-reader with page buttons. For a heavy reader who also reads comics or wants to annotate. The stylus is sold separately.

  • Gifts for momOur top pick

    For the mom who reads every night and also flips through cookbooks or likes to make notes. Waterproof, with page-turn buttons and a colour screen. The stylus for annotating is sold separately.

  • Gifts for your partnerOur top pick

    For a partner who reads in bed every night and also likes comics, cookbooks or making notes. Waterproof, with page-turn buttons, so it survives the bath. The stylus for annotating is sold separately.

  • Gifts $200 and up

    A waterproof colour e-reader with page buttons, for the heavy reader who also reads comics or cookbooks. The stylus for annotating is sold separately.

What it is

A 7-inch waterproof e-reader with a colour E Ink screen, page-turn buttons and 32GB of storage. It syncs notebooks to cloud storage and supports the Kobo Stylus 2 for annotation.

A 7-inch colour e-reader with a curved grip on one side and physical page-turn buttons, so it can be held and used with one hand. The E Ink Kaleido 3 screen shows covers and highlights in muted colour, and with the Kobo Stylus 2 you can underline and write notes in books. It rotates for left or right hands, works in landscape, is waterproof and holds about 24,000 ebooks. It comes in black or white.

The details

Screen
7 in colour E Ink Kaleido 3
Storage
32 GB, about 24,000 ebooks or 150 audiobooks
Battery
2050 mAh, up to 40 days at 30 minutes a day
Waterproof
IPX8, 60 minutes in 2 m of water
Size and weight
144.6 x 161 x 8.3 mm, 199.5 g
Controls
Touchscreen plus page-turn buttons
Stylus
Works with Kobo Stylus 2

From the shop's product page, read October 3, 2026.

Worth knowing

Colour is muted compared with a tablet, and the stylus is sold separately.

Skip it for someone who already owns a library of Kindle books, since it reads Kobo store titles and open formats like EPUB.

Good for
Wife, Partner, Mom, Dad, Has everything
Interests
Books & reading, Tech & gadgets
Occasions
Christmas, Birthday

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