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Oh Happy Friday, Boils and Ghouls! 💀

I’m so glad you’re back here again for another frightful weekend of chit-chats and ghoulishness… and you just happen to be right on time to meet a very special guest tonight 🙊

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Meet Libra ♎

My new eReader!

I’ve decided that I’m keeping the name Libra as it also happens to be my horoscope and feels like it suits the device well… my balance of writing and reading 🤓

At the moment, I still haven’t purchased the Kobo Stylus 2, but I’m definitely planning on getting it soon for annotating eBooks and journaling in the summer months!

Wanna see a really cool feature you can do with the Kobo Libra? 👀

Then keep scrolling…

Custom Cover Art 🎨

Instead of having the last book you’ve read on the front, you can actually create your own customized cover art and add it to your screensaver folder on your Kobo 🤯

It was really easy to do and took only a few minutes to edit/adjust the sizing TIP: make sure your resolution is 1264×1680 for the Libra to fill the screen!

My XP With Libra 🗒️

Positives 📈

I’m finding it actually easier to read longer books (both physically and psychologically) as I’m not as intimidated by the amount of pages or whether it will only be available in hardcover (which is just not my jam atm 🙈)

Also, it’s incredibly travel friendly as you’re able to take numerous books with you, anywhere you’d like, AND like previously stated, you get to customize the cover to be however you wish & the User Interface for the Kobo Libra Colour is just super sleek.

With a smooth, paper-feel to the screen, easy to use buttons and weighted perfectly to be easily held without fatigue- it’s the best purchase I’ve made for my continuous reading habits!

Neutrals 😐

I am very grateful that I’m able to check out local library ebooks using Overdrive, however I really wish it used the Libby app over Overdrive 🙈 I’m a big fan of Libby’s User Interface and honestly prefer it over Overdrive’s, but hey, beggars cannot be choosers when it comes to what options are available!

Up Next to Explore 🔬

I still haven’t gotten a chance to explore Kobo PLUS and on my initial impression, it didn’t amaze me like I thought it would… I’m very glad I received a free trial, but the categories were vague and of course, just not that friendly to horror lovers (e.g., there’s no way to search just for Horror genre)

… Oh, I still haven’t discovered how to use the Audiobook/Bluetooth sync feature yet, but… in time 🙈

✨ NetGalley UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE ✨

NetGalley now has the Send to Kobo feature so if you’re a Kobo user- you must run to the site to browse all of the newly available Kobo compatible ARCs 🤩

Also check out
Ramblings of an over-caffeinated nerd‘s blog post discussing the update… as you can tell, we are truly over the moon excited to have this feature available again to Kobo Users 😍

‘Send to Kobo’ Option added to NetGalley

Do you use an eReader – and if so, is it a Kindle or Kobo?

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Drop a ♎ if you’ve read this far, and if you also own a Kobo Libra Colour, please let me know about your personal experiences in the comments below 👀

Until we meet again,

Do you read eBooks?