A New World of Social Reading.

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• Feel The Life Of The Book!

  The Kobo Pulse indicator gets larger and brighter as you reach pages with more comments and reader activity.

• Get More Out Of Reading

  Follow conversations and see what other readers thought of what you just read.

• Join the Conversation!

  Share your ideas liking, disliking and adding comments on passages and books, and even comments made by other readers.

• A Great Finish

  Rate and review the book you just read and share to Facebook. Read the reviews of other readers. Plus, receive recommendations for your next great read!

• Watch the Friends video

  Connect with the Reading Life of Your Facebook Friends!

  • Check out friends' libraries and
    their current reads.

  • View and compare your friends'
    Reading Life and stats.

  • Invite more friends with just one tap.

  • Currently available for iPad only.

• Coming Soon - Share Even More!

  • Let Kobo automatically add all activity to your Facebook feed.

  • A great way to share your passion for reading!

Earn Awards by Reading

Awards help celebrate fun milestones in your Reading Life. Earn an award for starting a new book, reading through the night, sharing a passage and more.

Learn more about our awards below.

All Reading Life Awards

Track your Stats with Reading Life

Ever wondered how long it takes to read a book? How much of your library you've read?

Your Reading Statistics are a tally of your library and reading acitivity - a way for you to learn more about yourself and your reading habits.

• Reading Times

  Newspaper in the morning, novels before bedtime, or both?

  When is your prime reading time?

• On Average

  Speed reader or slow but steady?

  20 minutes on the train to work, or hours curled up on the couch with your latest favourite?

• Completed

  The average person reads less than 100 books in their lifetime.

  How many have you read?

Almost 5 Million People Read with Kobo:

• Shop over 2.5 million books, newspapers and magazines.

• Download over 1 million free titles.

• Borrow books from your local library - for free!

• #1 eReading App for Android™

• Industry-first, consumer-loved social reading experience.

• Own your books for life! Read your Kobo books on any open standard device and bring your books to a growing number of Kobo eReading Apps.

• Free Kobo eReading apps for smartphones, tablets and computers - Kobo automatically saves your place and syncs your bookmarks across devices.

• iPad
• iPhone
• Android
• Kobo eReader Touch Edition