Thursday, April 6, 2023

Kobo Plus is now available in the US and UK!

Kobo Plus subscriptions are now available in the US and the UK. It was already available in France, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and New Zealand. 

Bart Robers, Kobo's director of audiobooks and global subscriptions, said in a press release on Wednesday: "At Kobo, we're always working to make the reading experience better and more accessible, and there's nothing as gratifying as saying 'read as much as you want for a set monthly fee,' which is exactly what our Kobo Plus subscription offers."

Kobo offers 1.3 million ebooks and 100,000 audiobooks for Kobo Plus subscribers. And Kobo Plus service has three subscription plans: 

  1. Kobo Plus Read - Allows you to access over 1.3 million eBooks. 
  2. Kobo Plus Listen - Allows you to access over 100,000 audiobooks. 
  3. Kobo Plus Read and Listen - Allows you to access over 1.3 million eBooks and 100,000 audiobooks.

Kobo Plus Read and Kobo Plus Listen cost $7.99 a month, and Kobo Plus Read and Listen costs $9.99 a month.  And all the content can be read or listened to on any Kobo eReader or with the Kobo app. 

Now Kobo Plus can be a strong competitor against Amazon Unlimited subscription, which costs $9.99 a month and offers more than 3 million eBooks.

Notice, both Kobo Plus and Kindle Unlimited books are not owned by you since they are just rental services. 

Bonus tips: If you need to back up your purchased Kindle and Kobo books, you can follow this step-by-step guide to remove DRM


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