Kobo’s spring 2025 update on new features and fixes

Shopping for books at Kobo.com

New Shopping Cart: redesigned for fast getaways and sharp turns

Our new Shopping Cart is both easier to use and faster than ever.

And if after filling your cart you have a sudden change of heart* you can now lighten your load in an instant with “remove all”. This is still rolling out to all storefronts, so if it’s not yet showing up in your cart, sit tight as we roll it out from test markets to all Kobo users. (If you are seeing this feature, then you might be in Malta, which we hear is beautiful this time of year).

*Happy National Poetry Month!

Accessibility info: now more accessible than ever

You’ll now find accessibility info including WCAG standards for every book available on Kobo.

Plus, you can filter searches to show only books that meet key accessibility requirements to ensure that any book you buy from Kobo is a book you can easily read.

Search filters localized for Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Brazil

Readers in Brazil, Hong Kong, and Taiwan can now use our localized search filters to find the books their friends are talking about. Precisely narrow down search results and read in the language of your best reading life.

Kobo Plus now live throughout North America – plus expansions in Asia and South America

With the launch of Kobo Plus in Mexico, our all-you-can-read subscription is now available throughout North America. Plus we’ve opened up to readers in Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.

Meanwhile in Asia, we’ve added Malaysia and Singapore to the growing list of places where readers can enjoy unlimited eBooks and audiobooks for less. Check out coverage in Singapore’s The Peak Magazine HERE.

Notable developments in annotations and highlights

Take (your) note(s)! Introducing Exportable Annotations

If the eBooks** you've read on your Kobo eReader or app are full of highlights and notes, you can now export all your annotations in any of 4 formats:

• Plain text
• PDF
• HTML
• Markdown

** As publishers opt into allowing this feature, more books will offer it. So if not all of yours do, we promise we’re working on it!

Kobo Web Reader adds annotations

All the bookmarks, highlights, and annotations you’ve made while reading are now viewable in the new Annotations list on the Kobo Web Reader.

Find out more about reading Kobo eBooks right in your browser HERE.

NetGalley gets Kobo integration

NetGalley is a platform where booksellers, librarians, and other bookishly influential folks discover new books before they’re released. And now, readers on NetGalley can use “Send to Kobo” to seamlessly deliver NetGalley books to their Kobo apps and eReaders. Because the only thing more exciting than reading a new book as soon as it comes out is reading a new book before it comes out.

Fun fact: “galley” is a term for a special printing of a book for reviewers ahead of the actual print run, also known as an “Advance Reading Copy”—as in, “in advance of publication.” Galleys are usually paperbacks and printed on a lower quality paper than what you’d expect in a first-edition hardcover. Occasionally, there’ll be changes made in the book between the galley and the final version that goes to print. That’s why galleys always include a note to reviewers to check with the publisher whether any passage they quote in their review is accurate to the final (FINAL.docx) book.