New features and fixes in Kobo apps and eReaders

A quick look at what’s new:

Discover your next read with Kobo Plus on iOS

• We made it easier for our Canadian customers to browse and discover Kobo Plus eBooks! You can now browse through the hundreds of thousands of books available with our all-you-can-read eBook subscription right on your Kobo app.

Audiobooks

We made some new additions for our listeners in Australia, Canada, and France.

• A new Top 10 list - See the most popular audiobooks of the week.
• Clear labels on our book lists to highlight whether they are an eBook or an audiobook; this way you can scan the page more quickly to find what you want to read or listen to.

• New credit balance reminders when you’re signed in, so you'll know when you have credits to use on your next audiobook.

Finding eBooks and audiobooks on Kobo.com

• Sub-categories can now be found on each genre category page. If you were looking for a great Fiction & Literature book they are now accessible again via this link

• We added new filters to help you narrow down your search by title, author or series, so you can find your next read faster.

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• Launched eGift cards for the United States & Taiwan.
• Updated our eGift card form to default to today's date to save you time when purchasing an eGift card.
• If you choose to cancel your audiobook subscription, you’ll find the process is more streamlined and allows you to provide your feedback more easily.

Here’s a quick look at some bugs we fixed for you:

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  • Fixed an issue where customers would see an empty shopping cart message but your purchase was successful.
  • Fixed an issue with the latest version of Chrome that prevented library downloads. You now should have no problem accessing your books!
  • Fixed issues on the reset password page.

• iOS
  • We fixed a bug where some customers were missing book lists on their home screen.

• Desktop App
  • We fixed an issue where our purchase path would crash when using our desktop app on a Mac.