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kobobooks@kobobooks· 22d

Always a winner with my Kobo by my side 🏆🎊

Lamine Yamal and his brother Keyne sit together on a stage after the World Cup final, surrounded by gold confetti. Keyne holds both the trophy and a soccer ball. The word "Me" appears above Yamal and "My Kobo" above Keyne, with "Tracking my reads on StoryGraph" and "Borrowing library books" labeling the trophy and ball.

Keyne, in a red and navy soccer jersey and white pants, lies on grass covered in gold confetti, arm outstretched. Caption reads "When the entire series is on Kobo Plus."

Keyne, wearing an oversized red championship cap, stands on the field with Lamine Yamal and a teammate behind him. Caption reads "How I pull up to the cottage knowing I brought my entire library with me but didn't overpack."

Two-panel image of Lamine Yamal and his brother Keyne on a confetti-covered stage after the World Cup final. In the top panel, Yamal holds the trophy while Keyne reaches for something behind him with a ball in his lap; in the bottom panel, Keyne is grabbing the trophy from Yamal's hands. Top caption reads "Me using my Kobo Remote," bottom caption reads "My bestie after pointing behind me and shouting, 'Look!'"

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jul 2

The imaginative worlds of Jennifer L. Armentrout are available on Kobo Plus, now including The Wicked Trilogy and The Covenant Series ⚔️🥀 Find them all at kobo.com/plus 🖤

Green promotional graphic reading "This summer, begin new adventures with stories from The Wicked Trilogy," showing three book covers by Jennifer L. Armentrout: Wicked, Torn, and Brave, with the hashtag #thekobolife.

Green promotional graphic titled "The Covenant Series" showing five book covers by Jennifer L. Armentrout: Half-Blood, Pure, Deity, Apollyon, and Sentinel, with the hashtag #thekobolife.

Green promotional graphic titled "The Blood and Ash series" showing six book covers by Jennifer L. Armentrout: From Blood and Ash, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, The Crown of Gilded Bones, The War of Two Queens, A Soul of Ash and Blood, and The Primal of Blood and Bone, with the hashtag #thekobolife.

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 29

Ready to level up your reading life? 😎 Read on Kobo. Track on StoryGraph. Here's how to set it up! To learn more 👉 help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/art...

Screenshot of the Kobo account menu with "Integrations" circled in red. Text reads: "Ready to sync? Go to kobo.com > My Account > Integrations"

Screenshot of the Kobo Integrations page showing The StoryGraph with a "Connect" button circled in red. Text reads: "Connect your account"

Screenshot of The StoryGraph login screen with email and password fields. Text reads: "Sign in or create your StoryGraph account"

Screenshot of the Kobo Integrations page showing The StoryGraph as connected with a "Disconnect" option, above a red confetti illustration. Text reads: "You're all set!"

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 29

We’re thrilled to announce that Kobo and @thestorygraph.com have officially partnered to bring you a seamless, automated reading experience 🥳 Head to your Kobo account settings to link your accounts, and start syncing your sessions today 💫

Rakuten Kobo and The StoryGraph logos above a photo of a smartphone showing StoryGraph stats, a Kobo e-reader, and a laptop on a wooden surface. Text reads: "The partnership you were waiting for is live!"

A hand holding a smartphone displaying an ebook, next to a laptop showing a StoryGraph reading stats chart. Text reads: "Read on Kobo. Track on StoryGraph. Your reading progress now syncs automatically."

Screenshot of a StoryGraph reading list showing two books marked as currently reading. Text reads: "Your progress now auto-syncs across Kobo and StoryGraph"

Rakuten Kobo and The StoryGraph logos with red arrow doodles. Text reads: "Want to learn more? Discover FAQs at kobo.com/storygraph"

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 27

Why don't we take this offline? 🏖️ Summer reading vibes are giving peak reading engagement. 📸: @tessturnspages @ohmybookstagram

[Image description: A carousel of Kobo eReaders in different summer settings.
Image 1: A Kobo Clara Colour in black with a Kobo Sleep Cover on it sitting on a yellow beach towel next to sunscreen and body oil.

Image 2: A Kobo Libra Colour in black next to a bowl of refreshing pasta salad, both poolside.

Image 3: A Kobo Libra Colour in white displaying Tropesick by Lauren Okie is stacked on top an open paperback. Both lay on a fuzzy blanket, with a iced coffee and bookmark beside.

Image 4: A Kobo Libra Colour displaying Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke held in front of a blooming tree.]

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 25

Last night, we gathered to celebrate the winners of Rakuten Kobo's 2026 Emerging Writer's Prize. 🥂 Major congratulations to our winners: 📖 The Finest Hotel in Kabul by @Lyse.Doucet 📖 The Sapling by @MarcBendavid 📖 We Used To Live Here by @Marcus_Kliewer

[Image description: A carousel announcing the winners for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.

Image 4: A Kobo Libra Colour in white with the cover of The Finest Hotel In Kabul opened. Text under reads ‘NonFiction Winner - The Finest Hotel In Kabul by Lyse Doucet’

Image 2: A Kobo Libra Colour in white with the cover of The Sapling opened. Text under reads ‘Literary Fiction Winner - The Sapling by Marc Bendavid’

Image 3: A Kobo Libra Colour in white with the cover of We Used To Live Here opened. Text under reads ‘Speculative Fiction Winner - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer’

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 25

Readers, are you ready? 📖 Don't miss out on book deals all summer long, thanks to our friends at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Canada! Find new drops, each week, here: tinyurl.com/3uadce4v

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 23

Warmer weather means more outdoor reading adventures ☀️ For all your summer escapes, near or far, start the season off right with up to $30 off select eReaders, including our Libra Colour 🍉 kobo.com/ereaders?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=start-of-summer

Two Kobo e-readers beside a straw beach bag, watermelon slice, folded towels, and red sunglasses on a yellow background with a “Save up to $30” badge.

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 18

If you don't know what you're doing this weekend, now you do 📚 #StopThatTrain

[Image description: A carousel of images from the new movie Stop! That! Train!

Slide 1: RuPaul in a leather and gold embellished pilot jumpsuit standing in a plane next to 2 smiling flight attendants. Text reads ‘Me - My Kobo Plus Account - OverDrive/Libby’

Slide 2: The 2 flight attendants looking at something in disgust. Text reads ‘When someone doesn’t trust my book recs’

Slide 3: 2 other flight attendants giving someone the side eye. Text reads ‘When bestie didn’t come prepared to the book club’

Slide 4: RuPaul sitting at the desk the oval office wearing a pink blazer and cheetah print top, a secret service agent stands on the right. Text reads ‘When it’s my turn to host the book club’]

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 18

How do you like to get your heart rate up? 💌 Romance: Stirrup Some Trouble by Julianne Baclayanto OR 🔍 Mystery: Cold Water by Julienne Brouwers Two new Kobo Originals available now on Kobo Plus 📚 www.kobo.com/ca/en?utm_so...

Book cover of Stirrup Some Trouble by Julianne Baclayanto, displayed on a Kobo e-reader. Text reads: "She's a scandalous socialite looking for cover. He's a cynical rancher looking for a lifeline. Trouble just found its match." New Release Available in Kobo Plus.

Book cover of Cold Water by Julienne Brouwers, displayed on a Kobo e-reader. Text reads: "Behind every empire, there's a body. And a web of deceit." New Release Available in Kobo Plus.

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 16

Are you one of the good guys? 🫢 Tune into the Kobo In Conversation podcast to hear author Sharon Bala discuss her latest book, Good Guys, about what happens when you try to change the world for all the wrong reasons. 🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts!

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 5

Happy Pride Month! Celebrate Pride with these reading recs ❤️ What's on your TBR? Find more stories to fall in love with here 🌈 www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/prid...

Pink background with the heading "Litfic for your summer TBR" in dark pink text. Three book covers are displayed: John of John by Douglas Stuart (Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, Oprah's Book Club pick); The Summer Boy by Philippe Besson (author of Lie With Me); and Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.

Pink background with the heading "Love stories to give you all the feels" in dark pink text. Three book covers are displayed: The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar; Nothing Heals Me Like You Do by Harper Bliss; and Pole Position by Rebecca J. Caffery, with the tagline "May the best man win..."

Pink background with the heading "Quirky and darkly comedic reads" in dark pink text. Three book covers are displayed: Canon by Paige Lewis; Is This A Cry For Help? by Emily Austin (author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead); and Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (author of Detransition, Baby), a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Pink background with the heading "eBooks for the mystical and mysterious" in dark pink text. Three book covers are displayed: You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White; When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-Yi Lee; and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue).

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 3

Biking to the park just to read in the sunshine is a top-tier summer mood! 🌞 Happy World Bicycle Day! If you need a sign to head outside with your Kobo today, this is it. Dive into Peak of Danger by @melissawilliamswrites, a #KoboOriginals title newly available on Kobo Plus!

kobobooks@kobobooks· Jun 2

Congratulations to all of the authors! Get to know our finalists and judges here 👉 www.kobo.com/media-hub/ra... Winners will be announced June 24, 2026.

Promotional graphic for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize on a dark red rounded rectangle against a light pink background. A white laurel wreath badge with three stars sits above the text "Meet the Shortlist" in white serif font. The hashtag #KoboEWP appears at the bottom.

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize shortlist for Literary Fiction, judged by Souvankham Thommavongsa. Six book covers are arranged in a two-by-three grid on a pink background: The Pugilist and the Sailor by Nadia Ragbar, Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang, Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive, The Sapling by Marc Bendavid, Still by Joanna Cockerline, and Favourite Daughter by Morgan Dick.

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize shortlist for Nonfiction, judged by Kate Harris. Six book covers are arranged in a two-by-three grid on a pink background: Till We Meet Again by Brandon Marriott, Story of Your Mother by Chantal Braganza, The Lobster Trap by Greg Mercer, The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet, The Work of Our Hands by Adrian Sutherland, and Arctic Predator by Kathleen Lippa.

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize shortlist for Speculative Fiction, judged by Natalie Zina Walschots. Six book covers are arranged in a two-by-three grid on a pink background: A Seal of Salvage by Clayton B. Smith, We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer, These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma, How It Works Out by Myriam Lacroix, The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor, and Hollow Bamboo by William Ping.

kobobooks@kobobooks· May 26

Not ready to leave Briar U? 🏒🥅

11:57 AMClaude responded: A promotional graphic for Kobo Plus featuring book covers from the Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy, including The Deal in the foreground.A promotional graphic for Kobo Plus featuring book covers from the Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy, including The Deal in the foreground. Text reads: "Read the Off-Campus series that inspired the show." Available in Kobo Plus.

kobobooks@kobobooks· May 22

Can't get enough of your favourite stories? Check out our drama and eBook pairings in collaboration with Viki to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 🩵❤️ #AsianPacificIslanderHeritageMonth #TheKoboLife More books we love 👉 www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/asia...

Promotional graphic for Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a collaboration between Rakuten Kobo and Viki. Title reads "Stories that bring us together: Shows & eBook Pairings." Three Kobo e-readers display book covers: The Poet Empress by Shen Tao, The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee, and It's Different This Time by Joss Richard. Background features two characters in traditional Chinese costume from the drama The Long Ballad.

Rakuten Kobo and Viki pairing card for fans of "Revenge, war politics, slow-burn romance." Featured Book: The Poet Empress by Shen Tao—In a collapsing empire where magic is tied to poetry and forbidden to women, Wei enters the palace as a concubine to save her family and secretly learns to wield forbidden power. Recommended Watch: The Long Ballad (China · Historical, Romance)—An ambitious general captures a princess seeking revenge for her family's deaths; they must work together and may find love.

Rakuten Kobo and Viki pairing card for fans of "Amnesia, espionage, hidden conspiracies." Featured Book: The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee—Legendary samurai Isako takes one final job that pulls her into corporate warfare and a confrontation with her past that could change everything she knows. Recommended Watch: The Veil (Korea · Action, Thriller & Suspense)—A top secret agent betrayed and left for dead by a teammate returns to identify the traitor and settle the score.

kobobooks@kobobooks· May 22

Rakuten Kobo and Viki pairing card for fans of "Childhood bonds, first love, and emotional reunions." Featured Book: It's Different This Time by Joss Richard—June returns to New York after her career falls apart and is tied to her estranged former best friend through a shared inheritance, forcing them to confront old feelings and unresolved history. Recommended Watch: Last Summer (Korea · Romance, Drama)—After tragedy strikes, an identical twin must break the news to his childhood friend while reckoning with their complex past.

Rakuten Kobo and Viki pairing card for fans of "Second chances, first love." Featured Book: Just Friends by Haley Pham—Blair and Declan were inseparable until a moment of romance broke their friendship apart; four years later they reunite in their hometown with everything unresolved. Recommended Watch: Serendipity's Embrace (Korea · Romance, Drama)—An animation producer who doesn't believe in love is reunited with her former high school flame after a decade apart.

Rakuten Kobo and Viki pairing card for fans of "Supernatural romances, haunted worlds." Featured Book: Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao—Hana inherits a hidden Tokyo pawnshop that trades in life choices, only to find it ransacked and her father missing on her first day. Recommended Watch: Hotel Del Luna (Korea · Fantasy, Romantic Comedy)—A cursed hotel CEO meets her match when a perfectionist manager is bound by an ancient deal to run her supernatural establishment.

kobobooks@kobobooks· May 19

Kobo x @thestorygraph.com is almost here! Here's everything you need to know 📚🐛

kobobooks@kobobooks· May 19

It's official 🤭 you've been asking for this and we heard you loud and clear... Kobo 🤝 @thestorygraph.com coming your way next month!

kobobooks@kobobooks· May 7

Last chance for this deal 🌸 The Kobo Libra Colour is currently $30 off! kobo.com/kobolibracolour?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialpost&utm_campaign=mothersday

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 30

Kobo is a spring must-have — Miranda Priestly would approve 👠💐 This Mother’s Day, enjoy $30 off the Kobo Libra Colour and complete the look with our limited-edition Collector Cases (while stock lasts) 💝 kobo.com/ereaders?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=mothersday

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 29

Our #KoboContest is back! 🙌 Take the This or That Quiz for a chance to win bookish prizes! Sign into your Kobo account to get started! VIP members get 5 extra entries ✨ authorize.kobo.com/Signin?retur... This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Bluesky.

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 27

Are you thinking what we think you're thinking? $30 off on the Kobo Libra Colour from now until May 7th! 🌷 kobo.com/kobolibracol...

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 24

Just in time for Mother's Day and spring, limited-edition Collector Cases for your Kobo Libra Colour and Kobo Claras are now exclusively available on kobo.com 🌼🌸💐 #TheKoboLife *CA/US/UK only

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 23

PSA: Canadian stories up to 80% off on the Kobo book store today!! Which colour are you choosing?

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 23

Happy World Book Day 📚🌎 At Kobo, our book love runs deep — so we asked a few teammates to share their all-time favourites. Think comfort reads, life-changing pages, and the stories they’ll never stop recommending. Now it’s your turn: what’s a book that means the world to you?

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 21

A fresh new look for your next chapter 🌸🌿 Our brand new Collector Cases are coming soon, featuring bright florals for spring. Act fast for this Kobo Exclusive Drop happening April 24th at 10AM EST! #TheKoboLife #eReader #Bookstagram

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 19

We had such a great day at BookCon yapping about reading with our fellow booklovers❣️📚 So many of you were stoked to see Kobo eReader in person, plus our "Busy reading on my Kobo" hats were a definitely a fan favourite! 🤭

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 14

We're coming to New York! 🍎 @BookCon is back and we're going to be there at Booth 537, Hall 3! Come hang out, enjoy some cozy bookish vibes, and experience our eReaders and accessories. BTW, you could also potentially win an eReader bundle 😍 See you this weekend! #TheKoboLife #BookCon2026

kobobooks@kobobooks· Apr 8

Pssst... we have news! 📢 Where are our US book lovers at? 📚 We are so excited to bring our device lineup to you for an up-close-and-personal look at BookCon 2026 in NYC!! Plus, there might be some extra special goodies or discounts or more. Visit us to know more. See you there! 👀