First revealed on the 2026 BookCon occasion in New York final month, Kobo has introduced a variety of limited-edition “collector circumstances” with “whimsical” and colourful designs. The circumstances are, certainly, stunning, going from a leafy Inexperienced Cover choice to extra enjoyable and joyful Botanical Bliss and every design is on the market for all three 2024 ereader releases — the Kobo Libra Color, Clara BW and Clara Color.
They’re already listed for buy on the Kobo web sites within the US and the UK, and Aussies will be able to buy them from May 12 — the smaller circumstances price $29.99 / £24.99 / AU$44.95, whereas a Libra Color collector case will set you again $39.99 / £34.99 / AU$49.95.
Analysis: the Kobo Elipsa 2E just doesn’t compare any more
I make no secret of the fact that I’m partial to Kobo’s user interface, and I’d been using the Kobo Elipsa 2E since its release in 2023 as my ereader and digital notebook. At the time, I liked it so much that I called it a real Kindle Scribe contender in my Kobo Elipsa 2E review, but I replaced it with the 2nd-generation Kindle Scribe in 2025 as the latter offered me a better reading and writing experience. In fact, I find the Onyx Boox Go 10.3 a better digital notebook despite not having a frontlight.
I still love Kobo’s Advanced Notebooks, but the hard-nibbed Kobo Stylus 2 doesn’t feel as nice to use as Amazon’s Premium Pens or the many other styli that come packaged with their respective tablets. Nearly every other stylus I’ve tried, including those from ViWood, presents a smoother ballpoint pen-like expertise that you simply will not get from the Kobo Stylus 2.
The ambient mild sensor on the 2024 Kindle Scribe makes the show look brighter and the 300ppi decision places the Elipsa’s 227ppi display screen to disgrace. In reality, most 10-inch monochrome digital notebooks launched in 2025 have a 300ppi show.
There have been a number of Boox tablets launched for the reason that Elipsa 2E and whereas I am not anticipating Kobo to match that frequency — I actually hope not because the Boox units aren’t precisely good — even Amazon launched new Scribe fashions in 2024 and 2025!
In the event you actually desire a Kobo note-taker, the Libra Color remains to be my decide of one of the best ereader to purchase (and the Kobo Sage has been discontinued), however the Kobo Stylus 2 remains to be not the nicest pen to write down with, so a refresh of a few {hardware} gadgets is overdue.
So c’mon, Kobo, the place’s the brand new Elipsa at?
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