🆚 Kobo vs. Libby
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Kobo is twice as popular as Libby.
- 🌎 Kobo is more popular in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 Libby is more popular in New Zealand.
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About
Kobo is a subsidiary of Rakuten that operates a digital bookstore, a subscription service, and a line of E Ink e-reader devices.
It offers a digital library of over 1.5 million ebooks and 150,000 audiobooks, supports open formats like EPUB, provides offline reading and cross-device syncing, and integrates with public libraries for borrowing.
Libby is a mobile app and online platform that lets public library cardholders borrow ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines for free.
It supports borrowing from multiple libraries at once, offline access, and connects users to a network of over 92,000 public libraries, schools, and academic institutions worldwide.
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- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Audiobooks category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Ebooks category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in the United States in the Audiobooks category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in the United States in the Ebooks category.
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