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Kobo is a digital reading platform and store offering eBooks and audiobooks, accessible via Kobo eReaders, the Kobo Books App, and the Web Reader. It sells dedicated eReaders such as Clara, Libra Colour, Sage, and Elipsa 2E and provides a loyalty program (Kobo Super Points) and a subscription option (Kobo Plus). Users create a Kobo account to purchase and sync titles across devices, with support for multiple formats and DRM considerations.
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Kobo Libra Colour is arguably the better device if you don't want to be tied to Amazon.

Kobo Elipsa 2E: 10.3" screen, note-taking capabilities, includes stylus.
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Kobo — operates its own ebook distribution ecosystem and offers publishers/authors DRM

Kobo offers DRM to publishers and, when enabled, uses Adobe DRM for books downloaded outside the Kobo reading environment.