page_title: Kobo eReader
hierarchical_section_title: Kobo eReader
caption_attribution_description: English: The Kobo Aura displaying its settings menu.
context_page_description: The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc. The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers available at the time. Like most e-readers, the Kobo uses an electronic ink screen. The Arc tablet series, released between 2011 and 2013, was based on LCD technology instead. Though much or all of the software used by the eReader is widely understood to be based on GNU General Public License opensource Linux software, the Kobo website appears not to acknowledge GPL, and provides no obvious direction as to how to obtain source code for the software or how to modify it. Source code is provided by at least one website purporting connection with the Kobo company.
context_section_description: The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc. The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers available at the time. Like most e-readers, the Kobo uses an electronic ink screen. The Arc tablet series, released between 2011 and 2013, was based on LCD technology instead.  Though much or all of the software used by the eReader is widely understood to be based on GNU General Public License opensource Linux software, the Kobo website appears not to acknowledge GPL, and provides no obvious direction as to how to obtain source code for the software or how to modify it.  Source code is provided by at least one website purporting connection with the Kobo company.
caption: Kobo Aura, Kobo's baseline e-reader
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