As you know, Kobo Plus is an online subscription service so that users can have access to more than 1.3 million digital books by paying a monthly fee. Audiobooks are now being added to the catalog in some markets as well. For example, for Canada, the service has just added 100.000 audiobook titles to its library. In this way, all subscribers will be able to choose between reading or listening to their favorite books.
It should be noted that not only are books from some of the most important publishers included in its catalog, you will also find stories from the branch Kobo Publishing and Kobo Originals that you won't find on any other service, as well as books published through the Kobo Writing Life platform, which is similar to Amazon's KDP self-publishing platform. In this case, as you also know, it is the Rakuten company that is behind this Kobo brand.
To access Kobo Plus content, where it is available for listening, you can use any of the available Kobo apps for both Android and iOS/iPadOS platforms, in addition to the usual Kobo eBook readers. This way, you'll have access to a large library of well-known authors published through major publishers, including big best sellers, as well as some interesting books by indie or little-known authors as well. Something that surpasses Amazon's Kindle Unlimited in terms of variety.
Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Ramblyn himself said:
At Kobo, we're dedicated to delighting readers., whether it's beautiful eReaders or our top-rated reading and listening apps. But nothing delights a reader quite like saying “read as much as you want”, which is exactly what our Kobo Plus service offers.
En the two years since the launch of Kobo Plus all-you-can-read eBooks in Canada, we've seen a flood of readers try it out, then keep reading their fill. It is a pleasure and a privilege for us to expand the offer to audiobooks so that Kobo Plus readers can enjoy reading and listening without limits."
Remember that Kobo Plus has various types of subscription In countries where it is available, such as Canada:
- Kobo Plus Read to read ebooks for $9,99 per month.
- Kobo Plus Listen to listen to audiobooks for $9,99 per month.
- Kobo Plus Read & Listen to listen and read books for $12,99 per month.
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