Kobo is launching its Kobo Plus subscription plan within the U.S. in the present day. The plan begins at $7.99 per 30 days and offers customers entry to 1.3 million books (however not all titles) from Kobo’s library.

This new subscription might be a rival to Amazon’s Kindle Limitless plan, which prices $9.99 per 30 days. Amazon additionally affords a Prime Reading plan by way of its Prime subscription (which prices $119 per 12 months) with a lowered catalog.

The Kobo Plus plan has three tiers. At $7.99 per 30 days, you possibly can both learn limitless books by way of Kobo Plus Learn or take heed to over 100,000 audiobooks by way of Kobo Plus Pay attention.

In order for you entry to each books and audiobooks, you will want to shell out $9.99 per 30 days.  This provides you entry to titles throughout Kobo gadgets and the Kobo app.

Notably, the corporate affords offline consumption of books by way of its iOS, Android, and Desktop apps.

Kobo Plus was already accessible in nations just like the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with the U.S. as the newest entry to that record.

Together with the brand new subscription plan, the Rauketen-owned firm additionally launched the Kobo Elipsa 2E e-reader with a ten.3-inch glare-free e-Ink touchscreen and a $399.99 price ticket. The system has “weeks” lengthy battery life, 32GB inner storage, and help for audiobooks by way of Bluetooth-powered earphones.