Should I buy the Kindle Colorsoft or Kobo Libra Colour for comics?

If you’re buying mainly for comics and graphic novels, I’d lean Kindle Colorsoft for most people.

Both the Kindle Colorsoft and Kobo Libra Colour use 7-inch color E Ink screens with 300 ppi for black-and-white and 150 ppi for color, so neither is a big-screen solution for dense comics.

The Kindle Colorsoft is a good choice if you want the simplest mainstream comic-reading experience with Kindle’s ecosystem and store. The Kobo Libra Colour is still a good choice if you:

• already have a lot of DRM-free CBZ/CBR comics to sideload
• want page-turn buttons
• care about stylus note-taking support

So the short version is: buy the Kindle Colorsoft if you want to stay in Amazon’s ecosystem; choose the Kobo Libra Colour if sideloading, buttons, or note-taking matter more.

One caveat: because both screens are only 7 inches, double-page spreads and comics with tiny text will still benefit from zooming compared with a larger tablet or 10-inch e-reader.