As was foreshadowed a few weeks ago, Rakuten Kobo has officially launched their friction-free integration with Instapaper, the market leader for saving articles to read later.
Available starting today on all Kobo devices, readers can now enjoy web articles directly on their Kobo eReaders for distraction-free reading of all their favourite long-form content.
“At Kobo, our passion is better reading for everyone, everywhere. And now, with the addition of Instapaper’s excellent ‘read it later’ functionality, we have a perfect solution to the long-form reading you find on the web,” said Michael Tamblyn, CEO, Rakuten Kobo.
“When Pocket unexpectedly sunset, we knew we had to find a new way for our readers to dive into their favourite web articles right on their Kobo. Partnering with Instapaper has been a dream, the team has been great to work with, and we’re thrilled to offer this integration so readers can keep enjoying their preferred long-form content, distraction-free, on their Kobo eReader.”
With Instapaper, Kobo readers now have a way to save and view the articles they want to read later from their browser and view it on their Kobo device. When Kobo readers find an interesting article, all they need to do is save it to Instapaper then read it as easily as any other eBook content on their eReader.
“The Instapaper team is incredibly excited to launch the Kobo integration. We have had the privilege of testing the platform for the past several weeks, and Kobo has quickly become one of our favourite ways to read Instapaper articles,” said Brian Donohue, CEO, Instapaper.
For more details on the features of the Kobo and Instapaper integration and information on how to get started with the service, please visit this help page.
