Technology29 Jun 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Watch out, Amazon: the Kobo eReader now has a Goodreads rival

Another challenge to the Amazon Kindle-Goodreads book tracking empire has emerged. On Monday, the reading tracker StoryGraph teamed up with Rakuten’s Kob…

Another challenge to the Amazon Kindle-Goodreads book tracking empire has emerged. On Monday, the reading tracker StoryGraph teamed up with Rakuten’s Kobo , the maker of a more open eReader (and Kindle alternative), allowing book lovers to automatically track their reading habits. The integration was first announced in May, and is now live for all Kobo account-based content. This makes the Kobo the first eReader to integrate with StoryGraph’s book community platform, and serves as a…

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