Kobo Glo User Guide Table of Contents About your eReader .................................................................... 5 Anatomy of your eReader .................................................................................... 6 Charging your eReader ......................................................................................... 7 Using the touch screen .............................................
Reading a book ....................................................................................................... 21 Navigating a book ................................................................................................. 21 Changing the way text looks ............................................................................ 22 Closing books and bookmarking your page ..............................................
Safety, Regulatory and Warranty Information .........................................
About your eReader What’s in this section • Anatomy of your eReader • Charging your eReader • Using the touch screen • Going to sleep and waking up • Using the light • Connecting to your computer Kobo Glo User Guide 5
Anatomy of your eReader Power slider Turn your eReader on or off, or put it to sleep. Light button Turn on the screen light to read in the dark. Micro SD slot Increase the number of books your eReader can hold by inserting a Micro SD card.
USB port Reset hole Connect your eReader to your computer using the supplied USB cable to charge your eReader or add books. Insert a paper clip and press gently to reset your eReader. Charging your eReader To charge your eReader, connect it to your computer using the USB cable provided in your box.
Battery icon… Meaning… Your eReader is out of power. Your eReader is charging. Your eReader has a partial charge. Your eReader is fully charged. To find out how much power your eReader has left, tap the Home icon at the top of the screen to go to the Home page.
If youʼre reading a PDF, you can double-‐tap to zoom in to a page and make it bigger. If youʼre already zoomed in, double-‐tapping the page will zoom out. Swipe You can use this gesture to page through books you are reading.
Putting your eReader to sleep and waking it up You can turn your eReader off or put it to sleep when you’re not reading. Both help your battery last longer. The main difference is that when you put your eReader to sleep and then wake it up, you go back to the last screen you saw.
To turn on your eReader: • Slide the power button and hold until your eReader turns on. To turn off your eReader: • Slide the power button and hold until the Off screen appears. To put your eReader to sleep: • Quickly slide the power button and release.
3. Drag the brightness slider to adjust the screen’s brightness. 4. Tap when you’re done. Connecting to your computer You can connect your eReader to your computer using the USB cable. You can then download and install Kobo Desktop software, which lets you buy and rate books, organize your eReader library, and more.
Using Your Library What’s in this section • Navigating your Home Page • Navigating your Library • Searching for books • Using the Kobo Cloud • Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud to your eReader • Archiving Books to the Kobo Cloud • Deleting books Navigating your Home Page Your Home page is the first thing you see when
Your Home Page shows your most recently opened book in the first column. To make finding things easier on your Home page, your recent activities are organized with Tiles. Some of your Home page Tiles include: • Books you’ve recently opened or purchased.
Navigating Your Library Your Library shows you books, magazines and newspapers you’ve purchased, previews you’ve downloaded, or shelves you’ve created. Your Library lets you read and manage books on your eReader. To open your Library: 1. Go to your Home page. 2. Tap Library. 3.
To find a book, on your Home page: 1. Tap the search bar at the top of the screen. 2. Choose where you'd like to search: 3. • Tap Bookstore to search the Kobo Bookstore (you must be connected to the Internet). • Tap Library to search your eReader’s library. Using the keyboard, type a book title, author name, or keyword.
Note: You can’t use the Kobo Cloud to manage side-‐loaded documents. Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud to your eReader When you’re ready to download items in your Library, simply connect to a wireless network or to your computer using Kobo Desktop, and select the items you want.
magazines or manga you’ve downloaded, while items that are only in the Kobo Cloud appear with a Download icon. Note: You can select as many books as you’d like to download in a queue. To download books on your eReader using a Wi Fi connection, from your Home screen: 1. Tap Library. 2. Tap Books. 3.
Archiving Books to the Kobo Cloud To free up space on your eReader, you can archive books, magazines or manga you’ve downloaded. When you archive a book, you’ll still be able to see it on your eReader, but you’ll need to download it again from the Kobo Cloud before you can read it.
Donʼt worry, though. If you ever want to retrieve your book, sign in to kobo.com and visit the My Account page. You can add books from your purchase history back to your library. To delete a book: 1. Tap the Home icon at the top of the screen. 2. Tap Library. 3. Tap Books. 4.
Reading on your eReader What’s in this section • Reading a book • Navigating a book • Changing the way text looks • Closing a book and bookmarking your page Reading a book To open a book from the home screen or library, just tap the title or cover.
2. Tap the • Navigation icon. To scroll through the book’s pages, touch the circle in the navigation bar and slide it to the right to move forward and to the left to go back. • To move to the next page, tap the Forward icon.
Note: Line spacing, margin spacing, and text justification aren’t available in Japanese books. To change the way text looks: 1. While reading, tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2. Tap the 3. To change the style of the text, select a font from the Font Face list. 4.
8. When you're done customizing your book, tap anywhere on the screen to go back to reading. Notes: • When you change the way text looks, your eReader remembers your preferred text size and style, and applies it to other books you read.
2. Tap the Menu icon next to your book to see the options menu, or press and hold the book’s cover until you see the menu. 3. Select Mark as Finished.
Adding notes and looking up or translating words What’s in this section • Highlighting text • Using notes • Bookmarking pages • Using the dictionary • Translating a word Highlighting text Some eBooks allow for highlighting text in a way that is similar to using a highlighter in a printed book. To highlight text: 1.
5. Tap Highlight. To see all the text you’ve highlighted in a book: 1. Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2. Tap the 3. Tap Annotations. Book icon. Your eReader will show a list of all the highlights you’ve made in your book. 4.
Using notes You can add notes to your books. This can be useful when you study a passage, or want to add comments about what you’re reading. To add a note: 1. In your book, press and hold on a word that appears in the section you’d like to comment on. 2. Release your finger from the page.
2. Tap the Book icon. 3. Tap Annotations. Your eReader will show a list of all of your notes and highlights. 4. Tap the text next to the Note icon. Bookmarking pages Like a dog-‐ear in a paper book, you can mark interesting passages or pages that you want to return to using dog-‐ears.
2. Tap the Book icon. 3. Tap Annotations. 4. Tap the see. 5. Tap Show on Page. Menu icon beside the dog-‐ear you want to Using the dictionary Your Kobo eReader has a built-‐in dictionary that you can use while reading Kobo eBooks.
To translate a word into different languages: 1. In your book, press and hold the word you’d like to translate. 2. Release your finger from the page. 3. Tap the 4. Tap Translation Dictionary. 5. Tap the drop-‐down menu under Translate Word. 6. Select the language that you’d like the translation for. Dictionary icon.
Getting a Book What’s in this section • Shopping for a new book • Buying a book • Using your Wishlist • Adding library books and books from other bookstores Shopping for a new book You can find and purchase books in several ways on your eReader.
• Wishlist — see a list of books you’ve added to your Wishlist. To access the Bookstore, from your Home page: 1. Tap Bookstore. 2. Tap any of the listed options. Getting Recommendations You can see book recommendations based on books you own and books you’ve rated.
Buying a book When youʼve found a book you want to purchase, simply tap Buy Now to check out. You can use credit cards, store credit, or gift cards from select partners to pay for your book. If you have a promo code (which is a sort of coupon) you can enter this during checkout to get a discount on your book.
Using your Wishlist Your Wishlist is where you save books you are interested in but not yet ready to buy. You can add books to your Wishlist while browsing and easily find them later. For example, if you see three books you like in the Kobo Bookstore, you can add them to your Wishlist and buy them later.
Most eBooks that you borrow and buy are protected using Digital Rights Management, or DRM. They're protected so that only you can read them (and in the case of library books, only for a specific period of time).
Understanding EPUB, PDF, and DRM eBooks come in a range of formats. When you look for books to read on your Kobo eReader, look for books in EPUB or PDF formats. There are different types of EPUBs, as well: Kobo EPUBs, which come from the Kobo store, and other EPUBs, which come from other sources.
Which method works best depends on whether your books are protected by DRM, and where they came from. If you purchase books from Kobo, you can add them to your eReader using a wireless connection or using the free Kobo Desktop software for your computer. See Syncing your Library.
Using Wi Fi What’s in this section • About Wi Fi • Turning off Wi Fi (Airplane mode) • Connecting your eReader to a wireless network • Syncing your library over Wi Fi About Wi Fi You can use your eReader to connect to Kobo over a wireless Internet connection (Wi Fi).
Turning Wi Fi on/off If you want to extend the battery life of your eReader or you want to use your eReader on a plane or in a hospital, you can turn Wi Fi off. To turn off Wi Fi, from your Home page: 1. Tap the Menu icon at the top of the screen. The Quick Settings panel will appear. 2. Tap Wi Fi.
If there is a Lock icon next to a network, you need a password to use that network. 3. If you're prompted for a network password, use the keyboard to type in the password and then tap Join. You can tap Show Password to see what you're typing.
Getting Help Got questions or need help? Online: www.kobo.com/help Find answers to your questions using our help page. Simply type a question in the field to get your answer. Safety, Regulatory and Warranty Information Important safety, regulatory and warranty details about your Kobo Glo can be found on the Kobo website at www.kobo.
