Kobo ereaders – Rakuten Kobo is rolling out an integration with StoryGraph in June that will automatically sync what readers are reading—updating progress, tracking finished books as “Read,” and carrying audiobooks listened to through Kobo.
In June, finishing a chapter on a Kobo could automatically change what shows up on StoryGraph.
Rakuten Kobo has announced plans to integrate its ereaders and reading apps with the social reading platform StoryGraph. StoryGraph positions itself as an independent alternative to Goodreads that operates outside of Amazon’s ecosystem and gives users more control over their recommendations.
“ For a lot of us, the best part of reading is the community. It’s a part of how we show up in the world as readers every day. ” Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn said in a statement. “ That’s why I’m so excited about our integration with StoryGraph. We wanted to strip away the friction between finishing a chapter and tracking and sharing your progress. Now, Kobo readers can do exactly that, seamlessly.”.
When the integration launches in June, Kobo ereaders and reading apps will automatically sync with connected StoryGraph accounts. The system will update book progress percentages. add books you’re currently reading to StoryGraph’s In Progress shelf. and mark finished books as “Read.” It will do more than track ebooks. too: besides ebooks. the integration will also work with any audiobooks you listen to through Kobo’s platform.
The move lands at a time when Kobo is leaning into interoperability rather than locking readers into a single ecosystem. StoryGraph’s approach is explicitly framed as a contrast to Amazon’s more popular but restrictive Kindle ecosystem—while StoryGraph and Kobo are both aligned around giving readers more control over how they experience reading.
This is also not Kobo’s first integration. The company’s ereaders already include an Instapaper integration for reading saved web articles, along with the ability to access files from cloud storage providers like Dropbox and Google Drive.
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