Podcast: New Kindles, Kobo Storygraph and upcoming

This edition of the Good e-Reader Radio Show includes upcoming new Kindles, Storygraph on Kobo e-readers, and a new Kindle app for Windows 11. The post Podcast: New Kindles, Kobo Storygraph and upcoming Battery Law first appeared on Good e-Reader .

Welcome to a new edition of the Good e-Reader Radio Show! Today, our lead story is the upcoming battery law in the EU. E-Reader companies will have to collectively spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make their back panels removable without specialized tools and batteries without glue, to make them user-replaceable.

Amazon has plans to release several new e-readers this year. They will likely incorporate a faster processor and more RAM to take advantage of AI features more advanced than Kindle Recaps and Story So Far.

One of the big changes will be user-replaceable batteries with common screws on the back panel for easy removal, and no glue to hold the battery in place. Amazon announced last month that the Kindle for PC app will be discontinued on June 30th, 2026. When this date arrives, the app will no longer work, and users will be unable to read their e-books or other digital content.

The company told Good e-Reader at the time that they were working on a new native app for Windows 11 in the USA and UK at first, and that it would roll out to other countries later. The Windows 11 Kindle app is now available to download from the Microsoft Store. The new app says it’s compatible with all Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers and laptops, so it will work with most modern devices.

The official native integration between Rakuten Kobo and The StoryGraph is live. You can now link your accounts to automatically sync your reading history, current progress percentages, and finished statuses without needing manual log entries. The integration automatically tracks e-books and audiobooks purchased directly from the Kobo Store, titles read through a Kobo Plus subscription, and public library books borrowed via OverDrive or Libby.

It does not work with sideloaded books through USB or Cloud Storage.

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