<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
generation	O
of	O
E-book	O
readers	O
designed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Kobo	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
revealed	O
27	O
August	O
2013	O
at	O
Kobo	O
's	O
Beyond	O
the	O
Book	O
Event	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
three	O
new	O
Kobo	B-Application
Arc	I-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
featured	O
several	O
improvements	O
to	O
its	O
immediate	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
Kobo	O
Glo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
touch	O
screen	O
,	O
now	O
based	O
on	O
capacitive	B-Device
touch	O
,	O
is	O
more	O
responsive	O
than	O
the	O
infrared	O
touch	O
present	O
in	O
its	O
previous	O
products	O
and	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
multitouch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
frontlight	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
pinch-to-zoom	B-Application
when	O
reading	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
also	O
featured	O
a	O
redesigned	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shorter	O
and	O
more	O
square	O
than	O
its	O
competitors	O
,	O
the	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
Paperwhite	O
and	O
Nook	B-Application
Glowlight	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
easier	O
to	O
grip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
back	O
is	O
of	O
a	O
similar	O
design	O
to	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
HD	I-Application
,	O
with	O
an	O
angular	O
design	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
crumpled	O
pages	O
of	O
a	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
shipped	O
in	O
2	O
colours	O
:	O
black	O
and	O
pink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kobo	O
also	O
sold	O
an	O
accessory	O
to	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
called	O
the	O
"	O
Sleepcover	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
case	O
that	O
would	O
wake	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
from	O
sleep	O
when	O
opened	O
and	O
put	O
the	O
Aura	O
to	O
sleep	O
when	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Kobo	O
Firmware	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
application	O
,	O
the	O
digital	O
reader	O
,	O
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
ebook	O
formats	O
:	O
ePub	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
Adobe	O
DRM	O
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
TXT	B-General_Concept
,	O
Comic	O
Book	O
Archive	O
file	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
and	O
TIFF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
,	O
Kobo	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
software	O
feature	O
called	O
"	O
Beyond	O
the	O
Book	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
X-Ray	B-Library
feature	O
,	O
Beyond	O
the	O
Book	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
find	O
more	O
information	O
about	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
,	O
providing	O
similar	O
topics	O
,	O
books	O
,	O
and	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
also	O
provides	O
statistics	O
about	O
reading	O
progress	O
:	O
average	O
reading	O
time	O
per	O
session	O
,	O
total	O
time	O
read	O
,	O
pages	O
turned	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
percentage	O
of	O
books	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adding	O
fonts	O
is	O
possible	O
on	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
:	O
By	O
creating	O
a	O
directory	O
called	O
"	O
fonts	O
"	O
and	O
putting	O
any	O
OTF	O
or	O
TTF	O
font	O
into	O
this	O
directory	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
use	O
any	O
font	O
on	O
their	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
eBooks	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
can	O
be	O
borrowed	O
from	O
many	O
public	O
libraries	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Ottawa	O
Public	O
Library	O
and	O
the	O
Toronto	O
Public	O
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Books	O
may	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
with	O
the	O
app	O
or	O
third	O
party	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
Calibre	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
read-it-later	O
service	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
user	O
has	O
signed	O
in	O
with	O
their	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
account	O
,	O
articles	O
saved	O
to	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
read	O
on	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	O
applications	O
are	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
:	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
sudoku	O
,	O
chess	O
(	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
latest	O
update	O
)	O
,	O
Unblock	O
it	O
,	O
Word	O
Scramble	O
,	O
Solitaire	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
sketch	O
pad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
to	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Aura	I-Application
was	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
generally	O
praised	O
the	O
build	O
quality	O
and	O
the	O
hardware	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
itself	O
;	O
they	O
also	O
appreciated	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
and	O
Nook	B-Application
.	O
</s>
