Kobo and the Enamored Owl

The Perth Borders shop is now selling a few GelaSkins for the Kobo ereader!

Of course I had to get one for my black Kobo.

Luckily, of the five designs that are currently available there were at least a couple I liked.

They’re $19.95 each. I had looked at the GelaSkins site, and might have bought directly from there, but the USD$19.95 postage charge put me off. Now that I’ve actually seen how light and flat the GelaSkin packaging is, that postage cost is even more outrageous.

I am surprised that it doesn’t actually cover the Kobo completely – the sides are mostly uncovered. I don’t mind this however as this means you can still see that this is a black Kobo. Also there are a few slots and buttons and things on the Kobo and I imagine adding holes to the skin to accomodate them would have made it far fiddlier to apply.

I was a bit hesitant when thinking about getting a GelaSkin initially, because I still have unpleasant memories of how badly I used to botch the affixing screen protectors to my PDA. Happily this GelaSkin was easy enough to remove and reposition when I inevitably applied it skewif.

I do like how it feels like my Kobo has now had a makeover.

I am amused that people, me included, are willing to pay for a bit of adhesive plastic to prettify our devices. (I don’t think M is all that impressed by the GelaSkin.)

I am still enjoying reading on the Kobo.

Incidentally this GelaSkin design is “The Enamored Owl” by Alberto Cerriteno. The other designs available at Borders:

1. Keep Calm
2. Cable Cranes
3. The Soundtrack (To My Life)
4. Union Jack
5. The Great Wave

The sales assistant at Borders told me they have more GelaSkin designs and a hard leather (or perhaps it’s faux leather, she wasn’t sure) case on the way for the Kobo, but they’ve all been held up at Customs for the moment.