WHSmith has announced its decision to start selling two e-book readers in association with Canadian retailer Kobo from next week.

WHSmith will offer the Kobo e-book reader providing access to the Kobo online store that has a collection of more than 2.2 million e-books. WH Smith will start selling Wi-Fi enabled Kobo Wireless eReader priced at £89.99 and Kobo eReader Touch priced at £109.99.

The two e-book readers come with 6-inch e-ink screens. The Kobo eReader Touch model weighs 185gr and the company claims that its battery runs for an entire month on a single charge. It offers supports to more digital formats including digital comic formats CBZ and CBR.

The Kobo readers come in a range of colors including Blue, Lilac, Silver and Black. Users can expand memory of the e-book readers’ upto 32GB of storage through a SD card slot. The retailer will also allow its users to read third party e-books on the e-book readers.

WH Smith and Kobo might be able to capture a sizable UK market share as the products will be launched ahead of Rival Amazon’s Kindle Touch tablet computer, which is expected to give strong competition to tablets as well as e-book readers in the market.