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| Kobo continues to lead the charge with e-readers and applications. It now has apps for the Blackberry, Apple, Android and the new Desktop Software for PC. It also has new partnerships with Samsung for their Galaxy Pad and the new Blackperry Playbook. -Good eReader |
| Where Kobo excels, though, is in its user interface. The text is easy to read, logically and attractively presented, and genuinely friendly (more so than even more mature devices, such as the Amazon Kindle 2) with clear directions. -PC World |
| Kobo, the e-book retailer, will supply the e-book infrastructure for the Borders’s site and is supplying both the iPhone and iPad apps as well as the Kobo digital reading devices, priced at $149. -Publisher’s Weekly |
| The Kobo eReader should prove a positive option for anyone looking for a lightweight device offering basic e-reading functions without the high costs of web connectivity. -CBC News |
| The Kobo was designed to be a barebones e-reader, so if you’re looking for an e-reader solely meant to read e-books and absolutely nothing else, the Kobo is for you.Although the Kobo e-reader never slashed its price, it is still the cheapest most reliable e-reader on the block! Despite the fact Amazon and Barnes and Noble reduced their e-readers to under the $200.00 price range, Kobo offered an added incentive to hustle even more electronic readers, giving a free $20.00 coupon for Boarders Books if you pick up a Kobo, the offer is available Online as well -PC World |
| By adopting the cross-platform ePub standard, Kobo is lining up with those trying to prove to the world’s new digital book consumers that there’s a better way ahead than Amazon’s Kindle, which has proprietary software locking its titles into its own device. -BBC News |
| Electronic readers of the world, strap on your hard hats, because Kobo Books is coming. Don’t worry, it’s not another dreary e-book reader, but a service that allows you to buy and read the books you’ve bought on any damned device you choose. -Times Online UK |
| Kobo offers a unique cloud-based service that lets consumers build up an e-book library collection without being locked in to any one single device -Yahoo News UK |
| They (Kobo) beat Google into the cloud. -Canadian Business |
| Michael Serbinis, CEO of Kobo Inc., an online e-book retailer, said that the new pricing model could add significant profitability to the e-book retail structure…”This could bring up gross margins closer to those on physical books.” -The Wall Street Journal |
| “There will be no mom and pop e-bookstores,” Tamblyn (VP, Kobo Inc.) said. “You need to sell large quantities to survive.” -Publishers Weekly |
| Kobo launched in February under the name Shortcovers as Canadian bookseller Indigo Books & Music’s digital book unit. It said Tuesday it was changing its name to Kobo and raised $16 million via Indigo, Borders and other investors to spin off as a separate company. -Associated Press |
| Kobo is so far the best and most comprehensive service we have used to buy and read books, especially for non-US residents…The Kobo app puts Amazon’s rushed-out Kindle for iPhone to shame. -WIRED |
| The Kobo service plans to offer 1.8 million free books from the Internet Archive and 200,000 other books starting at $9.99 and serve the European Union, Asia and the United States. -The New York Times |
| Press releases |
| January 24, 2012 KOBO CONTINUES INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION LAUNCHING IN THE NETHERLANDS WITH LIBRIS BLZ. |
| January 11, 2012 KOBO POSITIONED FOR INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AS ACQUISITION BY RAKUTEN CLOSES |
| December 1, 2011 KOBO 2012 BOOK CLUB LAUNCHED OFFERED FOR FREE WITH PURCHASE OF THE KOBO eREADER TOUCH EDITION |
| November 8, 2011 Rakuten to Acquire Kobo |
| October 19, 2011 KOBO EXPANDS EREADER FAMILY ANNOUNCES THE NEW KOBO VOX WITH VIVID COLOR DISPLAY THE WORLD’S FIRST SOCIAL EREADER |
| October 11, 2011 KOBO CONTINUES GLOBAL EXPANSION; PARTNERS WITH FNAC – #1 BOOK RETAILER IN FRANCE |
| September 27, 2011 KOBO BRINGS BOOKS TO LIFE WITH KOBO PULSE™ |
| September 22, 2011 KOBO ANNOUNCES NEW SOCIAL eREADING FEATURES ON FACEBOOK AT f8 DEVELOPER CONFERENCE |
| September 7, 2011 KOBO STRIKES MAJOR EUROPEAN RETAIL DEAL: INNOVATIVE KOBO eREADER TOUCH EDITION AVAILABLE THROUGH REDCOON.DE STARTING OCT. 1 |
| July 13, 2011 KOBO COMMENTS ON BORDERS’ LIQUIDATION |
| July 13, 2011 KOBO LAUNCHES GERMAN EREADING STORE, NATIVE LANGUAGE EREADING APPS, GERMAN KOBO EREADER TOUCH EDITION |
| June 21, 2011 NEW VERSION OF KOBO IOS EREADING APP IS ALL ABOUT CONNECTING WITH FRIENDS |
| June 21, 2011 KOBO BRINGS EREADING TO THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH NIGEL R KHAN BOOKSELLER CHAIN |
| June 15, 2011 KOBO’S ‘READ ON’ INITIATIVE MAKES FIRST AWARD FOR 10 MILLION MINUTES READ |
| May 25, 2011 KOBO STARTS $10 MILLION FUND TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO “READ ON” AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE – LAUNCHES READING REVOLUTION AND EPIC ONE TRILLION MINUTE CHALLENGE |
| May 23, 2011 KOBO LAUNCHES THE ALL NEW KOBO eREADER™ TOUCH EDITION, MAKES eREADING EASIER THAN EVER |
| May 15, 2011 KOBO #1 RATED eREADING APP ON ITUNES APP STORE |
| May 12, 2011 Kobo Expands Social Experience On iOS Adds Twitter, Library Management and New Sharing Features |
| May 5, 2011 Kobo Wireless Ereaders Roll Into U.S. Best Buy Locations And Also Available Through Www.Bestbuy.Com |
| May 3, 2011 Kobo Users Get Hands-On, Industry-First Experience With Bbm-Based Social Reading Application At Blackberry World Conference |
| Apr 19, 2011 Kobo Closes $50 Million Investment Round – Indigo Maintains Controlling Position |
| Apr 11, 2011 Kobo Kicks Off European Expansion at the London Book Fair |
| Feb 14, 2011 Kobo Demonstrates eReading Experience for BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2011 |
| Feb 14, 2011 Kobo™ and Samsung Electronics Expand Relationship |
| Feb 4, 2011 Kobo Wireless eReader Now Available at Future Shop |
| Feb 1, 2011 Kobo™ Reading Life Now Available for iPhone |
| Jan 28, 2011 The Kobo Wireless eReader Now Available at Best Buy Canada |
| Jan 6, 2011 KOBO SET TO LEAD EREADING INDUSTRY EXPANSION IN 2011 |
| Dec 27, 2010 KOBO™ BREAKS EBOOK RECORDS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON |
| Dec 15, 2010 Kobo™ Celebrates First Anniversary With Industry Leading Firsts |
| Dec 9, 2010 Kobo™ Makes Ereading Social With Reading Life |
| Dec 3,2010 Kobo and Swindon Book Co. Ltd Bring Exceptional Value and Style to Hong Kong Reader… |
| November 17, 2010 Give the Gift of Kobo – Kobo Announces the Kobo Gift Guide |
| October 27, 2010 Kobo Launches Newspaper and Magazine Subscriptions |
| September 29 2010 |
| September 29 2010 |
| September 28 2010
Kobo Debuts Social Reading Application for BlackBerry Smartphones |
| September 9 2010 |
| September 8 2010
KOBO™ MAKES THE KOBO DESKTOP APPLICATION AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD |
| August 25 2010
Kobo Sends eBooks and eReaders to Canadian Troops in Afghanistan |
| August 11 2010 |
| June 29 2010
NEW KOBO iPHONE® 4 eREADING APP NOW AVAILABLE ON THE APP STORE |
| May 28 2010 |
| May 19 2010 |
| May 7 2010 |
| March 24 2010 |
| February 23 2010 |
| January 21 2010
KOBO ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY FOR TABLET COMPUTERS IN FEBRUARY 2010 |
| December 15 2009 |
| December 14 2009
SHORTCOVERS ADDS 1.8 MILLION TITLES THROUGH INTERNET ARCHIVE’S BOOKSERVER PROJECT |
| November 16 2009
SHORTCOVERS AND SMASHWORDS PARTNER TO CONNECT THE WORLD’S AUTHORS WITH THE WORLD’S EBOOK |
| In the News |
| Mashable |
| CBC News |
| North Shore News |
| Toronto Life
The Swag Series: IT Lounge is gifting stars with Kobo eReaders |
| The Independent |
| Mobile Magazine |
| PCMag.com |
| The Digital Reader
Samsung Galaxy Tab to ship with Zinio, Kobo, & Press Display |
| CBC News |
| Bloomberg
Canada’s Indigo, Borders-owned Kobo to Manage Samsung Tablet’s Bookstore |
| Gizmodo.com
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Runs Froyo, Has Flash and Measures 7-Inches |
| GoodeReader.com
IFA Exclusive – Kobo and the Readers Hub for the Samsung Galaxy Tab |
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| Computerworld |
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| Technology Stop |
| National Post
Kobo Releases the First Global eBook Reader and Store for Android |
| The Toronto Star |
| Boston Herald |
| New York Times |
| Examiner |
| Engadget
Borders’ Kobo eReader available for pre-order, ships June 17th |
| TechDigest |
| Globe and Mail |
| National Post |
| Engadget |
| CBC News |
| Mobile Magazine |
| ZDNet
Hands on with the Kobo eReader, setting the bar for low cost ebook readers |
| Globe and Mail |
| The Huffington Post |
| iReader Review |
| The Wall Street Journal |
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| Times Online UK |
| TechCrunch Europe |
| Canadian Business |
| Wired |
| Wired
Kobo International E-Book Store Launches: Why Amazon Should Be Afraid |
| National Post
Michael Serbinis, CEO of Kobo: “It’s just the beginning of what’s to come” |
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