Pages & Pages relaunches Kindle amnesty with Kobo devices
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages Booksellers has relaunched its ‘Kindle amnesty’ with Kobo devices, expanding the offer from monthly to daily and offering $50 Kobo gift vouchers to customers who take...
Pages & Pages’ Kindle amnesty update
In April this year, Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, Sydney, introduced a ‘Kindle amnesty’, asking customers to trade in Amazon Kindles for the store’s BeBook ereaders and raising consumer awareness of...
Kobo now selling devices direct in Australia, New Zealand
Australian and New Zealand consumers can now purchase Kobo ereading devices directly from Kobo.com. The company announced this week that all of its devices, including the recently-launched, high-definition Kobo Aura, are...
Amazon buys Liquavista; colour Kindle rumoured
Amazon has purchased screen technology company Liquavista from Samsung, sparking rumours that the company is working on a colour version of its Kindle, reports the Digital Reader. Amazon confirmed the...
Pages & Pages announces ‘Kindle amnesty’
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, Sydney, has announced that it will introduce a ‘Kindle amnesty’ on the third Saturday of every month, asking customers to trade in Amazon Kindles...
Pages & Pages announces ‘Kindle amnesty’
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, Sydney, has announced that it will introduce a ‘Kindle amnesty’ on the third Saturday of every month, asking customers to trade in Amazon Kindles for BeBook ereaders and...
Kobo unveils new high-definition ereader; plans to launch illustrated content, magazines this year
Kobo has unveiled a new high-definition ereading device, which will be available from Australian and New Zealand retailers in June. The Kobo Aura HD is a front-lit, 6.8-inch device with...
BISG, Bowker research shows tablets overtaking dedicated ereaders in the US
In the US, the latest instalment of the Book Industry Study Group’s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey shows multi-function tablets have overtaken dedicated ereaders as consumers’ preferred ereading devices...
Pages & Pages swaps Cumulus for BeBook Touch
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Sydney has started selling a new ereading device this week. The BeBook Touch is a dedicated ereader with an eInk screen and wifi access, and is...
Ebooks in Oz: An update
In September and October 2012, Bowker Market Research conducted its second Global eBook Monitor survey, repeating its January 2012 survey in Australia, India, the UK and the US, and adding...
Kobo announces 2012 results, device sales doubled
Kobo has announced its results for 2012, reporting an increase in sales of both ereaders and ebooks. In a statement, Kobo reported that it doubled device sales in 2012, going...
Kobo, Booksellers New Zealand partnership ‘off to a good start’
The independent New Zealand bookstores that sell Kobo ebooks and devices have received strong support from their customers since introducing the products to their stores, according the Booksellers New Zealand...
Collins opens company-owned store at Sydney hospital; further hospital stores planned
Collins Booksellers has opened a new company-owned bookstore at the Royal North Shore Hospital in St Leonards, Sydney. The store officially opened on 12 December to coincide with the official...
Kobo Mini, Glo available from Bookworld
Online booksellers Bookworld and Angus & Robertson are now selling two of Kobo’s new ereading devices—the Kobo Mini and the Kobo Glo. The online stores are selling the five-inch Kobo...
UK booksellers report strong demand for new ereaders
UK retailers are reporting strong demand for new ereading devices in the lead-up to Christmas, reports the Bookseller. Blackwell’s and Foyles, which both sell Barnes & Noble’s Nook devices, have...
Neil takes on Asia Pacific responsibilities for Kobo
Kobo’s Malcolm Neil has taken on responsibility for the ebook provider’s vendor relations in the Asia Pacific region. Neil is now Kobo director of vendor relations for the Asia Pacific,...
Kobo enters South Africa
Kobo has launched an ebookstore in South Africa and announced a new partnership with South African retailer Pick n Play. The ebook provider said in a statement on 30 October...
International Library News
Libraries own ebooks, says Random House The issue of library ebook ownership is receiving renewed attention after Random House in the US reiterated its position this week that libraries own...
German retailer plans ultra cheap ereader
German ebook retailer Txtr has announced plans to offer an eink ereading device ‘that can be ‘offered as an inexpensive premium through phone plans’, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘The new device,...
Campion Education relaunches ebookstore with ReadCloud
Campion Education has relaunched its ebookstore on the ReadCloud platform. The store, which was previously called Read Without Paper, has also been rebranded under the Campion name. As previously reported...