Kobo reveals reading habits of Australian readers
Kobo has released an overview of its statistics on the reading habits of Australian ebook readers.Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (Orion) is listed as the number one bestseller in the Kobo...
Marvel adds comics to Kobo catalogue
Marvel has signed a deal with Kobo to add 250 digital comics to Kobo’s catalogue as fixed-layout illustrated ebooks, reports Digital Book World. Titles include franchises such as ‘The Avengers’, ‘Guardians of the...
Kobo releases ebook statistics report
Kobo has released a report aimed at publishers and authors that explains its method of analysing ebook statistics. The report says that reader engagement statistics gathered from ereading devices can...
Kobo partners with Bol.com in Netherlands and Belgium
Kobo has partnered with Bol.com, the largest provider of ebooks in the Netherlands and Belgium. The partnership means Kobo’s ereaders and tablets are available from the bol.com site and bol.com...
Kobo to sell waterproof ereader
Kobo has unveiled the ‘world’s first premium waterproof e-ink ereader’, reports Digital Book World. The Waterproof Aura H2O Reader can be submerged in one metre of water for up to...
Kobo to begin featuring book reviews
Kobo has announced that it will begin featuring book reviews ‘in the near future’. ‘Customers will be able to write reviews and choose star ratings for your titles and post...
Sony Reader Store to close in Australia, customers to move to Kobo
Kobo has announced that the Sony Reader Store will close on 16 August and that ‘soon after the closure’ Australian users will instead access its ‘comprehensive digital reading ecosystem’. The...
Pages & Pages, Boomerang now selling ebooks through Kobo; ABA-Kobo partnership ‘fully functional’
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages and online bookseller Boomerang Books are now selling ebooks through the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) partnership with Kobo.Jon Page, owner of Pages & Pages...
Kobo cuts 63 jobs, Neil and Ogden remain with the company
Kobo has cut 63 from its workforce of more than 400 worldwide, reports the Toronto Star.Kobo spokesperson René d’Entremont told the newspaper that the leadership team had ‘realigned the organisation’s...
Tamblyn named president at Kobo
Michael Tamblyn, chief content officer at ebook retailer Kobo, has been named president of the company, reports Publishers Weekly. Tamblyn will take on the role in addition to his current...
Kobo to offer children’s ebooks from Nickelodeon and Blue Apple Books
Ebook retailer Kobo has made two separate announcements that it will sell children’s titles from Nickelodeon Publishing and Blue Apple Books on the Kobo platform, reports Publishers Weekly. Nickelodeon will...
Kobo challenge delays implementation of ebook agency-pricing agreement in Canada
The implementation of an agreement between the Competition Bureau of Canada and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster regarding the use of agency pricing for ebooks has been delayed...
Bella Andre makes French-translation deal with Kobo
US author Bella Andre has signed a deal with ebookseller Kobo for the exclusive rights to French translations of five titles over a three-month period, reports Publishers Weekly. The first title available, Le Cadeau (The Wedding...
Kobo to provide ebooks for Sony customers in the US, Canada
Kobo will provide ebooks to Sony ereader and tablet customers in the US and Canada from March after a deal was struck between the two companies, reports the Bookseller. Sony...
New CEO for Kobo
Takahito Aiki has been appointed as the new CEO of ereading company Kobo, replacing founder Michael Serbinis, who moves into the role of vice-chairman, reports Publishers Weekly. Aiki joins Kobo...
Whitcoulls relaunches ebookstore
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls is once again selling ebooks through Kobo after suspending its Kobo ebookstore in mid-October. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Whitcoulls suspended its ebookstore due to...
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...
WH Smith relaunches ebookstore without self-published titles
In the UK, WH Smith is selling ebooks again after taking its store offline following the discovery of a number of explicit self-published ebooks provided by Kobo, reports the Bookseller....
ABA bookshops to sell ebooks, ereaders through Kobo; Pages & Pages signs up
Bookshops that are members of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will have the opportunity to sell ebooks and ereaders through Kobo from next month as a result of a new...
WH Smith relaunches website without ebooks
In the UK, WH Smith has relaunched its website after taking the site offline for nearly four days, reports the Bookseller. However, the retailer is not currently selling ebooks and...