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No local release date for new Kindle devices

7 September 2012

Amazon unveiled an updated range of Kindle ereading devices on 6 September which includes a new line of Kindle Fire tablets and a new front-lit device called the Kindle Paperwhite....

Kobo launches Writing Life platform 

18 July 2012

Ebook provider and retailer Kobo has officially launched its self-publishing platform, Kobo Writing Life. The platform is accessible to users in Australia and New Zealand and can be accessed here....

Sleepers drops DRM with Booki.sh 

10 July 2012

Following the announcement that it has dropped digital rights management (DRM) protection from its ebook titles available through Kobo, Sleepers Publishing has announced that its ebooks are now also DRM-free on...

Sleepers drops DRM with Kobo, other vendors to follow 

27 June 2012

Independent publisher Sleepers Publishing has announced that it has dropped digital rights management (DRM) protection from its ebook titles available through Kobo. Sleepers creative director Zoe Dattner told Bookseller+Publisher that...

Opinion: Malcolm Neil on ebooks 

13 June 2012

Malcolm Neil calls for a more balanced industry debate on ebooks, and fewer references to book sniffing. Australia, more than most countries, has seen the business elements of the book...

Kobo to launch in Brazil this year 

2 May 2012

Kobo vice-president Todd Humphrey has confirmed that the ebook retailer and provider plans to expand into Brazil this year, reports the Bookseller. Humphrey has confirmed that Kobo is working with...

In Brief 

16 January 2012

More ReadCloud ebookstores launchedMore independent Australian bookstores have launched their ebookstores with ReadCloud. Birchalls, Bookshuttle, Books and Beyond, Megalong Books, Melbourne University Bookshop, New Edition Bookshop, SPP Bookshop and Sunset...

Rakuten to acquire Kobo 

8 November 2011

Ebook platform provider and online retailer Kobo is to be acquired by Japanese internet service company Rakuten. Rakuten confirmed in a statement its ‘definitive agreement' to ‘acquire 100% of total...

Rakuten to acquire Kobo 

8 November 2011

Ebook platform provider and online retailer Kobo is to be acquired by Japanese internet service company Rakuten. Rakuten confirmed in a statement its 'definitive agreement' to 'acquire 100% of total...

In Brief 

7 November 2011

Kobo Touch now available to order from A&R, Borders websitesKobo ereading devices are now available for pre-order from the Angus & Robertson and Borders websites, owned by Pearson Group Australia. Borders...

Kobo to launch publishing arm 

2 November 2011

Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis has told CBC News that his company will offer a publishing arm. 'It's part of the new market and if you expect to be a number...