Tag: Kobo

Walmart has partnered with Rakuten Kobo to sell eReaders, ebooks and audio books at their stores. Here are details from the Walmart press release: Today, we’re making it easier than ever to check out...

For avid readers who have purchased their books via online retailers Amazon, Nook, iBooks or Kobo, you should check your accounts for e-book credits. As part of a "$400 million settlement in the e-book...

The Sony Reader Store closed in March. Don't despair you can access all your books fairly simply at Kobo.  In a recent letter from Sony they are "now transferring customers to Kobo,...

After market testing "Kobo boutiques" in WHSmith retail outlets, Kobo has decided to sell their eReader in WHSmith stores. WHSmith is a UK based retailer of books, eBooks, and stationery. The mini-boutiques...

L. McMaken 1-7-12 Cincinnati, OH       It seems eReaders were one of the top selling gifts this holiday season, with all manufacturers reporting the best sales they've seen. eReaders and digital content were flying...

L. McMaken 12-7-11 Cincinnati, OH   Kobo, maker of the Kobo Touch eReader has just announced the creation of a Kobo Book Club for their customers.  For customers purchasing a Kobo, they will be invited to...

L. McMaken 11-11-11 Cincinnati, OH   Kobo, the eReader created by the Canadian company Indigo, has just been sold to a Japanese Internet company, Rakuten. The Kobo was associated with and marketed by the now bankrupt...

L. McMaken 11-4-11 Cincinnati, OH   Kobo, the company that makes eReaders, just announced they will begin publishing books early in 2012. Kobo will "edit, design, and sell" the books. Amazon has been in the publishing business...