TechCrunch features the new Kobo Glo HD eReader that rocks a “Kindle Voyage” resolution for $70 less.
Category: Kobo eReader
Apr 03
More on OverDrive Acquisition
Information Today adds some background to tech giant Rakuten’s purchase of the OverDrive eBook distribution platform.
Mar 20
Rakuten buys OverDrive Inc.
A Reuters story says that online retailer Rakuten, the owner of Canadian eBook company Kobo Inc., has reached out to purchase the American library eBook lending service OverDrive Inc. for about $410 million.
Mar 13
Kobo developing eReading App for Windows Phone 8
According to GoodeReader Kobo is developing an eReading App for Windows Phone 8.
Mar 11
Time to get mobile-friendly
Digital Book World posted on the necessity for publishers, actually anyone in the publishing industry with a web presence, to make their web sites “mobile-friendly” to suit Google’s new search algorithm.
Mar 10
Best eBook Readers Compared
Tech Times compares the best and brightest eBook readers in this post.
Mar 06
eBooks will be hit with higher value-added tax in Europe
According to The Verge, the EU is going to make life harder for the eBook Revolution and for eReaders by applying a higher value-added tax (VAT) rate than is on physical books because they consider an eBook an “electronically supplied service.” Call it what you want, a cash grab is a cash grab.
Mar 03
Publishers bemoan falling revenues
TechCrunch posted on the recent drop in publisher revenues. Everyone including Indie authors has been hit by a general drop in sales. The main suspects for the falling revenue are rising prices of traditionally published titles and the devaluation of eBooks and cannibalization of sales by Amazon’s all-you-can eat and exclusive eBook subscription service Kindle Unlimited.
Mar 01
Kobo discontinues Glo to make room for new eReaders
GoodeReader says that Kobo has discontinued its Glo eReader in preparation for the arrival of its new Alyssum and Pika eReaders.
Feb 27
Kobo’s $10,000 emerging author prize
The Province reports that Kobo has announced a $10,000 prize for Canadian writers.







