Not exact matches
Along with the opening today of its online ebook store, Whitcoulls has launched the
Kobo dedicated eReader,
giving Kiwis their first
retail experience of an e-Ink ebook reader.
«Major
retailers in the last few weeks have been
giving the
Kobo Mini away with the purchase of their ARC tablet, most notably Chapters / Indigo.»
Smashwords, who sells author content as well as distributes that content to major
retailers of authors» choice,
gives authors the option to sell their ebooks through Smashwords at Amazon, Barnes and Noble,
Kobo, Apple, Flipkart, and a few other
retailers, as well as to distribute their work for lending to OverDrive, Oyster, and Scribd.
I was
given two professional - looking file formats at the end of the process that I could upload straight to eBook
retailers such as Amazon,
Kobo, Google Play, and iBooks.
Kobo was originally financed by Indigo that owned a large percentage of the company and
gave the Canadian based start - up critical
retail space in all of their bookstores in Canada.
E-reading platform
Kobo may be a quiet company where
retailing is concerned,
given that many US consumers may not have even heard of the company that falls just slightly behind Amazon and Barnes and Noble is ebook and device sales, but the company who has made more international headway than either of the two larger platforms combined has now increased its
retail partnerships in France.
To
give you an idea, the
Kobo e-Reader sold in the USA
retails for around $ 99.00, in Canada it
retails for $ 149 and in Australia $ 220.00.
Along with the ebook store, Whitcoulls has also launched the
Kobo dedicated ebook reader,
giving Kiwis their first
retail experience of an e-Ink ebook reader.
Ben Dugas of
Kobo gave a fascinating talk about EPUBs from a
retailer perspective.
Independent booksellers will also be able to sell the new devices, with
Kobo's affiliation scheme with
retailers beginning also in autumn and
giving indies in the UK the ability to sell
Kobo e-books through a light integration on their websites.
The
Retailer Grid
gives you results for Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google,
Kobo, and NetGalley.
Written from a small US publisher and / or author perspective, the questions
give a neat roundup of considerations before committing to a
retailer driven service such as Amazon, Apple or
Kobo or a multichannel distribution service such as Smashwords or its competitors.
We need to get on
retail sites like
Kobo and use distributors like Smashwords and D2D so we can get into the smaller regional
retailers that
give good deals to ALL customers, not just a chosen few.