Sentences with phrase «as kobo»

Sony throws in apps such as Kobo Books, Amazon, Dropbox and AVG protection that just take up space on the Xperia Z5 Premium.

Amazon's Audible finally has some competition, as Kobo adds audiobook purchasing and playback to its ebook apps.

I'd rather have the stock version with a lot less bloatware as Sony sees fit to include a lot of largely useless apps around the edges such as Kobo, Amazon or even its own Xperia Premium app to offer events.

The Kobo service is open to anyone though — as the Kobo app can be downloaded on any Android or iOS device, you don't need to have a Kobo tablet in order to buy books.

That will change as Kobo expands its presence in the country, but the big threat to Amazon comes not from Kobo, Apple or Google Play but from the domestic market.

Could it be a coincidence that the largest retail bookseller stateside practically took the wraps off the «next - generation reader's tablet» at the same time as Kobo unveiled the premium Aura One e-book reader?

Two earthquake - zone universities in Italy are getting special access to Springer Nature resources, as Kobo announces its partnership with Fnac in Spain.

The Nook is a reference rather than the real option to consider, as Kobo users will most probably decide between two waterproof Kobo devices.

Multiply that times 59 countries times the different ebook stores such as Kobo, B&N Press, Publish Drive, Smashwords, StreetLib and so on and so forth.

As Kobo and Amazon compete in Germany and push greater awareness of their deices, will the greater availability of devices that will create drive ebook uptake

In addition, Amazon and Barnes & Noble can afford to provide better hardware specs at the same price as Kobo because, in the long run, they'll make more money on book and other media purchases rather than on selling the hardware.

The Nook Glowlight features the newest the newest Pearl eInk screen with an upgraded resolution of 1024 x 758 and 212 ppi which is the same as the Kindle Paperwhite 2, but not quite as good as the Kobo Aura HD.

«As Kobo Plus allows booklovers to choose from thousands of titles, they no longer have to choose just one book at a time.

Don't worry, you'll find more covers than you think because Kobo Touch 2.0 has exactly the same dimensions as Kobo Glo HD..

iPad, Amazon Fire, Samsung Galaxy, as well as Kobo and Nook tablets.

Kobo Aura Edition 2 has the similar size as Kobo Glo HD, so if you find a case for Glo that features corner straps (or a sleeve), you can also successfully use it for the Edition 2.

Michael Tamblyn (EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising) will discuss Kobo's digital book platform, highlighting new data learned as Kobo has moved from market to market globally: consumer reading and book buying behavior, take - up of enhanced eBooks and manga, and more.

When it comes to software, the Kobo Aura HD is almost exactly the same as the Kobo Glo.

Serbinis Steps Down as Kobo CEO, Replaced by Longtime Rakuten Exec Takahito Aiki — Serbini is one of Kobo's original leaders, and he has helped guide and grow the company to more than 180 million users, with a library of more than 4 million titles.

You won't need to do that when you switch from Kindle, as Kobo Touch supports unprotected mobi.

One of them is Rakuten, an online store having the same owner as Kobo ebookstore.

But as Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis told CNET, Europe is generally about two years behind the US in terms of e-book adoption.

Large fits the new Kindle Fire HDX and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7» Tablet, and smalls fit both the regular Kindle and the Kindle Paperwhite, as well as the Kobo Touch.

Kobo Touch 2.0, a 2015 replacement of the entry model Kobo Touch, has exactly the same dimensions as Kobo Glo HD and is only 1 millimeter wider than Kobo Glo.

This is the same as the Kobo Aura and Kobo Aura HD and double that of the Kindle Paperwhite.

Convert Kindle ePublications to ePub so that they can be read comfortably on digital readers with different screen sizes and screen resolutions, such as the Kobo Reader, iPhone, iPad, and more.

If you don't see the update, don't worry as Kobo often distributes them in a staggered release so millions aren't downloading it at once.

Serbinis said, «I welcome Takahito as Kobo's new CEO, and look forward to achieving Kobo's future goals together.»

We have e-ink devices such as the Kobo Touch, a 6» Pearl E Ink touchscreen device that the # 1 rated device by WIRED magazine, to the Kobo Glo, which, like Touch, can stored up to 1000 eBooks, but has a built - in light that has been proven to be the most even 6» front - lit eReader, allowing comfortable reading day or night.

Today, Jeff, Jo, and Lindsay talked about their strategies for selling books in the non-Amazon bookstores, such as Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Smashwords, and Apple.

It's not quite as grippy as the Kobo models, but it certainly looks sleeker.

B&N epub ebooks has drm protection only supported by NOOK, you need to remove drm protection before put epub file on other eReader devices such as the Kobo, Sony Reader, here's how to remove drm directly from B&N epub.

Should these regulations hold, it will be interesting to see not only Amazon's response but also how other companies with interest in the Indian e-book market, such as Kobo and B&N, approach the situation.

A Borders - branded e-reader to support as open a system as Kobo seems unnecessary and in fact would dilute the «platform agnostic» message that Kobo (at least) is so strongly behind.

More than the US Apple iBookstore or Barnes & Noble Nook store... and several times as many as Kobo US and GooglePlay US combined.

The first list is for free Kindle Books and the second list of ebooks are from Kobo in ePub format, which will work with any ereader that supports Adobe DRM as well as Kobo's free ereading apps.

Kobo's ebooks use a variation of ePub format, commonly referred to as Kobo ePubs -LRB-.

You can download your ebooks to several devices, such as your Kobo eReader and an iPhone.

About the only news I have to report is that Ships of My Fathers is no longer in the KDP Select program at Amazon which means it should be rolling out to Barnes and Noble as well as Kobo sometime this month.

Thus the Kindle Touch w / o SO is the exact (given the near par dolllar) as the Kobo Touch CND but the latter comes without the infamous Kindle proprietary DRM and is usable with Canadian public libraries.

But here's my take on how they stack up in terms of similarity to one another: Small e-reader: No - one but Kobo is offering a dedicated E-Ink device as small as the Kobo Mini.

The program has not been reduced as the previous gift voucher could not purchase eBooks where as the Kobo Gift card can.

This is interesting because, unless I'm missing it, the Booksellers Association (its US counterpart is the American Booksellers Association) has had nothing to say about urgently considering the thousands of upright, hardworking independent booksellers — we call them authors here at Writer Unboxed — whose work vanished this week as Kobo struggled to clean its lists of offending material.

With our award - winning e-readers such as Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura, and Kobo Aura HD, we brought readers what they wanted: anti-glare displays for easy reading in sunlight and built - in front light technology for reading with ease day or night.

Amazon was behind the curve, as Kobo's been offering the functionality for a while now, but it's a welcome addition nonetheless.

You can also publish your book via an aggregator such as Kobo, Smashwords or Lulu.

Smashwords pays within 40 days of the end of the calendar quarter, making them only twice as prompt as Kobo.

I watched with great envy as Kobo partnered with other bookseller associations around the world.

«(a few books are bound not to make the transfer, as Kobo is unlikely to have the rights to every single title that Waterstones has sold over the past 5 + years)»

A glossy finish shows off inevitable micro-scratches too, ensuring that the PRS - T1 won't age as well as a Kobo Touch or Kindle unless you take very good care of it.