Not exact matches
While Indigo reported that indigo.ca, grew by 14.0 %, «
eReading,» which «includes
eReaders,
eReader accessories,
Kobo revenue share, and shipping revenue» dropped 40 %, providing just 2.2 % of
company revenue, down from 3.8 %.
This news is kinda good if it helps
Kobo penetrate into Indian Market, till now
Kobo has been very slow in expanding their
company in India, in fact the last
Kobo ereader released was AuraHD.
Along with the
company's free top - ranking
eReading apps for Apple ®, BlackBerry ®, Android ®, and Windows ®,
Kobo ensures the next great read is just a page - turn away.
Toronto - headquartered
Kobo Inc. plans to continue on expanding retail and publishing partnerships globally as it aims to be the best
eReading service in the world and stay on track to becoming a billion dollar
company.
Kobo, a global leader in
eReading with more than 3.6 million users in over 100 countries worldwide, today announced that the
company's Wireless...
The
Kobo eReader Touch Edition, the
company's third e-reader, is its best yet.
One of the distinctive aspects of the
eReader Touch Edition is that it incorporates support for
Kobo's Reading Life, which the
company introduced earlier this year in its apps for mobile devices.
Kobo is a Canadian
company that manufactures various
eReaders and
eReading apps.
This will basically speed up browsing the
companies online bookstore and syncing data from the
Kobo servers to your
ereader or tablet.
Amazon's insistence on treating the
ereading world outside the US as an afterthought, to be palmed off with antiquated b & w devices that can not handle enhancements, will continue to backfire as
companies like
Kobo gain ground.
«As a device - neutral platform, eBooks purchased through
Kobo's
eReading service can be read on various
eReaders, which is a level of flexibility that benefits our authors as they seek to grow their audiences of readers,» went on Mr. Gutch, expounding the virtues the
company's decision to embrace open standards such PDF and EPUB.
«The availability of the
Kobo eReader Touch Edition in Swindon Book
Company marks the first Chinese locations where consumers can see, try and buy our state - of - the - art device,» said Todd Humphrey, Executive Vice President of Business Development,
Kobo.
Kobo offers an award - winning collection of
eReaders for every user preference, and the
company's Canadian customers spend most of their time (63 per cent) reading on the brand's devices.
On May 2,
Kobo announced the newest addition to its lineup of
eReaders: the
Kobo Aura H2O, an updated version of the
company's waterproof
eReader.
Competing against
companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble,
Kobo's
eReader is up against some giants in the industry.
The
company intends on actively marketing their
Kobo Vox Android Tablet and their
Kobo Touch
eReader.
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Kobo is a privately - held
company that offers over 2.4 million eBooks, newspapers, and magazines — one of the largest
eReading catalogues in the world.
Kobo won't release an
ereader with a colour screen until authors «start writing novels in colour» according to
company president Michael Tamblyn.
Tamblyn said the last major innovative barrier for
ereaders was waterproofing, which it achieved with the
Kobo Aura H2O last year — though omitted from the new Glo HD — and that the
company's focus was now on «usability and adoption».
Kobo will then be soon launched in Australia at the end of the month.R REDgroup had partnered with Canadian eBook firm
Kobo to provide the service and it was likely that the
company's upcoming
Kobo eReader would also go on sale locally when the stores launched, she said.
Earlier in the month David Carnoy from CNET posted details of an interview with E Ink, the
company that makes the screens for the Kindles,
Kobo and Sony
ereaders, Nook, and most other ebook readers around the world.
Kobo is an innovative
company that as Shortcovers has already, in a matter of months, provided eBooks to customers from over 200 countries who have downloaded its reader application over one million times online and through devices including smartphones, desktops and popular
eReaders such as the Sony Reader.
THE BOOKSELLERS» CHOICE In less than three years since the
company was founded,
Kobo has developed a successful turnkey solution that enables a wide variety of retailers — both large and small — to capitalize on the
eReading growth occurring around the world.
Barnes and Noble should outsource their
eReader services to another
company — perhaps
Kobo.
This year the
Kobo eReader was a very popular gift with people around the world receiving new
Kobo Touch,
Kobo Vox
eReader and
Kobo Wifi devices, driving
company sales to a record high.
The
Kobo Touch
eReader continues to offer a best - in - class reading experience with top features, superior flexibility and the
company's innovative Reading Life social platform to readers around the world.
In any event,
Kobo's Android - powered Vox
eReader — the
company's answer to the B&N Nook or Amazon Kindle — is today announcing (at last!)
Kindle DX is the only large screen
eReader, based on eInk, available from the top 4
eReader companies (Kindle, Nook,
Kobo, Sony).
Indigo tries to scare off international customers with extra long shipping estimates but the last time I ordered from them the
Kobo ereader arrived in like 4 days, which is faster than most shipments from US
companies.
Kobo wasn't the only
company to announce the release of new
ereaders yesterday, B&N also announced the release of a new Nook.
Kobo is a
company that joined a few years late and that has perhaps 1 % market share — It's absurd for
Kobo to be claiming credit for what's going on with
eReaders and eBooks.
The
Kobo Aura HD ($ 169.99 direct) is the
company's best ebook reader to date, to the point where
Kobo is calling it the «Porsche of
eReaders.»
When
Kobo's parent
company, Rakuten, purchased OverDrive last year it seemed like an obvious move for them to add OverDrive support directly to
Kobo ereaders like Sony used to have on their ebook readers before they quit making them.
I received an Ematic
Ereader for Christmas, and quickly found out that although
Kobo is listed on the outside of the box, and free ebook download coupon was inside the box from
Kobo my
Ereader for some reason would not download anything from that particular
company.
While the general design of the
Kobo Wireless
eReader remains the same, the
company has made some tweaks to enhance the chassis.
The video was uploaded to Neonode's channel, the same
company that makes the infrared touchscreens for a number of ebook readers on the market, including the Sony Readers,
Kobo ereaders, and of course the Nook Touch.
The main home screen on the
Kobo Aura HD is very different from previous iterations of the
company's line of
eReaders.
Kobo Inc. is a
company that describes itself as: providing a complete
eReading experience.
Feature wise it is identical to the Aura HD so this part of the review remains the same as the review for the Aura HD, except when it comes to the PDF experience (see below) The main home screen on the
Kobo Aura HD is very different from previous iterations of the
company's line of
eReaders.
Kobo offers an
eReader for everyone with a wide variety of E Ink
eReaders to suit any Reader's style including
Kobo Aura,
Kobo Aura H2O, and
Kobo Aura ONE; along with the
company's free top - ranking
eReading apps for Apple ® and Android ®.
The
company's
eReading platform automatically syncs people's libraries across devices from the
Kobo Arc, to its E Ink
eReaders, to the free apps for virtually any desktop, tablet,
eReader or smartphone.
Kobo Inc. is the
company that makes the
Kobo eReader, and its headquarters is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In early February, Sony revealed that its Reader Store would be replaced with
Kobo's eBookStore, making the latter
company the digital supplier for Sony's
ereader customers.
Being late in the game,
Kobo seems confident to compete with its competitors through the local partners» know - how; the
company's strengths also lie in competitive
eReading devices and open ecosystem to give their customers convenient access to content.
Kobo's Vox keeps it in step with Amazon and Barnes & Noble, with all three
companies now offering touch - screen eInk
eReaders and 7 - inch touch - screen Android tablets.