A story in today's Globe and Mail looks at what the Kobo sale means for its majority owner, Indigo Books & Music, which is likely to find itself flush with cash as a result of ... Read More »
November 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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Kobo announced Tuesday it has entered into a definite agreement under which it will be acquired by the Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten. The deal is expected to close in early 2012. According to a press ... Read More »
November 8, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Publishers and other industry stakeholders reacted with predictable dismay when Indigo Books & Music announced changes to its product mix earlier this year, decreasing floorspace for books in favour of lifestyle products and giftware. However, ... Read More »
October 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling
It's been a busy week for Canadian e-reading company Kobo. On Tuesday, representatives for Kobo filed documents at a bankruptcy court in New York to ensure that Kobo licenses held by Borders are not put ... Read More »
September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Indigo Books & Music is asking publishers to send books directly to individual store locations for 10 weeks this fall while the company updates its distribution centre. Publishers Weekly reports: Indigo wrote to its vendors ... Read More »
July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions & the African Reparations Fund) poetry reading with NourbeSe Philip, Jumari Giles, Truth Is, Zainab ... Read More »
The busy season for publishers has no shortage of big new releases, with novels from Ondaatje, Vanderhaeghe, and Endicott, the Massey Lectures from Adam Gopnik, and kids' books from Kenneth Oppel and Kit Pearson. In ... Read More »
Kobo today announced a $50-million investment round. The financing was led by an unnamed institutional investor, with $13 million raised from existing investors. Indigo maintains its position as Kobo's main shareholder. In a statement, Kobo ... Read More »
April 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Two years ago, Heather Reisman, CEO and "chief booklover" of Indigo Books and Music, predicted that e-books would cannibalize 15 per cent of traditional book sales at her stores in five years' time. Reisman has ... Read More »
April 11, 2011 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology, Industry news
Indigo Books & Music has announced major changes in its senior ranks. Effective April 1, current president Joel Silver, a well-known figure in Canadian publishing circles, will be appointed to Indigo's board of directors. Silver ... Read More »
March 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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