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Kobo cuts 63 jobs from its Toronto office

In the wake of several executive-level changes at Kobo over the past few months, the Toronto-based e-reading company has cut more than 60 positions at its headquarters. The company employs 500 people worldwide. While it ... Read More »

April 25, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Sony e-reading platform moves over to Kobo

By Sue Carter

Sony and Kobo have entered into an arrangement that will result in Sony's e-reading customers in Canada and the U.S. moving over to the Kobo platform. Effective late March, the Sony Reader Store will close ... Read More »

February 6, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Michael Serbinis out as Kobo CEO

By Stuart Woods

Michael Serbinis has been at the helm of Kobo since the company's earliest days, overseeing its development as Indigo's digital content division (known at the time as Shortcovers), helping rebrand the firm as a global ... Read More »

February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Kobo lays bets on new features, readers set to debut this fall

By Steven W. Beattie

Notwithstanding the fact that, in its most recent quarterly report, Indigo Books and Music noted a decline in sales of e-readers year-over-year, Toronto-based tech company (and former Indigo property) Kobo is ready to launch a slew ... Read More »

August 28, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology

Toronto Public Library adds Kobo to retail partners

By Sue Carter

The Toronto Public Library has expanded its retail affiliate program to include digital titles from Kobo. Patrons can now purchase ebooks directly from Kobo through linked pages on torontopubliclibrary.ca. For each ebook purchased, TPL receives ... Read More »

July 9, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Apple adds social-media sharing to iBooks

By Sue Carter

Although most of the social-media buzz around Apple's product launch today focused on the new iPad Mini, the tech giant's ebooks program received a facelift, too. The new version of iBooks supports 40 languages, continuous ... Read More »

October 23, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

How Kobo and Amazon’s new e-readers stack up

By Stuart Woods

Today was a big day for device junkies and e-book addicts in Canada and the U.S. At competing press conferences in Toronto and Santa Monica, California, Kobo and Amazon each unveiled a pair of new ... Read More »

September 6, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Kobo gets lighter, brighter, and more powerful with new line of e-readers

By Stuart Woods

Kobo is set to announce a trio of new devices at a press event in Toronto this morning. The new line of e-readers includes an Android-powered tablet (known as the Kobo Arc), a pocket-sized device ... Read More »

September 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Winnipeg comedian’s Shades of Grey parody takes off, Target discontinues selling Kobo Touch, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Winnipeg comedian Ryan McMahon's tweeted novel Powwow Shades of Grey is taking off Target no longer carries the Kobo Touch Vanity Fair publishes Christopher Hitchens' foreword to George Orwell's diaries Peter Jackson tells Comic-Con audience ... Read More »

July 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Kobo expands to Italy

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo will expand its European presence this fall through a new partnership with Italy's largest book publisher and retailer, the Mondadori Group. The Kobo Touch will be the first of the e-reading company's devices available ... Read More »

July 11, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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