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Book links roundup: Kobo to launch in Japan, Rotimi Babatunde wins Caine Prize for African writing, and more

Kobo to launch in Japan this month The Caine Prize for African writing goes to Rotimi Babatunde Little, Brown releases cover design for J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to publish ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Kobo reports significant growth in ebook and e-reader sales

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo announced today it has seen substantial growth in ebook and Kobo Touch sales over the past year, with ebook downloads up 400 per cent and e-reader sales up 160 per cent. Most significantly, the ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Kobo releases classic novels as digital comics

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo users can now read ebooks like Alice in Wonderland, The Last of the Mohicans, and War of the Worlds as illustrated comics, through a content distribution deal between Kobo and the digital publisher Trajectory. ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Trillin and Foran on Mordecai Richler, EU pushes open access, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Calvin Trillin and Charles Foran on satire and Mordecai Richler EU pushes open access with research grants Kobo to sell Harry Potter ebooks Study shows Amazon user reviews as reliable as media experts U.K. publisher ... Read More »

May 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Kobo to open 100 boutiques within WHSmith stores

By Sue Carter

Tech website AppNewser is reporting that Kobo will open branded shops inside 100 locations of the U.K. retailer, WHSmith. According to the blog, the e-reading company has been testing booths in select WHSmith locations. The ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology

Kobo to expand digital publishing services before end of quarter

By Natalie Samson

Now that things have settled down at Kobo following its acquisition by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, the e-reading company seems poised to roll out the next stage of its digital publishing services in the coming ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Kobo design update, writers favourite love poems, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Preview Kobo's next iOS app update The Guardian asks Jeanette Winterson, A.S. Byatt, and other writers to share their favourite love poems Despite tattooing the word "patience" on her body, novelist Stacey May Fowles can ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Have “social” updates ruined the Kobo app?

By Natalie Samson

It's no secret that Kobo, the e-reading company formerly owned by Indigo Books & Music, is betting big on the "social in-book e-reading experience" to set it apart from competitors such as Amazon's Kindle and ... Read More »

February 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Why ebooks in Quebec are a taxing issue

By Sue Carter

While NPR urges the world to stop the ebook versus print debate, in Quebec, the debate has shifted to how digital titles are taxed, and what constitutes a "real book." According to Montreal's The Gazette, ... Read More »

February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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