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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The so-called "Scotiabank Giller Prize effect" is already helping e-book numbers for Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers). Yesterday, Half-Blood Blues was listed 3,376 on Amazon's bestsellers list for Kindle e-books. As of noon ... Read More »
November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology
As many in Canadian publishing's inner circle primped and primed themselves for the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, important industry news of another sort broke with the announcement Tuesday evening of Indigo's decision to sell its ... Read More »
November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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
Just months after launching a touchscreen e-reader at BookExpo America, Kobo has unveiled its latest e-reading device, a 7" colour tablet that will go head-to-head against the Kindle Fire and other tablet devices. The Kobo ... Read More »
October 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Kobo has released more details about Kobo Pulse, its new "social in-book e-reading experience" Essentially a social media tool, Kobo Pulse will allow Kobo users to connect with other people reading the same book, comment ... Read More »
September 27, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Soon Facebook users won't have to click a button to tell their friends what they're reading. Yesterday at F8, Facebook's annual developers conference, Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis announced that its e-reading app, Kobo Reading Life, ... Read More »
September 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
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 reporting a 1.1 per cent decrease in net revenue for its first quarter, which ended July 1. Revenue for the quarter was $202 million, down $2 million from last year, ... Read More »
August 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Big changes are underway in the e-book app world. Since Saturday, iOS (Apple's operating system for mobile devices such as iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad) apps for Kobo, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and Amazon's Kindle ... Read More »
July 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
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