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Kobo issues statement about Borders liquidation

Kobo, the Toronto-based e-reading company, has issued an official statement to clarify its position vis-Ã -vis the recent announcement that the U.S. bookstore chain Borders would be entering liquidation. The statement is in response to "misconceptions ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders gives up the fight: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

The embattled U.S. book chain Borders has run out of options in its attempts to find a buyer and will begin the process of liquidating, according to the Detroit Free Press. The liquidation plan, which ... Read More »

July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: unfinished manuscripts, Kobo gets ready to rumble, and more

By Jason Spencer

Pitchfork Media staff lists top 60 music books including Carl Wilson's Let's Talk About Love Muhammad Ali sues Kobo for using famous slogan without consent The Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference is coming this October Will ... Read More »

July 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo closes $50-million round of financing

By Sue Carter

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

E-books will account for 40 per cent of book revenue within five years, predicts Reisman

By Steven W. Beattie

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

Book links roundup: Kobo expands, Bezmozgis racks up the raves, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Deirdre Baker's tribute to the life and work of fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones Kobo kicks off European expansion: e-book stores set to open in Spain and Germany in ... Read More »

April 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

By Sue Carter

Kobo today announced it has closed a new round of financing. The amount of the Series C investment has not been disclosed, but in a statement, the Toronto-based e-publishing company says, Indigo Books & Music ... Read More »

March 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders Australia updates creditors and unpaid staff

By Sue Carter

Administrators for Australia's bankrupt REDgroup Retail, the company that owns book retail chains Borders, Whitcoulls, and Angus & Roberstson, held their first creditors' meetings on Monday in Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand. Steve Sherman, from ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

REDgroup insolvency a further challenge for Kobo

By Stuart Woods

It's been a dismal 24 hours for global bricks-and-mortar booksellers. A day after U.S. chain Borders entered bankruptcy protection, Australia's largest bookstore chain, Angus & Roberts, entered administration, putting in question the future of its ... Read More »

February 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders on the brink, but Kobo continues to grow

By Stuart Woods

A year ago, in the week following Christmas, Canadian publishers and distributors were greeted with the dismaying news that one of the country's leading bookstore chains, McNally Robinson Booksellers, was significantly scaling back its operations, ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Kobo

Kobo issues statement about Borders liquidation

Borders gives up the fight: UPDATED

Book links round-up: unfinished manuscripts, Kobo gets ready to rumble, and more

Kobo closes $50-million round of financing

E-books will account for 40 per cent of book revenue within five years, predicts Reisman

Book links roundup: Kobo expands, Bezmozgis racks up the raves, and more

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

Borders Australia updates creditors and unpaid staff

REDgroup insolvency a further challenge for Kobo

Borders on the brink, but Kobo continues to grow

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