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Abu Dhabi: Kobo Plans To Begin Supporting Uploads of Arabic

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonMay 23, 2022

The 12-year-old international digital book service’s CEO Michael Tamblyn addressed the Abu Dhabi book fair’s conference.

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Coronavirus Worklife: Kobo Joins Mondadori in Providing Free Ebooks to Italians in Lockdown

In News by Porter AndersonMarch 11, 2020

Amid Europe’s largest coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, Italian citizens in lockdown are able to read free Mondadori ebooks in a program facilitated by Kobo.

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Michael Tamblyn on Kobo’s 10th Anniversary: ‘A Better Reading Life’

In News by Porter AndersonDecember 13, 2019

This weekend marks Kobo’s first decade. CEO Michael Tamblyn looks at how his far-flung international retail success is a former startup ‘still standing.’

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Rakuten Kobo’s 2018 Bestselling Ebooks and Reading Trends in Canada

In News by Porter AndersonDecember 12, 2018

They’re reading an average 73 hours per year, says Canada’s big ebook and audiobook service, and Rakuten Kobo sees a lot of US politics on its most-read lists in 2018.

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At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’ Conference: Pieter Swinkels of Rakuten Kobo

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonOctober 8, 2018

‘We allow other industries to cannibalize what used to be time devoted to books,’ says Rakuten Kobo’s Pieter Swinkels ahead of his appearance at Frankfurt’s The Markets conference.

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Canada’s Rakuten Kobo Arrives in America at Walmart: Ebooks and Audiobooks

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonAugust 22, 2018

Touting 6 million ebooks and a $9.99 audiobook subscription, the new Walmart partnership with Rakuten Kobo gives the Canadian retailer what it hasn’t had in the US market: brand recognition.

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BookNet Canada and Rakuten Kobo Award 2018 Ebook Coding Prize

In News by Porter AndersonMarch 26, 2018

Getting ‘aesthetically pleasing and accessible content’ out of what the judges gave her as a mashup of sci-fi and Lewis Carroll, Katy Mastrocola beats the competition. 

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Canada’s Kobo Rolls Into the US With Walmart: ‘A Very Competitive Experience’

In News by Porter AndersonJanuary 26, 2018

Having once left the American ebook market largely to Seattle, Rakuten Kobo now is hitching a ride with Walmart back into Amazonian America, selling ebooks and audiobooks through the big-box leader.

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US Industry Eyes Canadian Retailer Indigo’s Plan To Open American Bookstores

In News by Porter AndersonNovember 9, 2017

Canada’s top bookstore chain, Indigo, confirms plans to open bookstores in the US in 2018. Some believe Indigo is in a better position to compete with Amazon than Barnes & Noble.

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International Notes: Springer Nature in Italy, Kobo in Spain

In News by Porter AndersonNovember 29, 2016

Two earthquake-zone universities in Italy are getting special access to Springer Nature resources, as Kobo announces its partnership with Fnac in Spain.

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