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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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Libreka and OverDrive in German-Language Partnership; Bookwire Builds Audiobook Service

In News by Porter AndersonApril 8, 2019

Using Libreka’s positioning in the German-language markets, Rakuten OverDrive opens a new partnership, as Germany’s Bookwire expands internationally and wins a Digital Publishing Award.

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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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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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Kobo’s Michael Tamblyn on the Age of E-Reading

In Feature Articles by Mark PiesingMarch 11, 2016

Ebook sales are driven by people over 50, according to Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn. Here he talks about designing better ebooks and e-readers to encourage sales.

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OverDrive Expands Ebook Library Lending to Germany, Austria and Switzerland

In News by Hannah JohnsonMarch 11, 2016

With a global reach to 34,000 libraries and institutions, digital library lending service OverDrive expands its service to Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Kobo’s Tamblyn: January Saw ‘Strongest Content Sales in Our History’

In News by Porter AndersonFebruary 18, 2016

Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn, in the wake of reports of Rakuten’s write-down, talks of the ‘strongest content sales in our history.’

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