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Many many moons ago, even before we first launched Shortcovers, we started into the murky waters of the Android platform with ‘Shortcovers for Android’. What started as a weekend project grew into a full fledged application that we shipped out to our early Shortcovers customers. But like with...

Dear Kobo Customers; What an amazing few months it has been in the world of eReading… I often tell people that we are on a rocket ship as this market, this global transformation, this company – is taking off! In the beginning of May we launched the Kobo...

Check out the winners: Thanks to all who submitted a photo blog as part of our Where Are You Reading contest. The contest is now closed, but you can still check out all the photos at www.ereadandwin.com. Congrats to our nine winners – each an owner of a...

Great news! You can now get the Kobo eReader in Walmart stores across Canada. Along with Indigo, Chapters, and select Coles stores, Walmart is now selling the Kobo eReader nationwide at $149. In addition to the 100 free classic eBooks preloaded on the eReader, for the Walmart launch...

A trending topic on twitter, the most popular item in Chapters/Indigo stores, and arguably more exciting than discussing volcanic ash on transatlantic flights from Toronto – the new Kobo eReader launched this weekend in Canada! First of all, thank you to all new Kobo eReader customers for making...

While it’s true that every day is New Years Day at Kobo, today is extra exciting. Kobo eReader pre-orders have shipped! For the next few days, diligent Canada Post workers will be zipping across the country with full (yet shockingly light) bags of Kobo eReaders. And tomorrow the...

By popular request, here are the slides from the “12 Months of Learnings About eBooks in 40 Minutes” presentation, in all their semi-intelligible glory. This is mostly to satisfy the data-hungry, hoping for a closer look at the graphs, and Agile development groupies, hoping for a closer look...

At BookNet Canada’s Technology Forum 2010, I condensed down 12 months of learnings, lessons, mistakes, and improvements into 40 minutes (ok, maybe 45.) This also had pieces from the “missing” Tools of Change presentation* that I couldn’t give in February, so it’s really two presentations in one. So...

Lights, camera, action; the Kobo eReader meets the press in Toronto. What do you get when you unveil the Kobo eReader in front of members of the media? We found that out last week in Toronto: it’s a mix of excitement, a dash of intrigue and a whole...

Here at Kobo we are always developing cool new features for our customers to enjoy. We often receive customer emails asking for a sneak peak at our latest versions or asking when features will be included in upcoming releases. Today we are opening the doors to our customers...