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Kobo Inc. today announced that the company will be one of the first eBook retailers to have an app featured in the Windows Store concurrent with the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Built using HTML and Java Script, Kobo’s app offers a personalized, secure and central...

Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 7 million users in more than 170 countries worldwide, announced today that Dutch retailer Libris Blz. are selling the award winning* Kobo Touch eReader online at www.libris.nl and www.blz.nl with free shipping, and it will be in select stores starting...

Global eReading leader Kobo Inc. (“Kobo”) today announced the successful acquisition of all its outstanding shares by Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ:4755) (“Rakuten”) for US $315 million. The acquisition has been completed following customary closing conditions, including approval under the Investment Canada Act. Kobo’s management team will remain with the...

Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 5.6 million users worldwide, announced the launch of the Kobo 2012 Book Club, designed for new owners of the company’s popular Kobo eReader Touch Edition family of E Ink devices. Available to residents of Canada and the United States who...

Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4755) and Kobo Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rakuten intends to acquire 100% of total issued and outstanding shares of Kobo for US$315 million in cash. Kobo was founded by and spun out of Indigo, the largest...

Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 5 million users worldwide, today announced the New Kobo Vox eReader, the world’s first social eReader. The Kobo Vox, named from the Latin “Vox Populi” meaning the voice of the people, enables readers to start conversations with other readers and...

Kobo, a global leader in eReading with 5 million readers in over 100 countries worldwide, has expanded its international footprint by partnering with #1 book retailer in France, FNAC. FNAC has chosen Kobo to deliver a superior eReading experience to their customers, leveraging the Kobo eReading platform, one...

Kobo, a global leader in eReading with 4.9 million users worldwide, today announced Kobo Pulse™, expanding it’s social platform – Reading Life – and its leadership in social eReading. With Kobo, every page of every book has a pulse – an indicator of social engagement driven by who...

Today at f8, Facebook’s developer conference, Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 4.9 million users worldwide, is discussing the next advancement in social eReading that will provide people with the ability to engage in conversations with each other while reading, as well as a Facebook integration...

Kobo, a global leader in eRead­ing with over 4.7 mil­lion users world­wide, has an­nounced that European on­line re­tailer red­coon (www.​redcoon.​de) will sell the com­pany’s Kobo eReader Touch Edi­tion be­gin­ning Oct. 1. Priced at 149 €, the in­nov­at­ive Kobo eReader Touch Edi­tion comes with a rich fea­ture set, in­clud­ing...