This ZDNet article is the first review of Kobo’s forthcoming ebook reader I’ve read. We should see it in New Zealand and Australia when the Kobo store launches here in a few weeks. Here’s a the reviewer’s conclusions. I only spent about 15 minutes using the Kobo eReader, but was very impressed with the form [...]

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Following my story yesterday about the Canadian ebook store Shortcovers and its change of name to Kobo, it turns out there was another reason for the change. Kobo now has several new investors and one of them, the REDgroup will be bringing this fine service to Australia and New Zealand by May 2010. The REDgroup [...]

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Canadian ebook store Shortcovers has changed its name to Kobo, an anagram for “book”, and revamped its online store www.kobobooks.com as part of its plan to expand its international coverage. [Update: 16 Dec, 11:47am. REDgroup which has Australian and New Zealand book chains A&R, Whitcoulls and Borders ANZ, is a minority investor in the new [...]

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