Clean sweep for Kobo in the New Zealand market
Kobo pulled off an almost-clean sweep of the New Zealand market when it announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week partnerships with the two major bookstore chains Whitcoulls and… Read more >
Five years of eReport
This blog started five years ago today, a couple of weeks before Amazon launched the game-changing Kindle and a couple of months after the industry had placed its hopes for… Read more >
October 10, 2012 ebook formats, ePub, Kindle, kobo 0 Read more >
Australian ebook buyers offered choices aplenty this Christmas
Australian readers will have few reasons not to join the ebook revolution this Christmas as a host of offerings come on stream. The past year has seen major strides in… Read more >
December 6, 2011 Amazon, bookselling, ebook readers, Google eBooks, Kindle, kobo 0 Read more >
Publishers, here’s how to stop Apple and why you should do it now
When the mightiest online retailer in the world, Amazon, has to bow to Apple’s demands and cut ties to its ebookstore in the Kindle app, we know we’re facing a big… Read more >
July 27, 2011 app store, Apple, bookselling, business, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo, news 10 Read more >
Kobo adds Collins booksellers as its second Aussie licensee
Kobo has appointed a second Australian licensee for its ebookstore, adding to Pearson which picked up a Kobo-powered ebook store when it bought the online assets of the failed Red… Read more >
Update: Problem solved. Kobo’s new iPad set-up doesn’t seem to work
[Updated 26 July, 9:42am. I’ve just received an email from Kobo about the changes to its service. Included in the email is the note that, “Any books you buy on Kobo.com… Read more >
Kobo, Google, other ebookstores bumped from iPhone and iPad
I went to update the Kobo app on my iPad this morning but stopped when I saw what has changed. The main reason for the update is to cut access to the… Read more >
July 25, 2011 Apple, bookselling, Google eBooks, iOS, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo 7 Read more >
Ebook reader apps for the iPad and iPhone
ZDNet’s Jason Perlow has done a thorough job lining up the various e-reading apps available for the iPad and iPhone. His review covers: Apple’s iBooks Amazon Kindle for iPad Barnes… Read more >
June 23, 2010 android, Apple, ebook readers, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo, reviews 3 Read more >
Review: Kobo ebook reader from Whitcoulls
Along with the opening today of its online ebook store, Whitcoulls has launched the Kobo dedicated eReader, giving Kiwis their first retail experience of an e-Ink ebook reader. The Kobo eReader… Read more >
New Zealand gets its first ebook store, ebook reader: Whitcoulls powered by Kobo
New Zealand’s largest book chain Whitcoulls today launched the country’s first commercial ebook store. It’s the fruit of an investment by Whitcoulls’ parent, the Red Group, which late last year… Read more >
May 27, 2010 ebook readers, kobo, news, reviews 4 Read more >