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Kobo Just Ended Support for the Kobo Wifi

29 January, 201929 January, 2019e-Reading Hardware, KoboOne Comment

Kobo started cleaning house last night, and one of the affected ereaders is the eight-year-old Kobo Wifi. (Kobo also ended support for the Sony Reader.) Kobo Wifi owners got...

Kobo is Ending Support for Sony Readers

29 January, 201930 January, 2019e-Reading Hardware, KoboOne Comment

Remember back in 2014 when Sony exited the ebook market and handed their customers to Kobo? Me neither, but apparently a number of Kobo customers are about to get...

65 Libraries Each Loaned Over a Million Titles Last Year

9 January, 20199 January, 2019Library eBooks, OverdriveOne Comment

Rakuten Overdrive released its end of year report yesterday. The company now supports over 43,000 libraries and schools worldwide, including 65 public library systems that each loaned over 1...

New Firmware Update Available for Kobo eReaders

16 December, 201816 December, 2018e-Reading Software, KoboOne Comment

Removing the header and footer areas from a Kobo ereader's screen so you can show more text was one of the more useful "hacks" on that platform, and now...

Kobo Partners With a Book Translation Service

2 November, 20182 November, 2018KoboLeave a comment

Kobo has partnered with a translation service to procure Kobo Writing Life authors a discount. Kobo Writing Life is excited to introduce Translation to the array of services we offer our...

Walmart is Actually Selling eBooks in Stores, But Still Doesn’t Give a Crap About Selling eBooks

27 October, 201827 October, 2018Kobo, Retail4 Comments

Earlier today I had the good fun of exhibiting at a local writer's workshop (Back on Track, held in downtown Manassas, VA). On my way there I stopped at...

Walmart Doesn’t Care About Selling eBooks

17 October, 201817 October, 2018Kobo, Retail27 Comments

When Walmart and Rakuten Kobo first announced their partnership in January, a few hopeful souls thought that Amazon finally have a real competitor in the ebook market. I am...

Kobo Forma Sports an 8″ Screen, Will Cost $279

2 October, 20182 October, 2018e-Reading Hardware, Kobo49 Comments

When UPS told me yesterday that I was getting a shipment from Toronto some time today, I was thrilled to find out that I'd be getting the new Kobo...

Kobo Has Banned US Customers From Its Site

11 September, 201812 September, 2018Kobo31 Comments

Update: No one else is reporting the same issue, so it looks like a mountain has been made out of a molehill. Ever since Kobo and Walmart first announced...

Kobo Adds Overdrive Integration to Aura, Clara HD, and Aura H2O2 eReaders with Update 4.10

22 August, 201822 August, 2018e-Reading Hardware, e-Reading Software, Kobo9 Comments

When Kobo launched the Aura One two years ago, they thrilled fans by integrating support for library ebooks, only to frustrate us by leaving the feature out of subsequent...

Walmart Now Partnered with OverDrive

21 August, 201821 August, 2018eBookstore, Overdrive2 Comments

The hot news this Tuesday morning is the launch of Walmart's new ebookstore (powered by Kobo), but that is not the only potential bombshell dropping today. I have just...

Walmart’s eBookstore is Launching Today

21 August, 201821 August, 2018eBookstore, Kobo37 Comments

Walmart is in the process of setting up new ebook sections in the book departments of its stores, Kobo has let slip a promo video for "Walmart eBooks", and...

Walmart and Kobo Are Launching Their Joint eBookstore on 21 August

30 July, 201831 July, 2018Kobo14 Comments

Kobo is keeping mum about the official launch of its joint ebookstore with Walmart, but all signs point to the launch happening in the second half of August. Initially...

Kobo: Keep Your Book Description Shorter Than 4,000 Characters Or It Will Be Excluded From Walmart.com

7 July, 20188 July, 2018Kobo, Self-Pub2 Comments

I am currently following a discussion over on KBoards about Kobo and Walmart, and one author just dropped a useful nugget of information that authors might find useful. Kobo...

Leaked: Kobo Clara HD Costs $129, Ships Early Next Month

14 May, 201814 May, 2018e-Reading Hardware, Kobo8 Comments

Kobo's newest ereader isn't scheduled to ship until the end of the month, but Notebook Italia finding a leaked product listing on an Italian retailer's website just rendered the...

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