Overdrive announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with the German digital distribution service provider Libreka to bring its ebook and digital audiobook catalog to public libraries in Germany, Austria...
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Marvel Comics Now Available via OverDrive Marketplace
Overdrive announced on Monday that it had expanded the availability of its comics selection. With Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters in a few weeks and Black Panther & Into the Spider-Verse winning big at the...
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Kobo Just Ended Support for the Kobo Wifi
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...
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Kobo is Ending Support for Sony Readers
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...
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65 Libraries Each Loaned Over a Million Titles Last Year
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...
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New Firmware Update Available for Kobo eReaders
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...
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Kobo Partners With a Book Translation Service
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...
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Walmart is Actually Selling eBooks in Stores, But Still Doesn’t Give a Crap About Selling eBooks
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...
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Walmart Doesn’t Care About Selling eBooks
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...
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Kobo Forma Sports an 8″ Screen, Will Cost $279
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...
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Kobo Has Banned US Customers From Its Site
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...
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Kobo Adds Overdrive Integration to Aura, Clara HD, and Aura H2O2 eReaders with Update 4.10
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...
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Walmart Now Partnered with OverDrive
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...
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Walmart’s eBookstore is Launching Today
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...
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Walmart and Kobo Are Launching Their Joint eBookstore on 21 August
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...
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