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

2 October, 2018 // 49 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 before it launched. Then I checked my inbox this [Read More ...]

Kobo Has Banned US Customers From Its Site

11 September, 2018 // 31 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 their partnership earlier this year I [Read More ...]

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

22 August, 2018 // 8 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 Kobo models like the Aura [Read More ...]

Walmart Now Partnered with OverDrive

21 August, 2018 // 2 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 learned that Walmart has also [Read More ...]

Walmart’s eBookstore is Launching Today

21 August, 2018 // 36 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 multiple references have been found in [Read More ...]

Walmart and Kobo Are Launching Their Joint eBookstore on 21 August

30 July, 2018 // 14 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 announced in January, the new [Read More ...]

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

7 July, 2018 // 2 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 is telling authors who [Read More ...]

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

14 May, 2018 // 8 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 press embargo moot. [Read More ...]

Leaked Youtube Video Reveals Kobo Clara HD has a 6″ Screen With Color-Changing Frontlight

11 May, 2018 // 6 Comments

Kobo's next ereader leaked on Youtube today, and it is exactly what we were expecting. Kobo’s Canadian retail partner, Chapters/Indigo, uploaded a video to YouTube showing the Kobo Clara HD. The [Read More ...]

Kobo Firmware Update v4.8.10956 Adds Fast Page Flip, New Default Font

10 May, 2018 // 5 Comments

Kobo released a new firmware for its ereaders a couple weeks ago that added a faster page turn speed as well as other improvements.. Hold the corner of the screen and you can advance through an ebook [Read More ...]

How to Get Night Mode (White Text & Black Background) on Kobo eReaders

28 April, 2018 // 5 Comments

Kobo gives readers a nearly infinite number of different ways to tweak their reading experience so it's perfect. We can change the margins to either leave a pleasant amount of whitespace or to save [Read More ...]

Kobo Content Sales Up 60% in 4th Quarter 2017 – Mostly Due to Tolino

19 April, 2018 // 11 Comments

It turns out Kobo has a lot in common with the major trade publishers; in both cases, much if not all of their growth comes from acquisitions rather than growing sales. According to Rakuten's [Read More ...]

Kobo Clara HD Clears the FCC

31 March, 2018 // 11 Comments

Kobo's next ereader has shown up on the FCC website, but unfortunately that is just all I can tell you about it right now. According to the paperwork, the Clara HD is going to be made by Netronix, [Read More ...]

Readers Have Borrowed More Than 1 Billion Books Through OverDrive

20 March, 2018 // 3 Comments

Overdrive just announced on their blog that they have loaned a billion ebooks since they first started lending ebooks in 2003. From OverDrive: One billion. It’s a defining number that’s hard to [Read More ...]

Kobo to Retire Kobo Kids Accounts on 3 April

1 March, 2018 // 7 Comments

Back in 2013 Kobo responded to the then-current hand-wringing over adult content in ebookstores by launching a Kids Account option which had limited access to only what Kobo considered [Read More ...]

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