The link below is to an article reporting on yet another bookseller shooting itself in the foot – Kobo has suspended Goodreads from its ebook readers.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/kobo-suspends-usage-of-the-goodreads-api
Last September, Barnes & Noble (s BKS) launched two new tablets. The Nook HD and HD+, ranging in price from $199 to $299, were designed to be reader-centric devices. They included features like children’s accounts and curated “channels” to help readers discover new books.
These features, Barnes & Noble hoped, would be enough to attract buyers — but they weren’t kidding themselves that users would be persuaded to buy a Nook instead of an iPad. “You have an iPad, I have one,” a company exec said at a briefing at the time, seemingly acknowledging that the Nook HD wouldn’t be anybody’s first choice. Rather, Barnes & Noble clearly hoped that the Nook tablets’ prices and features might be enough to entice users away from other lower-priced tablets like the Kindle (s AMZN) Fire and Nexus (s GOOG) 7.
It didn’t work. Fast-forward a year and Barnes & Noble’s Nook business is…
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When Kobo launched its “luxury” e-reader, the $169.99 Aura HD, last month, I was skeptical that anybody would shell out for it when cheaper models are available. Early sales results, however, suggest that I was wrong: Kobo announced Tuesday, a day before BookExpo America begins in New York, that the month-old Aura now accounts for “up to 27 percent of Kobo devices sold at retail, with more than 50 percent of those customers being new to Kobo.” The company didn’t reveal how many devices it has sold.
In addition, Kobo says its revenue grew by 98 percent in the first quarter of 2013, compared to this time last year. During the quarter , it says it “grew its user base by 2.5 million readers, bringing its total registered users to 14.5 million, with 15 percent of its new user base coming from the U.S.” That last point is important…
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The link below is to an article about using Calibre and managing a Kobo Bookshelf.
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http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-6-managing-kobo-bookshelves/
The link below is to an article that reviews the Kobo Arc.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/kobo-arc-review/
The link below is to an article that briefly looks at the latest offerings from Kobo in Australia.
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http://www.techlife.net/tablets/news/2012/9/kobo-steps-up-with-kobo-arc-ice-cream-sandwich-tablet-for-24999/
The link below is to an article concerning ebook company Kobo and their new self-publishing platform called ‘Kobo Writing Life.’
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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/kobo-unveils-self-publishing-program_b52502
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