Entries in Nook (12)

Thursday
Jan052012

Kobo celebrates Strong eBook and eReader Sales

Kobo today revealed record sales for the holiday season.  This year the Kobo eReader was a very popular gift with people around the world receiving new Kobo Touch, Kobo Vox eReader and Kobo Wifi devices, driving company sales to a record high. The good news is more people are adopting eReaders

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Sunday
Jul172011

Review: Kobo eReader Touch Edition

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto-based Kobo has come a long way since its first eReader with the eReader Touch Edition. A diminuitive, fast and well-priced eBook reader that doesn't only meet its competition feature by feature but also offers a number of unique features besides being the one of the smaller yet most capable eReader devices around.

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Wednesday
Apr202011

Kobo closes $50 Million investment round, aims for global market

The eBook Reader segment is one of the fastest growing markets today. Toronto-based Kobo has closed a $50 Million investment round led by a leading institutional investor. The company plans on, among other things, a European expansion of its products and services. Existing investors also participated in the round; investing $13M. Hit the jump to see the details from the official release.

 

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Sunday
Jan022011

CES Coverage - Pre show 2: The rise of ebook readers

The Samsung Galaxy Tab (above) running Zinio's app can get you hundreds of newspapers from around the world anytime, anywhere.Looking at two of last year's hottest products, Amazon's Kindle 3 and the Apple iPad, were starting to see a clear path towards the ubiquity of highly portable devices that can double as eReaders  for various materials (be it websites, books, magazines or newspapers) with them.

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