Sony to move its Reader eBook service to Kobo
Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 1:39PM 
Continuing it's bid to divest itself of underperforming product lines (see post below), Sony is tossing it's Reader book store and has decided to ally itself with Kobo for content in on its eBook readers and Xperia tablets. Below what Sony announced earlier.
"Sony Electronics, together with Kobo, a global leader in eReading, today announced that Kobo will provide Sony's Readeran and Sony's Xperia tablet and smartphone users in the United States and Canada with Kobo's world-class catalogue of more than 4 million eBooks, magazines and newspapers, graphic novels, and kids content."
Sony's Reader Store customers and their current eBook libraries will transfer to the Kobo ecosystem starting in late March. Reader Store customers will be able to take advantage of Kobo's new dedicated Kids Store and magazine experience, and have full access to purchase the most popular bestsellers
