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E-Reader Price War Breaks Out in UK as Kobo Chases Nook Down

Paul St John Mackintosh — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:15:24 +0000

WHSmith, the UK high street bookstore and stationery chain, has hit a new low in e-reader retailing—price-wise—with a deal on the Kobo Mini e-reader for just £29.99 ($47.07), down from its original £49.99 ($78.45) retail price. WHSmith, known to Brits as just Smiths, is also handing out £5.00 ($7.85) gift vouchers on till receipts to [...]

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Kobo Aura HD: First Impressions

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:15:42 +0000

Spotted my first Kobo Aura HD this weekend! My local Indigo had added the new 30-percent larger 6.8 inch reader to its in-store display, and I got to play with one for a few minutes. And my first impression? It was fine. That’s it. That’s all I can really say about it. It’s bigger and [...]

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Kobo Introducing High-End E Ink Reader, the Aura HD. But Why?

Juli Monroe — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:15:09 +0000

Honestly, I’ve got mixed feelings about Kobo’s announcement of their new e-reader. On the one hand, I’m glad to see someone releasing a high-end E Ink reader. The specs on this one look good, with a pixel resolution that is better even than the Kindle Paperwhite. Lots of people on various e-book forums are saying [...]

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Kobo to Launch New HD E-Reader

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:17:34 +0000

I woke up this morning to the news that Kobo is launching a new HD reader! The ‘Aura HD‘ has the same glow technology as the excellent flagship Kobo Glo, but has a bigger 6.8 inch screen with 1440 x 1080 resolution and 265 dpi, which they claim is the highest on the market. It [...]

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Morning Links: Kobo unveils a new HD reader

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:06:12 +0000

Sony Launches Discover Map Feature on Reader Store (Good e-Reader) Books to Help Kids Talk About Boston Marathon News (GalleyCat) Kobo Unveils Aura HD, a High-Definition Reader (Digital Book World) Enough About Data Caps, They are a Terrible Idea (Paid Content) Kindle Daily Deals: Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther Kind Jr. (and 3 [...]

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Airport bookshop Hudson Booksellers finally has an e-retail store (Plus: A 40% discount for readers)

Dan Eldridge — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:54:57 +0000

If you’ve ever purchased a paperback novel at the airport—or for that matter, a hardcover book, or even a magazine or a candy bar or a cheap tourist trinket—there’s a decent chance you picked it up at a branch of Hudson Booksellers, which refers to itself as “The Travelers’ Best Friend,” and “aiports’ #1 bookseller.” [...]

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Kobo Arc to receive Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Juli Monroe — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:37:16 +0000

Kobo Arc owners should be very happy today. You’ll be receiving Android 4.1 Jelly Bean the next time you connect to Wi-Fi. What does this get you? Well, it gets you Google Now, which I reviewed for GadgeTell in January. Although I said back then that I thought it was a bit creepy at times, [...]

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Kobo’s response to the WH Smith DRM situation

Dan Eldridge — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:13:20 +0000

Yesterday morning, we brought to your attention a rather unusual situation that had been taking place in the WH Smith e-retail store: Kobo e-books that were meant to be DRM-free had been listed on the WH Smith site as having digital rights management software added. Even books that had been authored by Cory Doctorow, perhaps [...]

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Updated: WH Smith adding DRM to Cory Doctorow books, and others’

Dan Eldridge — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:28:04 +0000

Could there possibly be a modern author better known for his extremely anti-DRM stance than Cory Doctorow? Certainly not many, at any rate. But Kobo owners visiting the WH Smith e-retail store and attempting to buy Doctorow’s books would be forgiven for thinking otherwise: They’ve all been saddled with digital rights management. (Scroll down for the incriminating screen shot.) [...]

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Kobo Launches Canadian Indie Publisher Promo — Updated

Dan Eldridge — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:47:11 +0000

From the Ontario Book Publishers Organization (OBPO) today comes a bit of interesting news about a ten-day e-book promo that kicks off today on Kobo’s Canadian site, Kobo.ca, which apparently involves an opportunity to win either a Kobo Arc or a Kobo Mini. (More on that later in the post.) Dubbed the 1001 Canadian Nights [...]

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Starting this Friday, save $20 on the Kobo Mini e-reader

Dan Eldridge — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:30:20 +0000

Our friends over at Good E-Reader alerted us this morning to a Valentine’s Day promotion that’s being planned by the good folks at Kobo: Starting this Friday, January 25, and running all the way through Valentine’s Day (Thursday, February 14), the fantastic and too-small-to-be-believed Kobo Mini e-reader will be available for just $59.99—that’s a full $20 [...]

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Kobo Arc Revisited: How Are People Doing?

Joanna Cabot — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:26:00 +0000

The Kobo Arc has been selling well since its recent launch in Canada, propelled largely by its retail presence at Canadian book chain Indigo, where it undercuts the Google Nexus on price, and by a decently impressive spec sheet. I had the chance to speak with a few Kobo Arc customers, now that they’ve settled [...]

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Kobo in Canada: A Triumph in Marketing?

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:14:38 +0000

There is a great thread going on at Mobile Read on the Kobo series and their success in Canada. The poster, Scrapking, points out that Kobo was not the first reader available in Canada—that honor goes to Sony—but it has now become by far the dominant. The evidence? A glance at the flyers the big electronics [...]

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Kobo Arc: First Impressions

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:51:39 +0000

I got my hands on a Kobo Arc today! A co-worker bought one and wanted my help setting it up. She’s a complete e-book newbie, and was persuaded to buy the Arc because she travels a lot, and wanted a device she could take with her for books, movies, light Web browsing and entertainment. The [...]

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A tablet buyer thinking guide

Chris Meadows — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:34:26 +0000

Everybody’s coming out with tablet gift buyers’ guides this time of year (including us in not too long). I thought it might be a good idea to come out with more of a thinking guide, something to suggest ideas for you to consider while you read those guides—a “buyers’ guide guide” if you will. These [...]

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