Making good on its CEO’s promise of doubling-down on e-readers, Kobo has unveiled the latest generation in its series of such devices: the Kobo Aura HD. The product is aimed at what Kobo calls “the most passionate book lovers.”
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Barnes & Noble Continuing to Invest in Nook Brand
Ebook Best-Seller Price Average Plummets to Lowest Level Yet
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Indie Bookstore Sales of Kobo Ebooks Dwarf Google; Still Small
Just six months after forging a partnership with the American Booksellers Association (ABA) to help independent bookstores sell ebooks, Canadian upstart Kobo has shown that it can crush the competition – even when it’s one of the world’s largest and most admired companies. In fact, it only took a month. Despite the success, overall sales have been relatively slow and there are other problems indie bookshops face when signing up to sell ebooks and e-readers with Kobo.
Kobo CEO Mike Serbinis: Doubling Down on E-Readers and International Expansion
Amazon Begins Discounting Macmillan Ebooks
The Race Against Publishing Technology
Ebook Pricing Roller Coaster
Average Price of Ebook Best-Seller Ticks up Even as More Expensive Ebooks Fall Out of Favor With Readers
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Amazon Acquires Goodreads
Streaming Ebooks Into Schools
Fifty Shades Helps Random House to Huge Profits in 2012
Amazon Scores Ebook Best-Seller Hits With Hangman’s Daughter Ebooks
Major Book-Focused Social Network Now Sells Ebooks
Books-Focused Social Network TheReadingRoom.com Now Sells Ebooks
At half-a-million members, The Reading Room is less than a tenth the size of the leading books-focused social networking site, Goodreads, but it has something its largest competitor currently lacks: An ebook store and an e-reading app. The company is also working on adding physical books to its store.
Scholastic’s Aggressive Digital Moves
Ebook Growth Slows
Ebook Growth Slows for Adult Trade to 21% in Nov.
Self-Published Author Scores Six-Figure Deal With HarperCollins
Best-Selling Self-Published Author Jennifer L. Armentrout Signs Six-Figure, Three-Book Deal With HarperCollins for Wait for You
Ebook Best-Seller Prices Fall to Lowest Ever, Self-Published Title Retains No. 1 Rank
If you told publishing observers and executives at major publishing houses a year ago that the average price of a best-selling ebook would plummet to under $8.00 and that a self-published title would be the No. 1 best-seller for several weeks, they would probably say that’s impossible. “Impossible” just isn’t in the ebook dictionary anymore.
