Good Context On Kobo | Playing to Win International Ebook Wars
With the news that Kobo is to hire 30 people in Ireland, many people were waking up to this Amazon competitor for the first time. Here at Irish Publishing News, we’ve covered Kobo once or twice, most recently when their…
Hughes & Hughes Selling Kobo Ereaders
Hughes & Hughes booksellers has signed a deal with ebook retailer Kobo that will see the bookseller selling ereaders in their bookstores this Christmas. Hughes will offer two devices in-store, the Kobo Glo ereader which features an LED lit screen for…
Briefly Noted | Kobo And WHSmith To Launch 100 New Kobo Experiential Shops
Kobo Inc., a global leader in eReading, today announced plans to open new Kobo branded shops within 100 WHSmith High Street retail locations in 2012. This decision follows the successful trial of the ‘Kobo Centre’ in some of WHSmith’s larger…
Easons Now Has Twenty-Five EStores
The trial phase of Eason’s new eStore feature is now finished and the company now has 25 in-store ebook and ereader sections. Several of the stores are in Northern Ireland and the rest in the Republic. The company is currently…
Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland: The 2011 Edition – Part One
2011 has seen an upsurge in interest in ebooks and ereaders in Ireland. IPN started to notice a huge spike in search traffic for Kindle’s, ebooks and a number of other devices in November. In an effort to help people…