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Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and formerly tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto , Ontario , Canada and is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten .
The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc (a subsidiary of Rakuten). The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers available at the time. Like most e-readers, the Kobo uses an electronic ink ...
Rakuten had purchased Play.com in 2011, [1] and in 2013 the company switched to a new third-party marketplace format following a change in the law covering VAT for companies operating in Jersey and selling to consumers on the UK mainland. [2] The Play.com website was replaced by Rakuten.co.uk on 23 March 2015.
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This was followed, after a failed attempt to buy BlinkBox books from Tesco in January 2015, [94] with Waterstones announcing it had sold its e-book business to Rakuten Kobo Inc. in May 2016, [95] subsequently directing customers who had purchased e-books through the retailer to access their e-books via Kobo's eBook site. [96]
By August 2011, the Kobo e-reading platform had become the dominant player in Canada, with research firm Ipsos Reid estimating that it represented 36% of the Canadian market as of that date. [ 32 ] In November 2011, Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten purchased the company for US$315 million in cash. [ 33 ]
The Kobo Aura HD (also called the Aura HD) is a limited-edition Kobo eReader device designed and marketed by Kobo Inc. It was revealed 15 April 2013 and allowed for preorders the next day at a price of 169.99 USD/CAD. [1] It arrived in stores in Canada and the United Kingdom on 25 April 2013. [2]
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