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  Kobo Vox to Launch in Germany This Summer

  272 readersIt may have taken a while, but it looks like the Kobo Vox is finally going to be available in Kobo’s German eBookstore. Thorsten Schroer, head of Kobo’s European operations, was interviewed recently by Teltarif, a German blog. According to Thorsten, the Vox will be shipping in Germany this summer. Retail price has not been set,

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  Kobo Vox to Launch in Germany This Summer

  496 readersIt may have taken a while, but it looks like the Kobo Vox is finally going to be available in Kobo’s German eBookstore. Thorsten Schroer, head of Kobo’s European operations, was interviewed recently by Teltarif, a German blog. According to Thorsten, the Vox will be shipping in Germany this summer. Retail price has not been set,

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  Kobo Launches German eBookstore

  1150 readersCanadian-based eBook company Kobo has launched an eBookstore in Germany. The store launches with 80,000 German language titles and a total of 2.4 million eBooks in the store, making it the largest eBookstore in Germany. The company has also released its Kobo Touch eReader in Germany (the device launched in the U.S. in June). The

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  Kobo kicks off European expansion; stores for Germany, France, Italy Netherlands, Spain

  3362 readersFrom the press release.  Announced today at the London Book Fair: Kobo, the leader in global  eReading, today announced its plans to launch local content stores in Germany and Spain starting in May 2011, with local stores for France, Italy and the Netherlands following shortly after.  Kobo’s European stores will offer customers a rich assortment of local content, merchandised to the tastes and preferences of readers across Europe.

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  Redcoon About to Ship the Kobo Touch in Germany

  1265 readers It happened a few weeks later than Kobo wanted, but the Kobo Touch is now shipping in Germany. Kobo launched its German eBookstore in July, and it promised to release the Kobo Touch in the German market in early September. That later got bumped back to the first of October, and that new release date

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  Kobo Touch will be on Redcoon, MediaMarkt Store Shelves on 1 October

  2065 readersKobo announced today that it had signed a new retail partner. Come October 1st, the new Kobo Touch will be on the digital store shelf of Redcoon.de, a German gadget website. Kobo describes it Redcoon asone of the largest electronics retailers in Europe, with customers in 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Italy,

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  Kobo Launches German Language eReader

  1724 readersKobo released a German language version of the Kobo eReader Touch eReader. The eReader will be available at German retailers for €149 beginning on Oct 1, 2011. The company announced the device at IFA in Berlin this week. The device will be supported by Kobo’s existing German-language eBookstores. Since the store launched in July,

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  Kobo closes $50 million in financing; Kobo pre-loaded on PlayBook

  1893 readersFrom the press release: Kobo, the global leader in eReading has closed a $50 Million investment round led by a leading institutional investor. Existing investors also participated in the round; investing $13M.“Kobo will use the new funding to continue it’s explosive growth internationally,” said Greg Twinney, CFO of Kobo. “As the eReading space continues to

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  Kobo closes $50 million in financing; Kobo pre-loaded on PlayBook

  1248 readersFrom the press release: Kobo, the global leader in eReading has closed a $50 Million investment round led by a leading institutional investor. Existing investors also participated in the round; investing $13M.“Kobo will use the new funding to continue it’s explosive growth internationally,” said Greg Twinney, CFO of Kobo. “As the eReading space continues to

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  Kobo Opens Up eBook Store In Japan

  1414 readersCanadian eReading company Kobo has opened up an eBook store in Japan and will introduce its eReaders to the country on July 19th. Kobo eReaders go on presale today  through the new Japanese Kobo e-commerce site for ¥7,980 or $100 US. The news comes as Amazon has its own plans to enter the Japanese eBook market. The company