1140 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
Array readersThe new German Kobo ebookstore is now open for business at www.kobobooks.de, with 2.4 million titles—including 80,000 in German—for sale. That’s about three times as many as what Amazon offers on its German Kindle store, notes paidContent. Kobo has also released German-language apps for iOS and Android, with a PlayBook version “coming soon.”
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1702 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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From the press release:
Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 4.7 million users worldwide, has announced that European online retailer redcoon (www.redcoon.de) will sell the company’s Kobo eReader Touch Edition beginning Oct. 1. Priced at 149 €, the innovative Kobo eReader Touch Edition comes with a rich feature set,
1491 readersFrom the press release: Kobo, the only pure-play global eReading service built on an open platform, today revealed its Holiday 2010 momentum. This Christmas, readers around the world received new eReaders and iPads and other eReading devices under their tree. Over a million people connected to Kobo, and hundreds of thousands of devices were activated
266 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,
493 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, a global leader in eReading with over 7 million users in 170 countries worldwide, today announced the in-store availability of the Kobo Vox eReader at Best Buy stores across the United States and online at www.bestbuy.com. The Kobo Vox eReader, will be sold at Best Buy for $199 (USD), has seen strong adoption worldwide including
2181 readersHere’s the part of the press release: Amazon.de today launched the Kindle Store (www.amazon.de/kindlebuecher), the biggest e-bookstore in Germany, with the largest selection of ebooks including more than 650,000 titles, 71 of 100 Spiegel bestsellers, and over 25,000 German-language titles with thousands of German classics downloadable for free only on Kindle. … The German Kindle
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