Rakuten Kobo scores a major win for e-reader enjoyers with a massive in-store Best Buy expansion for a range of tablets and ...

E-bookseller and e-reader company Kobo is being acquired by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten for $315 million. The company says it will continue to expand in the U.S., while growing its ...

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Rakuten Kobo, a global leader in digital reading, announces a major retail expansion, with its award-winning line of eReaders now available in over 500 Best Buy retail locations across the United ...

Matthew was the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police until 2025. Amazon's new Kindles have suffered from yellow banding issues, leading to negative reviews. Kobo's e-readers are affordable and ...

TOKYO & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4755) and Kobo Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rakuten intends to acquire 100% of total ...

Rakuten, Inc. today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of total issued and outstanding shares of the eReader company, Kobo for US$315 million in cash. Kobo was ...

The Kobo Aura One Limited Edition’s 32GB of storage and large display makes reading large files and graphic content on a pleasure. The device’s high cost makes it a less attractive a choice than it ...

I may be unhealthily obsessed with global digital publishing. I mean in a creepy, stalkerish, guy-who-stares-at-you-too-long-on-the-bus sense. I'm not an insider: I don't fly to the Frankfurt Book ...

Rakuten, Inc. has just announced that it has signed a "definitive agreement" to "to acquire 100% of total issued and outstanding shares" of Kobo for a total of $315 million in cash. According to the ...

Rakuten Kobo’s Clara HD e-reader ($130 from Rakuten Kobo) costs $10 less than its main competitor, the ad-free version of the Kindle Paperwhite (reviewed here and available, of course, from Amazon).