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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

TORONTO, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rakuten Kobo, a global leader in digital reading, and StoryGraph, the community-driven platform for book lovers, announce a seamless reading integration ...

Rakuten Kobo has rebuilt its e-reader and app syncing system for bookmarks and e-book progress. Here is how you can fix it on ...

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Rakuten Kobo and Indigo partner to bring Canadians the books they want, in any format they choose. "Books and stories have always been the heart and soul of Indigo," said Samantha Taylor, Chief ...

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 ...