Kobo was present at a UK booksellers’ meeting in London yesterday to discuss its new program to help indie bookshops sell ebooks to their customers, alongside a neutral device powered by The Hive Network and an affiliates’ program from social reading and book browsing site Anobii. Together, the program is hoping to help small stand-alone bookstores keep up in the digital age … [Read more...] about New Kobo Program Aimed at Indie Booksellers
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Sainsbury Gains 64% Controlling Interest in Anobii for eBook Push
The United Kingdoms third largest supermarket chain, Sainsbury, has just purchased 60% of HMV Group's shareholding in Anobii for a nominal 1 pound. Anobii currently has 600,000 users worldwide and a library of 60,000 ebooks. Anobii is a social networking book site primarily aimed at readers. The service allows individuals to catalogue their books and rate, review, and … [Read more...] about Sainsbury Gains 64% Controlling Interest in Anobii for eBook Push