Kobo ereader on the bus

Who are the leading brands behind digital e-readers?

Approximately 60 digital e-readers are currently available on the market. Each has…

Full Review of the Rakuten Kobo Clara Colour e-reader

The Kobo Clara Colour e-reader is one of the year’s most essential…

Will Rakuten sell Kobo?

Rakuten bought two North American companies a couple  of years ago, Overdrive…

Rakuten sells Overdrive to KKR

Rakuten purchased Overdrive in 2015 for $410 million dollars and it looks…

Overdrive rebrands their company to Overdrive Rakuten

Overdrive is the largest company involved in the digital library sector and…

Kobo Launches Book-Centric Social Responsibility Programs

There are a number of great organizations working hard to fight illiteracy,…

Will Kobo start selling audiobooks in 2016?

Kobo has been involved in the e-book, digital magazine and newspapers for…

Rakuten has Completed the Acquisition of Overdrive

Rakuten has been trying to dominate the e-book landscape in North America…

OverDrive Acquired by Rakuten, Owners of Kobo

OverDrive is the world’s leading digital content provider of books, movies, music,…

13 Japanese Companies Band Together to Challenge Amazon

Online retailer Rakuten have joined forces with a dozen other companies in…

Rakuten, Aquafadas Provide Digital Services for Japanese Publishers

The e-commerce giant Rakuten and the digital publisher Aquafadas have joined forces…

Amazon Launches Instant Online Video Service in Japan

Amazon has unveiled another of its popular services, Instant Video, in Japan…

Digital Magazine Awards Finalists Include Nine Apps from Aquafadas

Digital publishing solutions provider Aquafadas announced today that a number of its…

Amazon Japan Overtaking the Competition

One of Amazon’s most recent global marketplace initiations has been in Japan,…

Recent Poll Shows eReader and eBook Footprint in Japan

Goo Research has compiled a new report that gives an indication on…

Japan Making Ready for Digital Reading Explosion

Japan is looking ahead to the launch of four separate e-reader devices…