Last year Kobo unveiled Writing Life, which is its seminal indie self-publishing platform. It has attracted many prominent authors, such as H.P. Mallory and Kevin J. Anderson. In the last few days, Kobo has quietly introduced the ability for authors to issue pre-orders for their ebooks. This adds a tremendous amount of versatility to promote your upcoming title before the … [Read more...] about Kobo Writing Life Introduces Pre-Orders
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Kobo Talks eBook Pricing and Global Markets at FutureBook 2012
FutureBook 2012, The Bookseller's third annual event, will kick off this morning in London England, with speakers from some of the most innovative and dynamic companies in the publishing industry. The day before the event Good e-Reader sat down with Michael Tamblyn, executive vice president of Content, Sales, and Marketing for Kobo, to talk about where the eBook market is … [Read more...] about Kobo Talks eBook Pricing and Global Markets at FutureBook 2012
Kobo Writing Life to Be Launched Soon
Kobo Writing Life is the company's new self-publishing platform that allows authors to employ a myriad of tools. One of the most exciting aspects of this problem is the live metrics that give you a sense of where your books are selling and how many, all in real time. You can also set prices differently in all of the countries you are targeting in your campaign. The program has … [Read more...] about Kobo Writing Life to Be Launched Soon
Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Kobo Writing Life Self-Publishing Platform
Kobo will be introducing a new self-publishing platform called Writing Life in the next few weeks. The essence of this new platform is to allow indie authors to publish their ebooks on Kobo's expansive ecosystem. You will be able to sell books in all the markets that Kobo supports and set your own prices in each country. One of the most exciting aspects of this program are … [Read more...] about Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Kobo Writing Life Self-Publishing Platform
Kobo’s BEA Unveil of a Real-Time Sales Dashboard
BEA is the place for showing off a little, especially when it comes to new products or features. While this year’s event didn’t bring a new first-ever touch screen e-ink reader like Kobo sprung on the crowd last year, this year’s surprise package might be just as innovative, at least for authors and publishers. At the Kobo roundtable discussion this morning, the ebook … [Read more...] about Kobo’s BEA Unveil of a Real-Time Sales Dashboard