Posts tagged Kobo
Surprise: You can read Kindle ebooks on Kobo Vox!
Unlike Amazon, Kobo has partnered with other companies to feed contents except ebooks for Vox. The company has partnered with Zinio for magazines, PressDirect for newspaper, RDIO for music, and GetJar for apps. In a recent post we elaborate what apps come in-built with Vox.Kobo Vox doesn’t allow access to Google Android Market for apps. You rather have to get apps from GetJar.
What surprises me is that GetJar app market have Amazon’s apps for Kindle which is the competitor of Kobo in the ebook market. In other words, you can buy ebooks from Amazon and read them on Kobo Vox. Definitely, Amazon More >
News about eReaders & eBooks: issue #1
Don't Buy an eReader Unless it Supports Wide Range of Contents or Big eBookStore
The ebook and ereader markets are still going through some turmoil even after substantial price cuts of major eink-based ereaders like Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Sony Readers – all of which are backed by large scale ebook retailers like Amazon, B&N, and Borders. While it seemed just a couple of months back that all other ereaders those donot have decent market share would disappear soon. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. There is a bunch of ereaders like Pocketebook, Sharper Image Literati, iReiver Cover Story, Cool-er, Pandigital Novel, Pockerbook IQ, BenQ K61, Ectaco Jetbook mini, Aluratek More >
Some Science Kobo Fiction eBooks
This new edition of Brian Aldiss’s classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov’s ‘Nightfall’, first published in 1941, to the 2006 story ‘Friends in Need’ by Eliza Blair. Including authors such as Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison, Bruce Sterling, A. E. Van Vogt and Brian Aldiss himself, these stories portray struggles against machines, epic journeys, genetic experiments, time travellers and alien races. From stories set on Earth, to More >
Borders Lowers the Price of Kobo, Taking Pre-Order For Cruz Reader & Tablet
On August 31, 2010, TechCrunch reported that Borders will drop price of the Kobo eReader to $129, making everyone wonder when the price war would start.
Borders announced Tuesday that it will lower the price on its Kobo e-reader to $129.99 from $149.99, while its Aluratek Libre reader will now be sold for $99.99 from $119.99.
“We’re committed to making it as easy as possible for all Borders customers to enjoy e-reading,” CEO Mike Edwards, said in a statement. “As the demand for e-readers grows, we believe it is important to provide accessibility to a variety of devices. By reducing the More >
Borders Lowers the Price of Kobo, Taking Pre-Order For Cruz Reader & Tablet
On August 31, 2010, TechCrunch reported that Borders will drop price of the Kobo eReader to $129, making everyone wonder when the price war would start.
Borders announced Tuesday that it will lower the price on its Kobo e-reader to $129.99 from $149.99, while its Aluratek Libre reader will now be sold for $99.99 from $119.99.
“We’re committed to making it as easy as possible for all Borders customers to enjoy e-reading,” CEO Mike Edwards, said in a statement. “As the demand for e-readers grows, we believe it is important to provide accessibility to a variety of devices. By reducing the More >
Video: The Wolf Hall Tournament of E-Readers
Source: The Reading Edge Podcast
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How to Fix Font Size of Downloaded eBooks From other Sources on Kobo Reader
There are some reports that if you download ePub ebooks from sources other than Kobo store font size of the books are very small and not quite pleasant to read on the screen of Kobo Reader. In order to fix this problem there is a program out now. It’s a free program. Follow the instruction here:
Wifi-only Nook Coming Soon
Engadget reports with a scrrenshoot regarding a wifi-only Nook. It’ll be sold at $149 same as the Kobo reader being sold by Borders. There are rumors that it’s coming this Wednesday. It seems not realistic. Why does B&N release a new Nook without any campaign within such a short time interval? However, it’s reasonable to believe that a fierce market competition in the ebook market going to bring down the ereader prices. It’s good that Kobo has blowed the whistle, and everybody has no other choice but to follow Kobo.
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Why a Wifi Kindle is the Most Likely To Be Amazon’s Highest Priority
In recent times Amazon is facing increasing competition in the ereader and ebook market. After B&N released Nook, and lately Apple’s iPad and its own iBook store, this competition has reached a height. In no way iPad is comparable to Kindle, but the wide scale adoption of iPad given the fact that that people are hesitated to carry multiple devices for multiple purposes when they can get a lot in one device like iPad, has created a slow down of Kindle sales. Borders is also coming in the market with Kobo reader which is not as good as Kindle in any means except the price. At a $150 price tag, More >
Why a Wifi Kindle is the Most Likely To Be Amazon's Highest Priority
In recent times Amazon is facing increasing competition in the ereader and ebook market. After B&N released Nook, and lately Apple’s iPad and its own iBook store, this competition has reached a height. In no way iPad is comparable to Kindle, but the wide scale adoption of iPad given the fact that that people are hesitated to carry multiple devices for multiple purposes when they can get a lot in one device like iPad, has created a slow down of Kindle sales. Borders is also coming in the market with Kobo reader which is not as good as Kindle in any means except the price. At a $150 price tag, More >
Kobo VP’s Response To Some Software and User Issues Regarding Kobo
Recently, a contributor on Teleread wrote a piece – Kobo growing pains – user issues and my prescription. In response to this, Kobo Vice President Michael Tamblyn left a big response in the comment area of the post. Teleread just put that comment as a blog post on the front page. Here I reproduce that response courtesy of Teleread:
1. Font scaling
Font scaling will be dealt with in a firmware upgrade the week of June 28th. Font issues have been tricky — they are most often caused by hardcoded absolute font sizes in the epub CSS. Doing wholesale overrides of CSS can earn us bad karma with More >
Kobo VP's Response To Some Software and User Issues Regarding Kobo
Recently, a contributor on Teleread wrote a piece – Kobo growing pains – user issues and my prescription. In response to this, Kobo Vice President Michael Tamblyn left a big response in the comment area of the post. Teleread just put that comment as a blog post on the front page. Here I reproduce that response courtesy of Teleread:
1. Font scaling
Font scaling will be dealt with in a firmware upgrade the week of June 28th. Font issues have been tricky — they are most often caused by hardcoded absolute font sizes in the epub CSS. Doing wholesale overrides of CSS can earn us bad karma with More >
