Current news stories from the independent book industry
The Next Big Thing: Kobo?
David Gaughran has a comprehensive post about Kobo’s recent buyout by a Japanese firm. In the U.S., Kobo doesn’t get a lot of love – sales are slim on Kobo compared to other outlets, and the Kobo reader doesn’t really stack up to the Nook or the Kindle. Plus, there was the recent discount fiasco, where Kobo discounted Smashwords prices below the 99 cent threshold on the Kindle, causing Amazon to remove titles from the site (this happened to me, right at a time that I hit the top 100 via a Kindle Nation promotion). That’s since been cleared up. […]