This could help make the Kobo Arc a much more attractive buy. And self-publishing for rich, colour content is fantastic! I have someone locally who produces a local mountain biking map book and this is exactly the kind of platform he needs to self-publish it on Kobo! (And since Kobo has 47% marketshare in Canada, that's the platform he wants to target first.)
Kobo also announced that Writing Life is available in five additional languages as of this morning:
http://blog.kobobooks.com/kobo-writi...new-languages/