Thread: Kobo touch to launch in Japan before kindle
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Old 07-04-2012, 09:47 AM   #14
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Coverage of Rakuten/Kobo announcement (2 July) had some additonal information that I found interesting and curious.

Price for Kobo Touch JP will be JPY 7,980 (80.00 Euros / USD 100.00).

Content distribution and hardware orders will commence on the 19th (July).

Content business (for JP market) will be hosted by Kobo in Canada.
This will mean that sales tax (Consumption Tax) will not be applied to titles sold by Kobo. A comment from the Finance Ministry indicates that they are planning to revise the law to impose sales tax on sales by overseas retailers.

*Rakuten has an existing ebook content business, "Raboo" provided in conjunction with booklista (a partnership with Sony, Toppan, KDDI and Asahi Shimbun).

The reader software onboard will be ACCESS NetFrontTM BookReader v1.0 EPUB Edition.
This will provide support for EPUB3 and all the basic requirements for Japanese text layout. EPUB3 support will also be provided by ACCESS for reader apps on other platforms.
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