Kobo ties up deal with UK Booksellers Assoc

lecoeur · 09-18-2012, 07:54 AM

http://www.reghardware.com/2012/09/1...to_pitch_kobo/

This is a fascinating deal that will allow independent Booksellers in the UK to sell Kobo's almost as if they were it's own brand and will doubtless bring the Kobo a wider recognition in the UK. As the UK's largest bookchain Waterstones has now bizarrely partnered with its biggest nemesis, Amazon to sell Kindles, this will at least offer a glimmer of hope for survival of the independent brick & mortar stores who will have just read that Ebook fiction sales for the first six months of 2012 have risen 188%.

Mrs_Often · 09-18-2012, 03:44 PM

Woosh that's a lot of information in two sentences! Interesting!

ottdmk · 09-18-2012, 05:21 PM

Go Kobo! First the independent booksellers association in the States, now this deal with independents in the UK. Excellent.

09-18-2012, 07:54 AM	#1
lecoeur Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 600006 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cardiff, Wales. UK Device: kobo touch	Kobo ties up deal with UK Booksellers Assoc http://www.reghardware.com/2012/09/1...to_pitch_kobo/ This is a fascinating deal that will allow independent Booksellers in the UK to sell Kobo's almost as if they were it's own brand and will doubtless bring the Kobo a wider recognition in the UK. As the UK's largest bookchain Waterstones has now bizarrely partnered with its biggest nemesis, Amazon to sell Kindles, this will at least offer a glimmer of hope for survival of the independent brick & mortar stores who will have just read that Ebook fiction sales for the first six months of 2012 have risen 188%.

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09-18-2012, 03:44 PM	#2
Mrs_Often Wizard Posts: 1,775 Karma: 2694823 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: The Netherlands Device: Kobo Touch, Glo, Clara HD	Woosh that's a lot of information in two sentences! Interesting!

09-18-2012, 05:21 PM	#3
ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,225 Karma: 3833548 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M9	Go Kobo! First the independent booksellers association in the States, now this deal with independents in the UK. Excellent.