Kobo ties up deal with UK Booksellers Assoc

lecoeur · 09-18-2012, 06:54 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, 02:44 PM

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

ottdmk · 09-18-2012, 04:21 PM

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

09-18-2012, 06:54 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, 02:44 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, 04:21 PM	#3
ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 3765734 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M8 HD	Go Kobo! First the independent booksellers association in the States, now this deal with independents in the UK. Excellent.

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