![]() This e-book reader, which Amazon brought out to the world in the year 2007, was first slowly sold in the US. The developers of the e-book reader wanted to give a name for their product that means to create a spark in the mind of the people.Kindle,hence, becomes the right metaphor, and thus the name was born. One can browse, download and buy and read e-books, magazines, newspapers and other forms of digital media on Kindle. Kindle refers to the series of e-book readers that Amazon brought out. In 2012, Kobo introduced the self-publishing platform called the “Kobo Writing Life.” Authors can access the deep analytics feature where they can keep track of their book’s sales and at the same time create a market for their book at the global level. Kobo sells around 4 million titles, in epub format. Publishing and store: The bookstore from Kobo was launched in 2010 and is now available in about 16 countries.Kobo also got the Top Developer badge from the Google Play Store in 2015. Within smartphones of Android, Blackberry, Windows, and iOS, Kobo apps are available. Applications: Free reading applications of Kobo can be used for OS X and Microsoft Windows computers.A user may also do this from within smartphones that support Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows. A user can access this cloud service from the application for Microsoft and OS X computers. The Kobo e-readers use Wi-Fi to sync the book collection and bookmarks of the user with the Kobo’s cloud services. These e-book readers are currently the major competition for Amazon Kindle out in the publishing market. On the costly end, there are the high-resolution Kobo Aura HD and Kobo Aura H2O that come under the Kobo Aura family of e-book readers. The line-up on the cheaper side of the e-book readers includes Kobo Touch, Kobo Mini and Kobo Glo which come with an illuminated screen. The range is both on the higher end as well as, the lower end on the price and features side. E-book readers: Kobo has a wide range of e-book readers, which come with an e-paper screen.These Android tablets from Kobo were designed specially to provide support for the e-books and other applications that the company brings out in the market. Preceding this, the ‘Kobo Vox 7 inch Android tablet’ was released in 2011. Tablets: Kobo introduced the Android tablets from the Kobo Arc family in the year 2012.Though a bit on the higher end, these devices are really worth their cost. From there, Kobo has now grown to be a very popular e-reading publisher and has brought forward several services and products into the market. ![]() The company majorly deals with the selling of books and the consumer electronics. When we look closer, we can see that Kobo is just an anagram of the word “book.” On the first glance, you may wonder why the company has that name. The company has its headquarters in Toronto and is a subsidiary of Rakuten, a Japanese e-commerce group. is a Canadian company that sells e-books, e-book readers and tablets.
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