It previously sold the Kobo Vox, a 7-inch Android tablet released in 2011. Kobo produced the Kobo Arc family of Android tablets, which it introduced in 2012 and refreshed in 2013. Kobo's eReaders use Wi-Fi to sync a user's book collection and bookmarks with Kobo's cloud service, which can also be accessed from Kobo eReading apps for Windows and macOS computers, Android and iOS smartphones. These eReaders compete with the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook product lines. In 2021, Kobo introduced the Kobo Elipsa, an eReader and smart notebook that allows users to write on the screen. In 2020, Kobo introduced the Kobo Nia, an entry level eReader to replace the discontinued Kobo Aura. Kobo partnered with Hotel Viu Milan to create a Reader in Residence program and for a month, the Kobo Libra H2O was placed in hotel rooms for guests to use. In 2019, the Kobo Libra H2O was released. In 2018, the company released the Kobo Clara HD as another 6-inch option (the Aura Edition 2 being the first). On the higher end, the Kobo Aura the Kobo Aura HD, which added a higher- resolution screen, the waterproof Kobo Aura H 2O and the waterproof Kobo Forma which added physical buttons and a choice of orientation. The product lineup went on to consist of the base model Kobo Touch, the smaller Kobo Mini, and the Kobo Glo, which has an illuminated screen. The first Kobo eReader was introduced in 2010. Kobo produces several eReaders with ePaper screens. The company reported that romance and mystery novels continued to be bestsellers during the pandemic, and that there was a rise in books for kids and young adults.
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ĭuring the COVID pandemic, Kobo worked with governments, publishers, and retail partners to provide more than 20 million free books through the “Stay Home and Read” program. On, Waterstones announced it had sold its eBook business to Rakuten Kobo Inc., and as of 14 June 2016, users were required to access their eBooks via Kobo's eBook site. Rakuten acquired the company from these owners in January 2012. As of March 2010, Indigo Books & Music owned 58% of Kobo Inc.
Indigo remained the majority owner, with investors including Borders Group, Cheung Kong Holdings, and REDgroup Retail taking minority stakes.
In December 2009, Indigo renamed the service Kobo and spun it off into an independent company. Kobo originated as Shortcovers, a cloud eReading service launched by the Canadian bookstore chain Indigo Books and Music in February 2009. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese ecommerce conglomerate Rakuten. Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, ereaders and tablet computers.
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