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Sony to launch European Reader Stores no comments
Sony announced today that it will be expanding its ebookstore to Europe. The first new store will launch in the UK with over 100,000 titles by the end of October, 2011. This will be followed by a Reader Store serving German and Austrian customers by the end of this year. Next year Reader Stores will be coming to France, Italy and Spain.
Here’s hoping that Sony does a better job with its European ebookstores than it has with the US version.
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Kobo launches German ereading store no comments
A few months ago Kobo announced that it would be launching ebookstores with local content in several European countries. Today the company announced the launch of the first in Germany.
At launch the store has 80,000 German-language ebooks. With the additional ebooks available in English and other languages plus the usual public domain titles the store contains a total of 2.4 million ebooks according to Kobo.
The Kobo eReader Touch Edition will be coming in a German version in August. Kobo has also released German-language versions of its free ereading apps for iOS and Android (available here), with a PlayBook version in the works. The Kobo Reading Life social ereading platform will be released in German as well.
Kobo’s German store (www.kobobooks.de) will soon be followed by country-specific stores for Spain, France, Italy and Netherlands.
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Kobo embarking on European expansion no comments
Kobo announced today at the London Book Fair that it will soon be launching local content stores for European countries. Kobo’s European expansion will start with stores for Germany and Spain next month, followed shortly thereafter by local stores for France, Italy and the Netherlands.
From the press release:
Kobo’s European stores will offer customers a rich assortment of local content, merchandised to the tastes and preferences of readers across Europe. Kobo has partnered with European publishers to offer a wide range of titles on a selection of localized applications for today’s popular eReading devices. This launch marks the beginning of Kobo’s European expansion with other countries to follow.
"European readers have been looking for an eBook service that encompasses the full range of mobile devices, tablets, and eReaders – we are happy to step up and fulfill that need. This announcement marks Kobo’s entry into the European market and an industry first. In providing local content and reading experiences for European readers, Kobo continues to build on the vision of giving people around the world the freedom to read on any device, and share their love of reading with friends," said Michael Serbinis, CEO, Kobo.
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Mobcast Launches European eBook Shops Through Mobile Operators no comments
Mobcast has launched a new ebook service in Europe that enables mobile operators to sell ebooks to customers who are then billed through their mobile phone account.
T-Mobile and Orange UK are the first service providers to use Mobcast’s new digital book platform. Currently ebooks purchased through the service can be read on Android and smartphones, PCs and ereaders. Support for iPhone and iPad is expected to follow later in the year.
Mobcast CEO Tony Lynch said: "After developing this platform for two years we know from our own customer data that they love reading books on their mobile phone and a large percentage go on to purchase multiple books per month. The majority of our revenue comes from repeat customers. The latest version of the Mobcast platform allows the operators to offer a full book shop experience to millions of their book loving customers."
Mobcast says that it expects to launch similar digital book platforms with international retailers and operators over the coming months.
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