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<title>Kobo Vox reader tablet lands at Best Buy in US</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1110/kobovoxin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kobo made an important leap forward for itself Wednesday after it landed a deal for the Vox e-reader tablet to reach US Best Buy stores.  The Android slate should be in stores now for the same $199 asked elsewhere.  All four colors should be available on the Vox, which ships preloaded with both Kobo's own book app as well as PressReader newspapers, Zinio magazines, Merriam-Webster's Dictonary, and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kobo gives away free e-book per month to new buyers</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/kobotouchwithoffers.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kobo is trying a unique strategy to lure readers away from Amazon, Apple, and Barnes &amp; Noble by promising regular free e-books.  Anyone who buys a Kobo Touch and first uses it on or before March 31 gets a free e-book each month.  The publishers include Harvard Business Review Press, e-Reads, F+W Media, Gooseberry Patch, and New Word City, as well as four independent authors....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rakuten makes deal to buy e-book firm Kobo for $315m</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/kobowirelessereader-review5sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten said late Tuesday that it was buying Kobo for $315 million in cash.  The deal gives it access to both an e-bookstore and e-reader devices, including traditional devices like the Wireless eReader and Android tablets like the Kobo Vox.  Rakuten explained it as a push to expand its ecosystem outside of Japan through a media store, where books would just be the start....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Panasonic, Sony, Rakuten team on e-books to fight US rivals</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/sonyreaderpocketedition2010-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Panasonic and Sony, as well as online shop operator Rakuten, agreed on Monday to work together on interoperable e-books.  The step would see a joint system that would let e-books work across their devices as well as share a common platform for their stores.  As portrayed by Nikkei, the common service would help keep track of e-book collections and have a web storefront....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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