Kobo Inc., a world head in eReading, these days declared that it will release its complete eReading assistance in Japan on July 19. The organization's award-winning Kobo Touch™ eReader will be provided to Japoneses clients for ¥7,980 such as tax (or $100 USD). Starting these days July 2, the Kobo Contact eReader is now available for pre-order through Kobo's mother or father organization and the third-largest e-commerce organization, Rakuten. On July 19, Kobo will release with a completely regional Japoneses encounter at http://kobo.rakuten.co.jp, with regional forex, and popular Japoneses material and writers.
Since its beginning in Dec 2009, Kobo has experienced intense growth and now features a catalog of more than 2.5-million guides (2.4 thousand available in Japan), newspapers and newspapers and more than 9-million clients globally. Simply targeted on eReading, Kobo has motivated many market firsts such as eBook giving, and its public encounter such as Studying Lifestyle and Writer Notices. Kobo has clients in 190 nations and offers regional eBookstores in North america, the Combined Declares, the Combined Empire, Malaysia, the Holland, Modern australia, New Zealand, Portugal – and now Japan.
A Local Experience for the Japoneses Publication Lover
With the support of its parent-company Rakuten, Kobo will offer a solid collection of Japoneses headings, such as stories, articles, business and comics, moreover to the 2.4-million headings available in Japan. The Kobo Japoneses catalog will contain a wide variety of headings by year end, such as unique material only available through Kobo. Consumers can study their Kobo eBooks and visual stories at any time, anywhere they choose with the Kobo Contact.
Selected as Wired Magazine's 2012 Editor's Pick for Best eReader, the Kobo Contact is outfitted with EInk's Gem Display ePaper, which is soothing on the eyes and is readable even in shiny natural light. It is compact at 185 h, enabling clients to study guides perfectly with one hand, and has the potential to hold roughly 1,000 guides - or up to 30,000 with an SD card. The Kobo eReader moves easily, enabling booklovers to be able to enjoy guides at any time they want to, on the go. Furthermore, with Wi-Fi ability, clients can access the store from almost any location. Japoneses clients can select any of the fashionable Kobo colors including: Red, Lilac, Gold, and Black. In inclusion, a package of modern components have been developed for Japoneses clients such as eReader protects, wallet fleshlight sleeves and book lighting – developed in style with the newest styles.
The Kobo Contact will use the market standard EPUB 3.0 structure, which can handle templates unique to the Japoneses language such as straight written text and dark red figures. Kobo has to completely implemented the ePUB 3.0 structure for its Japoneses eBookstore. Rakuten clients may use their Rakuten-member ID to buy material and will earn Rakuten Extremely Factors comparative to 1% of their buy amount. Rakuten Extremely Factors can be used to buy eBooks or used across the Rakuten Environment, such as Rakuten's on the internet retail center Rakuten Ichiba.
Kobo's public reading foundation Studying Life™ will be reinforced in Japan, enabling clients to gain understanding into their own reading styles. Studying Lifestyle records the reading actions of the user – such as how long they study, or how many pages, or their favorite time of day to study – and acknowledges the accomplishment with Studying Lifestyle prizes. These fun badges can be gathered and told friends and other visitors through Studying Lifestyle and Facebook™.
The eReader will be sold through Rakuten's on the internet retail center, "Rakuten Ichiba," and "Rakuten Books", as well as through gadgets suppliers. In inclusion, clients can encounter the easy-to-use system at devoted "touch & try" companies that will be set up at major book shops for people to get the complete Kobo encounter and ask questions to learn more about eReading and eReaders.