Arts & Culture

Michael Tamblyn the CEO of Rakuten Kobo was visiting Sydney recently and sat down for a chat with techAU's Neerav Bhatt to chat about the company's long awaited launch of colour eReaders. Tamblyn explained that during the first few years of the Covid pandemic having a product that was instantly deliverable to the home and wasn't impacted by physical supply chains allowed Kobo to introduce...

Rakuten Kobo has released information about the book reading and listening habits of Australians who use Kobo ereaders and or the Kobo app. Australians are increasingly interested in learning about artificial intelligence, with sales of related books up 152% year-over-year. Romance continues to reign supreme as the most popular genre, followed by biography and autobiography, mystery, and business and economics. Night owls rejoice! 11pm is the most...

Kobo added Audiobooks to it's Kobo Plus subscription service a few months ago.  Australian Kobo Plus subscribers can access more than 1.3 million ebooks and over 100,000 audiobooks. You have the option of subscribing to either ebooks or audiobooks access for $13.99/month or ebooks and audiobooks bundled together for $16.99/month. There is a free 30-day trial if you want to look for your favourite authors...