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Rakuten Kobo Inc. Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and formerly tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram of book. [ 3][ 4]
Hiroshi Mikitani. Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷浩史, Mikitani Hiroshi) (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire business magnate and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a board member of Lyft .
Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented since 2015 by online e-book and audiobook retailer and eReader manufacturer Rakuten Kobo. [1] Awardees receive a $10,000 prize, and are provided with support in marketing their books. [1] Three prizes are awarded each year to debut books published ...
Mark Leslie (born 1969) is a Canadian author of horror and speculative fiction. He is the author of the short story collection One Hand Screaming (2004), a collection of short stories and poetry, mostly in the horror genre, the horror novel I, Death, (2014) the thriller Evasion (2014) and the editor of the science fiction anthology North of Infinity II (2006) and horror anthology Campus Chills ...
Consumer electronics retailers of Canada. Companies based in Toronto. Internet properties established in 2009. Publishing companies established in 2009. 2009 establishments in Ontario. Indigo Books and Music. Rakuten. 2012 mergers and acquisitions. Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies.
Notable awards. Kobo Emerging Writer Prize (2021) Website. www .eternitymartis .com. Eternity Martis is a Canadian journalist and author from Toronto, Ontario. Her debut publication They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing up won the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for non-fiction.
rakuten.com. Rakuten Group, Inc. (楽天グループ株式会社) ( Japanese pronunciation: [ɾakɯ̥teɴ]) is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around the online retail marketplace Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing Fintech, digital content and ...
The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc (a subsidiary of Rakuten). The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers available at the time. Like most e-readers, the Kobo uses an electronic ink ...