Sony, fresh off of selling off their PC division and spinning of their TV division, announced one more thing late today. Their Reader eBook service in North America is shutting down and moving users to the Kobo ecosystem:
Sony Electronics, together with Kobo, a global leader in eReading, today announced that Kobo will provide Sony’s Reader™ and Sony’s Xperia® tablet and smartphone users in the United States and Canada with Kobo’s world-class catalogue of more than 4 million eBooks, magazines and newspapers, graphic novels, and kids content. Sony’s Reader Store customers and their current eBook libraries will transfer to the Kobo ecosystem starting in late March. Reader Store customers will be able to take advantage of Kobo’s new dedicated Kids Store and magazine experience, and have full access to purchase the most popular bestsellers.
As part of the deal, Sony will preload Kobo’s Android app on its Xperia phones and tablets, and existing Sony Reader Store customers will have the option of migrating their libraries over by late March. However, the company is warning that a “very small number of Reader Store titles” may not be available on Kobo. So, if you fall into that category, you’re encouraged to download the files for offline use.
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Sony Shutters eBook Store… Users Get Transferred To Kobo
Sony, fresh off of selling off their PC division and spinning of their TV division, announced one more thing late today. Their Reader eBook service in North America is shutting down and moving users to the Kobo ecosystem:
Sony Electronics, together with Kobo, a global leader in eReading, today announced that Kobo will provide Sony’s Reader™ and Sony’s Xperia® tablet and smartphone users in the United States and Canada with Kobo’s world-class catalogue of more than 4 million eBooks, magazines and newspapers, graphic novels, and kids content. Sony’s Reader Store customers and their current eBook libraries will transfer to the Kobo ecosystem starting in late March. Reader Store customers will be able to take advantage of Kobo’s new dedicated Kids Store and magazine experience, and have full access to purchase the most popular bestsellers.
As part of the deal, Sony will preload Kobo’s Android app on its Xperia phones and tablets, and existing Sony Reader Store customers will have the option of migrating their libraries over by late March. However, the company is warning that a “very small number of Reader Store titles” may not be available on Kobo. So, if you fall into that category, you’re encouraged to download the files for offline use.
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