Kobo Inc.

Canadian subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten

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.

Formerly	Shortcovers (2009) Kobo Inc. (2009–2016) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Type	Subsidiary +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Industry	bookselling, consumer electronics +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Founded	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (December 2009 (2009-12)) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Founder	Michael Serbinis +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario , Canada +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Area served	Global Turkey United States United Kingdom Canada Japan Brazil Australia New Zealand France Germany Netherlands Austria Ireland Luxembourg Belgium Italy Portugal Spain South Africa Philippines Taiwan Mexico +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Key people	Takahito Aiki (Chairman) Michael Tamblyn (President and CEO) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Products	e-books, e-readers, audiobooks, tablet computers, reading applications +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Number of employees	Approx. 350 (July 2017) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Parent	Rakuten (2012–present) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Subsidiaries	Aquafadas +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Website	www.kobo.com +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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