THE KOBO WIRELESS EREADER AND ACCESSORIES MAKE THE HOTTEST GIFT AT INDIGO, CHAPTERS, COLES AND ONLINE
December 06 2010 - 11:20AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
TORONTO, Dec. 6 /CNW/ -- TORONTO, Dec. 6 /CNW/ - The Kobo WiFi
eReader is the season's most sought after holiday gift at Indigo,
Chapters and Coles stores, and online at chapters.indigo.ca. "The
Kobo WiFi eReader is proving to be one of the most sought after
gifts this holiday season, offering an affordable, easy to use,
wireless experience," said Deirdre Horgan, EVP, and CMO at Indigo
Books and Music Inc. "Due to the Kobo eReaders' popularity, we've
already reordered to keep up with the outstanding demand. Our
customers love reading and this Christmas they can be sure they
will find their perfect eReading gift with us." Indigo has
reordered and stores are replenishing as frequently as possible.
Holiday shoppers are encouraged to visit chapters.indigo.ca to
determine availability of the Kobo WiFi at their local store. They
can also get their device in time for Christmas by ordering online
until December 17th in the GTA, Windsor, Montreal and Ottawa
corridor, or by December 9th in the rest of Canada, with free
shipping. Read right out of the box. The Kobo WiFi
eReader comes pre-loaded with 100 free eBooks including Jane
Austen`s Pride and Prejudice, Mark Twain`s Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn and many more. Choose from a selection of all-time
classics, there is an eBook for everyone! Plus, for this
holiday season, with the purchase of the Kobo WiFi eReader, Indigo
customers will also receive two additional bestselling eBooks free—
Linden Macintyre's 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize winning The
Bishop's Man and Margaret Atwood`s Oryx and Crake. Now that
our Gift Cards can also be redeemed for eBooks at www.kobobooks.com
the new Kobo eReader wrapped up with an Indigo Gift Card becomes
this year's ultimate booklover's gift. More reasons to wrap
up the Kobo Wireless eReader: -- There's a great choice of colours.
Designed with style and a soft touch quilted back customers can
choose from four sleek colour combinations: onyx, metallic silver,
grey, and pearlized lilac. -- Built-in WiFi makes it easy to shop
and add books in seconds directly from the Kobo Wireless eReader.
Plus it's easy to browse and access over 2 million eBooks,
newspapers and magazines. -- Faster & Easier With faster page
turns, a battery that lasts up to two weeks and a new wireless
connectivity it's easy to get to the next great read! -- Book-Like
Reading The Kobo Wireless eReader is just like reading print on
paper. A new E Ink® screen makes for sharper graphics, crisp text
and no glare, even in sunlight. Adjustable fonts and sizes make
reading easy on the eyes. -- Carry a Library Carry up to 1000
eBooks in the Kobo Wireless library at once.( )It is also simple to
expand the storage. Add an SD memory card (up to 4GB) to increase
the storage to as many as 4000 books. Your Kobo library goes
wherever you go, and is accessible on your Kobo WiFi eReader,
Smartphone, computer, or tablet. -- Accessories. A wide range of
Kobo accessories are also flying off the shelves, selling at a pace
equal to the eReader. Accessories include leather covers designed
by Roots Canada and Moleskine, as well as convenient reading lights
to brighten the eReading experience . The Kobo Wireless eReader at
Indigo is also an editorial favourite for media. Here's what
they're saying: Wired.com: Kobo, the independent e-reader company
that could, has updated its popular e-book. It gets a price-drop, a
few tweaks and one big new feature (Wireless). Marc Saltzman,
Sync.com: e-Book readers are a convenient way to read digital
books - they're cheaper than paper books, you can shop 24/7 and you
can adjust font size to suit your needs - and now the Kobo eReader
($149) lets you download newspapers and magazines, too. Chatelaine
Magazine and Chatelaine.com: Kobo: Perfect for a booklover on a
budget who wants the convenience and (relative) affordability of
digital reading. Style At Home.com When Kobo launched earlier this
year, it was one of the best e-readers to hit the market. Well, it
just got a whole lot better and it's the perfect gift for the avid
reader on your Christmas list. The new Kobo wireless e-reader
offers readers on-the-go access to the Kobo bookstore, meaning that
users can download books anytime, anywhere. With the capacity to
hold about 1,000 books and featuring an e-ink technology that
mimics the printed word on a page, Kobo is the most affordable
e-reader on the market and is sure to be one of the best gifts you
give this season. $149. About Indigo Books & Music Inc. Indigo
is a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (IDG). As the largest book and specialty retailer in
Canada, Indigo operates in all provinces under different banners
including Indigo Books & Music; Indigo Books, Gifts, Kids;
IndigoSpirit, Chapters, The World's Biggest Bookstore, and Coles.
The online division, www.chapters.indigo.ca, features books,
eBooks, toys, music and DVDs, and hosts the award winning Indigo
Online Community. Indigo Books & Music Inc. founded the Indigo
Love of Reading Foundation in 2004 to address the underfunding of
public schools, their libraries and the resulting literacy
crisis. Every year the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation
commits $1.5 million to high-needs elementary schools so they can
rebuild their libraries with the purchase of new books and
education resources. To date the Indigo Love of Reading
Foundation has committed more than $9 million to 90 schools
nationally. To view this news release in HTML formatting, please
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