Kobo Inc.

Rakuten Kobo Inc.
Formerly	Shortcovers (2009); Kobo Inc. (2009–2016)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	bookselling, consumer electronics
Founded	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (December 2009)
Founder	Michael Serbinis
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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;
Key people	Takahito Aiki (Chairman); Michael Tamblyn (President and CEO)
Products	e-books, e-readers, audiobooks, tablet computers, reading applications
Number of employees	~350 (July 2017)
Parent	Rakuten; (2012–present)
Website	www.kobo.com

Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and 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.

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