Kobo, American Booksellers Association announce new ‘incentive program’

In the US, Kobo and the American Booksellers Association (ABA) have partnered on a new ‘eRead Local’ program to run for 100 days this summer, reports Publishers Weekly. ABA stores participating in the program will receive US$5 (A$6.50) for every customer they sign up to Kobo, while new customers will receive a US$5 Kobo ebook credit. Stores that sign up 50 or 100 new Kobo customers will also be eligible to win instore events. In a statement, Kobo president Michael Tamblyn described the initiative as an ‘incentive program’ with the goal of ‘driving more customers to member stores through an expanded e-book offering.’ The program is an expansion of the partnership between the ABA and Kobo that began in 2012, when Kobo replaced Google as the ABA’s ebook and ereader partner.

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