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Ten e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include adventure stories, book club fiction, historical romance, cooking, coming-of-age stories, gardening, and more. 

In order to receive rebates, participating bookstores must log into the Kobo Reporting Tool and submit supporting documentation for the Kobo Arc 7HD Valentine’s Day sale and for price protection on the Kobo Arc and Kobo Aura.

Featured in this week’s Kobo News & Updates are details about a new Kobo Kids promotion, a Kobo contact guide, and reporting reminders about the Kobo Aura and Arc 7HD Valentine’s Day sale.

The “Kobo News & Updates” newsletter of  February 12 includes details on a Kobo Aura price reduction, the new Kobo partnership with Sony, eMagazine revenue coming soon, Valentine’s Day sales, and repatriated accounts.

Kobo announced on Tuesday that company founder and CEO Michael Serbinis was stepping down and would be replaced by Japanese executive Takahito “Taka” Aiki, effective immediately. Aiki formerly served as CEO of Fusion Communications, a telecom subsidiary of Rakuten, Kobo’s parent company.

One e-book promotion was recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page, in the category of gardening.

Among the news and reminders this week are details of two promotions for Valentine’s Day.

Seven e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include football, debut titles, mind and body health, dessert cookbooks, and Black History Month.

Last Thursday, Kobo announced a price drop that went into effect immediately on all on-hand inventory of 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB Kobo Arcs. The special pricing is in effect until supplies run out.

Booksellers can now order Kobo accessories quickly and easily on Kobo.com. Options include covers and cases for Kobo devices in a variety of colors and styles.

Seven e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include health and body, notable authors, gardening, cooking, and steals and deals.

Four e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include digital originals, middle grade and teen deals, and year-end specials.

Stores that participated in the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Kobo Arc promotion must report units sold by this Friday, December 20, via the Kobo Reporting Tool.

Kobo has launched a Daily Deal campaign that offers customers a deep discount on a new title each day. Since the link to the Daily Deal will remain the same every day, there’s not a lot of work involved for booksellers.

New digital collateral to market the Kobo App online is available in BookWeb’s Designs and Downloads. Instructions for installing or updating demo mode on new devices is also ready for download.