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Kobo Brings Social Aspects To eBooks

First Posted: 12/13/10 01:23 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:20 PM ET

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techwatch.co.uk:

Kobo has launched Reading Life on the iPad, a new app which the company has labelled the "first social e-reading experience."

The idea is users will be able to share books or highlighted passages they like, and they can also "check-in" with characters or locations. So for example, when reading Alice in Wonderland, you can check-in to the rabbit hole and inform friends on Facebook that this is where you're at.

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Kobo has launched Reading Life on the iPad, a new app which the company has labelled the "first social e-reading experience." The idea is users will be able to share books or highlighted passages the...
Kobo has launched Reading Life on the iPad, a new app which the company has labelled the "first social e-reading experience." The idea is users will be able to share books or highlighted passages the...
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Ljwoggins
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06:24 PM on 12/15/2010
what do you guys think about checking into rabbit holes?
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gwbled66
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03:10 AM on 12/14/2010
Don't end a sentence with a preposition to tell friends where you are in the book....
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02:48 PM on 12/13/2010
Oh god. What's next? A social toliet seat? That automatically changes your status to 'downloading'?
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