The latest update to the retailer’s iPhone and iPad app introduced a new news and magazine screen alongside a ‘Newsstand’ page on their website however both the website and app currently only display content to North American customers.
Responding to enquiries from this site, a Kobo spokesman confirmed that the company was “signing up publishers globally” for the service, promising that the North America-only version “is just the start”.
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