On the newest episode of the Open Book podcast, Open Road ceo David Steinberger talks to Kobo ceo Michael Tamblyn about not fighting with their competitors, changing consumer demographics, and internal debates about AI. Tamblyn explained that Amazon is the predominant seller of ebooks only in the US and UK, and other countries buy ebooks through local bookselling chains. Once Kobo was established in Canada, Tamblyn recognized that competing with Amazon, Google, Apple, and Barnes & Noble for market share in the US would be like “a knife fight in a dark basement.” Instead, Kobo expanded into Europe and Asia, […]
