Rakuten to launch e-book service July 19

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Kobo Touch, an electronic book reader made by Canadian e-book marketer Kobo Inc. Rakuten Inc., a major Japanese online shopping mall operator which acquired the Canadian company in January 2012, said July 2, 2012, it will launch an electronic book service in Japan on July 19 using Kobo.

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