Kobo has acquired Shelfie, an app that allows readers to buy discounted eBooks

Kobo Rakuten, the company that produces the Kobo e-reader, has announced that it has acquired Shelfie, an app that allowed users to catalog their personal libraries, and purchase discounted eBook editions based on the physical copied they already own.

The deal includes “technology assets, IP, and the infrastructure on which the ecosystem runs,” according to Kobo, as well as the Shelfie team Kobo says that it will integrate the platform into its Android and iOS apps, which will allow customers to track their physical library, and to pick up their digital counterparts. It’s not clear if Kobo will retain Shelfie’s steeply discounted — or even free — eBooks.

Shelfie was an app that would allow users to scan...

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