3. We started in 2009 in Toronto, Canada. That explains the niceness. Toronto is still HQ.
4. We are the second-largest maker of ereaders in the world, after a company in Seattle. We called to see if they wanted to hang out, but no luck so far. π€·ββοΈ
5. The Rakuten part confuses some people. We were acquired by Rakuten, the amazing Japanese ecommerce company, in 2012, when we could see that we needed deeper pockets to make ourselves the best ebook company we could be. They have been fantastic and are one of the reasons we are now in 30-ish countries, why our sales are now evenly spread across Asia, the Americas, and Europe, and why our karaoke game is π₯. Later, eBates changed their name to Rakuten in the US & Canada, but we had Rakuten on our name first! π₯ We don't give cash back on ebooks sadly. But we sometimes do sweet cashback ereader deals! π°