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That's a good idea but that's not how Best Buy works. Store placement on a so called "planogram" is part of negotiations to carry a product, and to feature it. Those end caps are purchased by the vendor. The appearance of an item in a BB flyer -- and in particular prominent placement -- is also driven by vendor cash, not the goodness of Best Buy. BB, of course, makes its own decisions about what's hot and will sell and how margins look: but store and flyer placement are significant revenue generators.
With that in mind, a combined Kindle/Sony/Nook/Libre/Kobo? side-by-side display is unlikely. But having actual WORKING models in one store would be a dream, as far as I am concerned. In Canada, if the store is on its toes, the Sony display is running a loop demo on an actual device; otherwise its blank. All other models (Azurtek, Astak) are locked behind glass cases in sealed vendor boxes. No wonder they sell, approximately, none of them. I think they are just there to say "we have competitive products for you" but only have an interest in selling the Sony.
So, yes -- Kindles in Canada with Sony's and Kobo please! Nook -- never mind: you don't sell content outside of the US.
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