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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
The Kobo in the US was $99 and went to $139 or $149 in the US when the WiFi version was released.
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Not quite true - Kobo was $149 in the spring, then $129 on sale sometimes; and then discounted to $99 just after the new WiFi version was announced. The WiFi version was then priced at $149 when it came out last fall.
When it first came out, it was $149.99, announced in may for shipping in June in the US. This was much cheaper than the Kindle (2), Nook, and Sony 6" readers at the time.
Nook dropped its price on June 21, and Kindle followed suit with a K2 price drop. The K3 was subsequently released at $139 for the WiFi-only version.
I believe that Kobo prompted this new pricing in eReaders.