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jehane · 01-13-2011, 01:07 AM

Hi Amy

The major booksellers in Australia are Dymocks, Borders (separate to US Borders) and Angus & Robertson. The latter two are actually owned by the same private equity company, REDGroup, and are pushing ebooks more than Dymocks. Dymocks did try with ebooks about a decade ago, but only had the iLiad, which retailed for nearly $1000, so it didn't gain much traction.

I tend to favour Kobo, but a lot of people new to the tech will stick with Borders/A&R because they are familiar names and where most will have bought their ereaders (Kobos and Sonys).

01-13-2011, 01:07 AM	#2
jehane Book addict Posts: 441 Karma: 2650464 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Antarctica/Australia/Ohio Device: Sony PRS-300/T1/Asus TF101	Hi Amy The major booksellers in Australia are Dymocks, Borders (separate to US Borders) and Angus & Robertson. The latter two are actually owned by the same private equity company, REDGroup, and are pushing ebooks more than Dymocks. Dymocks did try with ebooks about a decade ago, but only had the iLiad, which retailed for nearly $1000, so it didn't gain much traction. I tend to favour Kobo, but a lot of people new to the tech will stick with Borders/A&R because they are familiar names and where most will have bought their ereaders (Kobos and Sonys).