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Originally Posted by CommonReader
In Germany B&N and Kobo are complete no-shows, while Amazon has just started its German Kindle shop.
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B&N seems to be content with the US market, for now at least. They are not selling / supporting the Nook outside of the US, period. Kobo, on the other hand, has announced their intention to do just that. Granted, they haven't arrived yet, but I can easily seem them being stocked by a large chain (electronics or bookstores, it doesn't matter).
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Perhaps it is simply not attractive for Sony to sell their readers at rock bottom prices in the US, trying to compete against readers that are mainly being tied to specific shops.
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It works both way, I am afraid. To me as a consumer it's simply not attractive to pay a premium price for what is slowly but surely becoming outdated hardware.