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Originally Posted by sabredog
Borders and Angus and Robinson here in Australia will be closing up all stores as well. The Kobo was sold through those stores and via their online presences.
Be interesting to see who Kobo choose to sell their ereaders here.
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The whole Australian book thing - with restrictive practices and all - needs to be completely overhauled. The electrical/computer market is at the mercy of market forces, yet it manages to stay afloat. The book/ebook market is tied up in trade restrictions and has imploded. The execs at Amazon must be laughing all the way to the bank while Australians are now forced to buy overseas.
No doubt some highly paid public servant in Canberra (the Federal capital) is now saying "what are these ebook things?" and shuffling more paper while an entire industry disappears. Kobo would be smarter to sell direct from Canada .