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Originally Posted by robko
And on another note: In my opinion it wasn't the Nook or IPad that caused the price to drop - the Kobo at $149 caused the original drop in prices for all the readers which then caused Kindle to follow suit.
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Certainly that was my experience. When I started thinking about ereaders I couldn't find one anywhere in Australia that I could look at or use before I purchased. I wasn't prepared to pay $300 - $500 to purchase something on the internet that I didn't even know I was going to want to use.
Then in May 2010 the Kobo was released. It was over $100 cheaper than anything else AND it was in a shop so I could try a demo model before my purchase.
Within a few months the Kindle and Nook (neither of which you can buy in a shop in Australia) dropped their prices to try and compete.