[fjtorres]

Ooh, evil evil Kobo is cutting publishers out of their good-given right to control the market.
Just like evil evil evil Barnes and Noble!
Just like evil, eviler, evilest, Amazon!
Oh woe!
The end times are upon us!
Or not.

Clearly Indigo/Kobo know which way the hurricane winds are blowing: first Indigo decides to charge publishers to carry/promote their pbooks and now Kobo decides the need to secure some exclusive content of their own supercedes their "loyalty" to traditional publishers. No fools, they're not about to let others decide their fate.

Slightly overdue move but still within the window of oportunity.

Next up: Sony.
Paging Kaz Hirai: time to fish or cut bait, sir!