To me e-books are a racket, they don't have to pay for materials, manufacturing, shipping, or much infrastructure(since you pay your ISP to maintain your access to the net), less personnel costs but they are still more comparable in price to a given softcover than they are not. For a few bucks more I can get a paperback, and most often for cheaper I can get a used copy. With e-books you still don't technically own anything, you cannot loan it, or resell it. For these reasons I don't see myself buying too many English e-books unless they actually start passing all those cost savings onto me as a consumer. But with Greek books it is much different because of shipping.
I just looked at a large Greek publishers' website and it says:
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Originally Posted by Livanis.gr
Τα ψηφιακά βιβλία δεν υποστηρίζονται από Kindle και Nook.
Our electronic books are not supported on Kindle or Nook
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So I guess this tips it perhaps in favor of Kobo.