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PeterT · 12-23-2011, 11:30 PM

I hate to say it...

Folks; try to remember WHAT business Kobo is in... Hint... It's NOT selling eBook Readers; rather, it is selling eBooks.

So what we see is changes made to the infrastructure and implementation of things to support the 99% of the community; NOT the 1% of the community (ie US).

Kobo want to make it easier for folks to purchase material, and to find NEW material that might appeal to them DIRECTLY from their eBook reader.

So of course, they will add means to promote both new material AND material that they believe (based on your purchase history from them) WILL appeal to them.

12-23-2011, 11:30 PM	#1
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,547 Karma: 79436716 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	A Mini Rant! I hate to say it... Folks; try to remember WHAT business Kobo is in... Hint... It's NOT selling eBook Readers; rather, it is selling eBooks. So what we see is changes made to the infrastructure and implementation of things to support the 99% of the community; NOT the 1% of the community (ie US). Kobo want to make it easier for folks to purchase material, and to find NEW material that might appeal to them DIRECTLY from their eBook reader. So of course, they will add means to promote both new material AND material that they believe (based on your purchase history from them) WILL appeal to them.