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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Don't you think that Amazon not having a separate Kindle store at Amazon.ca might have something to do with it too? Are Kindle's available at B&M retailers in Canada like they are in the US & UK
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There not being a Kindle store at Amazon.ca
might impact sales, but the first thing you see if you go to Amazon.ca is a Kindle and if you click on it you get taken to the .com Kindle store, and there's no problem buying one from there and having it shipped here. It's all very seamless.
I think what gives Kobo the edge here is that they're available at Indigo, our largest bookstore chain. It being a Canadian reader, it was developed by Indigo, probably contributes as well. There's lots of people with a "Buy Canadian" patriotic streak in them.
I have no idea when Kindles first became available to Canadians, but maybe Kobo beat them to the punch? That would explain some of it too. I'm sure someone here knows.
Kindles are available at Staples here. That's the only place I've ever seen them, but I rarely go to Walmart so they may be available there and elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
I'd be curious to know Kobo's market share in Canada and also Kindle's and Sony's, but Amazon never releases that stuff so I'm not sure how we'd know.
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According to Ipsos Reid (via Wikipedia) in August 2011 the Canadian e-reader market shares break down like this:
Kobo: 36%
Kindle: 25%
Sony: 23%
Others: 16%
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobo_Inc.