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VirgoGirl · 07-14-2012, 11:04 AM

It seems that posters here are firmly in 2 camps: those for advertising as it keeps the company going, thus enabling the future of our Kobo readers, and those against (like me) as it just bl**dy annoying to have advertising and marketing shoved down our throats.

The way I see it is this: if you want me to buy your books, make them (significantly) cheaper than paper books. Don't charge me $12 plus tax for something you don't have to print on paper, bind with glue, store in a warehouse or on a shelf in store and pay overhead to keep. Why on earth would I pay that $12 when all you're doing sticking it on a server and handing out copies? Particularly when often the paperback is $5 or $9.

Because you think you can, and many people will pay it.

And, if I *do* buy a book from you, don't squirrel it away some where hidden on my HD and make me go back to the store and redownload it as a stand alone epub. Send it to my computer as an actual book file, so I can add it on my micro sd card. (My only experience with Kobo books have been the free ones, which they don't offer as stand alone epubs)

This is why I've bought from Amazon, they send it down to my laptop as a file, not hiding it in gibberish, and I reformat through Calibre to epub. Even the free books.

Putting "Discover" and "Wishlist" and whatever else the links were to get me to part with cash on my main page where they clutter up the place will *not* get me to buy anything from you. It just annoys me.

The bottom line is, really the bottom line. If you want me to buy your books, make them cheap. No amount of advertising, customizing to my supposed tastes, having me create useless wishlists will make me spend $.01 on a book if I think it's too expensive.
Spend your time making the device work the way you said it should, they way we'd like it to (I don't hear customers clamouring for more ways to spend their money on books), they way we thought it would when I spent $150 CND plus 13% HST on the reader.

Disagree all you want with what I've said, but, as a user and customer, I have a voice that should be heard.

07-14-2012, 11:04 AM	#335
VirgoGirl "Why is it doing that?" Posts: 322 Karma: 725344 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Black Kobo Touch & Glo, responsible for 2 PaperWhites	It seems that posters here are firmly in 2 camps: those for advertising as it keeps the company going, thus enabling the future of our Kobo readers, and those against (like me) as it just bl*dy annoying to have advertising and marketing shoved down our throats. The way I see it is this: if you want me to buy your books, make them (significantly) cheaper than paper books. Don't charge me $12 plus tax for something you don't have to print on paper, bind with glue, store in a warehouse or on a shelf in store and pay overhead to keep. Why on earth would I pay that $12 when all you're doing sticking it on a server and handing out copies? Particularly when often the paperback is $5 or $9. Because you think you can, and many people will pay it. And, if I do* buy a book from you, don't squirrel it away some where hidden on my HD and make me go back to the store and redownload it as a stand alone epub. Send it to my computer as an actual book file, so I can add it on my micro sd card. (My only experience with Kobo books have been the free ones, which they don't offer as stand alone epubs) This is why I've bought from Amazon, they send it down to my laptop as a file, not hiding it in gibberish, and I reformat through Calibre to epub. Even the free books. Putting "Discover" and "Wishlist" and whatever else the links were to get me to part with cash on my main page where they clutter up the place will not get me to buy anything from you. It just annoys me. The bottom line is, really the bottom line. If you want me to buy your books, make them cheap. No amount of advertising, customizing to my supposed tastes, having me create useless wishlists will make me spend $.01 on a book if I think it's too expensive. Spend your time making the device work the way you said it should, they way we'd like it to (I don't hear customers clamouring for more ways to spend their money on books), they way we thought it would when I spent $150 CND plus 13% HST on the reader. Disagree all you want with what I've said, but, as a user and customer, I have a voice that should be heard.