Thread: An Open Letter to My Canadian Friends, and Kobo
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Old 10-24-2012, 05:00 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by scrapking View Post
They're doing more than that. The Glo was for sale day 1 in the UK, and in France, as well. By doing so they've accomplished three things:

- they've supported their largest market (Canada),

- they've shored up recent success in France (where they've enjoyed 50% marketshare recently)

- they've managed to beat both Nook and Amazon to the punch in the UK (the only country on Earth where all three major front-lit e-readers are all slated to be released)

Not bad for the underdog, I dare say.

Was it for sale by mistake? Or was it a marketing ploy type of thing?

Never mind--I read that as "for sale for one day" not from day one. Whoops. Sorry, my bad.
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