My local Independent Book Store Alliance website is now advertising Kobo's e-readers, and provided a list of five book stores in the St. Louis area who will be stocking Kobo units. I spoke to two of them, who both said they expected to have units to sell some time next week.
I was surprised, as I really only expected one large independent in the area to be willing to take on the gamble of carrying high end items like e-readers or tablets. My guess is Kobo must be offering them a pretty attractive/low-risk buy-in and I'm happy to see Kobo taking independent book stores seriously.
So, if you are in the U.S. and still holding out for a Glow or Mini and you have a local independent book store, you may want to give them a check. (No, pun intended)
