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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
BN made no real effort to challenge Amazon internationally, were they could have had some success because the international market was more EPub centric and would have embraced an e-reader that was less expensive then a Sony and read EPubs. The Nook existed before the Kobo but was beat by the Kobo outside the US because the Nook was not an international device. BN just went international at the end of last year as they were shutting down the tablets and it was clear that they had no chance in hell of competing in the US. That is a good 4-5 years after Amazon went international and 3 years or so after Kobo really got into the game.
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Kobo began selling eBooks under the name Shortcovers before B&N started talking about eBooks at all, and Shortcovers/Kobo went international almost from the start. They have always been friendly, reliable and have had good CS, especially for a new place working out the problems of selling on-line. I've always thought of them as the real competition to Barnes and Noble, always a step ahead until B&N released the Simple Touch and then the Glowlight. After it's initial success with front-lighted screens B&N seems to have quit trying.
The OP report seems to indicate that something is changing at B&N. I guess we'll have to wait to see just what.