Ouch! Kobo ebook prices!
Well, that was a shock.
I've just updated my wishlist spreadsheet, where I compare ebook prices from various vendors (two Amazons vs. Kobobooks and a local affiliate), and ... what the heck has happened to Kobo's pricing?!
The Kobo sources have a slight advantage of convenience, since they're selling epubs, but that really doesn't make up for almost all the prices I checked now being 160%-220% (!!) of the Amazon prices. Kobo's always been more expensive, but to my memory it's never been by this much.
Plus, a heckuva lot of ebooks Kobo previously carried have now disappeared from the catalogue.
What's going on? Did something happen to Kobo's business strategy in the last few weeks? Has it decided to burn its bridges in a massive blaze?
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