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Originally Posted by DNSB
Not all that uncommon with any ereader. Those who want to carry a significant subset of the Library of Congress with them are quite rare. In my experience, the vast majority of ereader owners I've met average less than 12 books per year counting purchases and library loans.
Actually, by around here, I meant in my physical area and not the MobileRead virtual community. There are a fair number of users of both Kobo and Kindle ereaders along with a few less common devices. For my sins, I seem to be regarded as someone to ask about ereaders so I get a fair amount of input about various ereader models. "Which do you think is the best ereader?" (It's not being sold yet...) being the most common followed by "How do I get ebooks from the local library to my Kindle?" (Around here, you don't without significant error and help from Apprentice Alf).
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Apologies for the assumption.
However I would like to still point out that most people don't really read all that much -- and they are Amazon's target audience.
Kobo's target audience is: people who want to fiddle with their device. Few of those will be the I-read-12-books-a-year crowd.
I don't believe your physical area is representative.