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Originally Posted by DNSB
I would disagree that Kobo does not understand the USA market. They seem to understand that there is little profit in competing with Amazon in that market and concentrate their efforts in markets where they have a better chance of success.
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Do we really know that the lack of Kobo in the US market is all Kobo's decision though? They lost Best Buy and Fry's as retailers (we don't know why), Family Christian went bankrupt, many indie stores will now only order the devices and no longer stock them, etc. I've seen nothing to indicate that they wouldn't be happy to get their devices into another larger B&M retailer, nor do I know they don't have someone actively pursuing such things. We know that they don't seem to be focusing much marketing to the US market (although I'm not sure the level of marketing other places either).