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Originally Posted by TheHazardsDuke
In my WHSmiths Kobo has been gone since the start of the year. They don't even sell Kobo gift cards at all. You can buy online from WHSmith still as well as Argos and Currys/Dixons had Kobo ereaders online too (although I've not checked to see whether thats still the case). Kobo's distribution is pretty atrocious. I can go into plenty of shops and see Kindles left right and centre but most people don't even seem to know what a Kobo is. I wonder if Kobo & WHSmith had a falling out of some sort or if WHSmith just didnt sell enough to make it worth their while to have in store stock/displays.
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I think what happened is what happened to Apple in the 90s - the Macs on display in other stores (think PC World etc) got tattier and tattier, the sales people had no interest in selling them, and it became a vicious circle until Apple pulled them all out and started building their own stores.
Not that I think Kobo will build their own stores, but I think they've decided that the old in store experiences are fairly terrible and they've cut their losses.
Whether that's a smart thing to do just before releasing new hardware is something that I can't say.
John Lewis have some Kobos in stock, but not the KA1.