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Originally Posted by Josieb1
I've been waiting for a Christmas story to be released on the 21st. It hit Amazon early (today) and the author posted on FB. I asked her about Kobo as I have points to use and she said Kobo have closed uploads so there will be no new books added until after Christmas. Needless to say i'll buy from Amazon, but are Kobo idiots, do they seriously think everything digital shuts down for Christmas.
They are slow to upload anyway, the last book i wanted took three weeks to load on Kobo as the author ended up gifting me a copy as I was waiting so long. No wonder Amazon are in such a dominant position.
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Almost all retailers close uploads around Christmas. Kobo closed uploads on the 19th. Apple closes them as well (I don't know the date). Google has been closed to any new authors even joining their network/retail stores for almost 2 years. Those are just the ones I know about. Kobo has had a notice up for at least a month so that authors can plan, but it is not new. It has always been the case with several retailers for a few years.
The retailers do this because many support people take time off for the holidays so they ask us authors to plan ahead.