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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
You used to, but Borders went under, Family Christian ran into bankruptcy issues and dropped them, BestBuy and Frys both dropped them. Kobo decided that a partnership with indie bookstores was the way to go, but even most of the indie stores that did somewhat well with them have stopped carrying the devices in store. Kobo basically doesn't try to compete in the US market.
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Kobo competes on the cheap by relying on local partners to do the marketing for them. Where the local partner is strong and committed, they do well. Otherwise...
It would help is Rakuten would actually feature them on the sites like Amazon features Kindle but, at least in the US, Kobo gets no help from their parent.