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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I wish I could give you more karma.
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I also own several Kobo and Sony e-readers so am familiar with both. Also a last generation Nook, the water resistant one. Merely stating that if any other e-reader maker wants to compete with Amazon and the Kindle in the American market they need to make purchasing and registration as easy as Amazon does. Also have as big a book selection and make book purchases as easy. Having to order a KOBO from a Canadian outlet and then waiting a week for it to reach Nevada via UPS is NOT competitive with Amazon, at least to me.
Any of the e-readers can be used independent of their stores with a bit of work. A good thing as otherwise the older Sony units would be about useless without the desktop application or side loading as the firmware on units like the PRS-950 was never updated for Kobo store wi-fi access so far as I can determine. I use the Sony and Kobo readers primarily for public domain EPUB reading. Per the below link Kobo is virtually invisible in the USA ebook and e-reader market with less than 0.5% of the total. Most successful in Canada among English speaking countries.
https://publishdrive.com/amazon-ebook-market-share/
As far as the Nook I am afraid that I suspect that B&N is not too long for this world based on reports of losses and how well their stock is not doing. I hope I am wrong. Per the above link they have 4% of the USA ebook market but are apparently not sold outside the USA. Hate to see them go the same way Borders did.