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Originally Posted by ps67
I don't know why but before to buy my Kindle I didn't even know the existence of Kobo but I was informed about the existence of Kindle. I bought a PW because of Amazon seemed to have the larger store*. Only when I explicitly researched about reader I knew Kobo. I bought KA1 because of the 7.8"
*actually in Italy difference are only for those that publish directly with Amazon, I am not sure if also Kobo do this, publishers sell in almost all platforms, kindle, kobo and others like IBS, bookrepublic etc. The most important publishers sell also in their own store.
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It seems weird that you'd never even heard about Kobo, they've had stands in literally every Feltrinelli and Mondadori store for the past 6 years, and in most retail electronics stores. Feltrinelli and Mondadori don't even have their own ebook store, in fact -- they redirect you to Kobo because they have a partnership with them. I believe you, don't get me wrong, it just sounds really weird to me.
It's absolutely true that there's no advantage in choosing the Amazon store over Kobo/IBS/BookRepublic, as ebook prices are set by the publishers here. There's also the issue of libraries lending ebooks only in EPUB format.