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"A- Libraries offer internet access to those without"
1) Here that only seems to work on a laptop or the library computer. You can't connect on a Kobo or a Kindle. I've not tried my phone or tablet. I think due to the web based login using the library card and no WiFi password. Or something. Also the local council and library logs all activity.
2) Such payment cards are not in all countries and can be bureaucratic where they do exist to comply with local anti-money-laundering regulations.
"Let’s be honest eink ereaders and digital reading in general is still relatively niche"
Yes, and most digital reading is on phones. For convenience as people already have one and it takes less space and they always take it out. That's still an undeveloped market not locked to one ebook retailer.
Hence my thesis that it's madness for a bookshop to sell Kindle, Kobo, or if not B&N, the Nook. A bookshop, if selling ebooks at all, needs to make them available to all platforms. They don't need their own app or own ereader. Waste of money and effort.
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