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Originally Posted by mirage
If Walmart has no exclusivity, why doesn't anyone else sell these devices? Is there that little demand in the US? Could be, I suppose, given that Kobo doesn't even have a US physical presence. Amazon has a bunch of people selling covers for them. But maybe they don't sell all that many. Maybe Amazon doesn't want Best Buy selling competitors. But they sell multiple brands of TVs, which they must sell many times more of than they do ereaders.
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Reading isn’t as prevalent in the US as it is in other countries, or at least some studies would indicate that. However even if that’s dismissed ereaders are a niche market of a niche market. It’s likely that Kindle gets placed in Best Buy because Amazon pressures Best Buy in to it.
The ereader area of my local Best Buy has shrunk over the years to the point it’s basically a small part of tablets. The eink kindles look thrown on and more often then not are just laying there off the cradle likely only not stolen because of the security/power cables.
Best Buy isn’t gonna give up space for something that doesn’t earn its place somehow and neither Kobo nor Barnes and Noble have the leverage needed.