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Originally Posted by MGlitch
They were sold in the US in 2010 which was the time mentioned above (and beyond though how far beyond I can’t say for sure). I know when I got the Aura H2O people were still finding some stores in the US with Kobos though the numbers had been dropping. But that still would allow for stock to have dwindled over 4 years.
Kobo and Walmart teamed up in 2018. So really there were around 4 years Kobo weren’t being sold in the US (not including Amazon) and even through those years they were readily available via Amazon, Kobo, or Chapters.
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Please tell me who Kobo's official US reseller was from the day Borders closed until Walmart started selling them?
Ordering from Kobo or Chapters would be importing the reader from Canada, which is what I remember people having to do before the Walmart partnership. If you are going to count that, you can import readers from anywhere, so everything is available everywhere.
The fact that Canada is a neighbor with a favorable exchange rate doesn't mean that Kobos were officially sold in the US.
And honestly, I'm pretty sure you are misremembering Kobos being sold on Amazon, unless they were sold by unofficial third party resellers.
I do remember looking for my first Kobo (this would be the 6" Kobo Aura). I don't remember anyone anywhere suggesting that Amazon sold Kobos. I wound up buying a refurb from a third party on eBay.