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Originally Posted by cellaris
Kobo manufactures monochrome e-readers. I’ve bought two in the last year. I haven’t bought any colour e-readers from Kobo, but I’m glad they’ve helped to double their sales in 2025 and 2026 (if the figure is correct), which is the first thing that the CEO of Kobo mentions in this article. I’m not sure they would have achieved this had they stuck to an exclusively monochrome range. The Kobo e-reader user base is far more diverse than those who simply want a 7-inch or 8-inch monochrome e-reader. We sometimes confuse our own preferences, which we repeatedly express, with those of others. I get the impression that the CEO of Kobo, judging by what he says in this article, has a much broader (and, in my opinion, more accurate) view of the reality of e-reader users. That doesn’t mean I’m not in favour of there being a parallel range, monochrome and colour, in all available sizes, just as PocketBook offers.
(My specific hope is that they’ll continue to keep a close eye on market trends, just as they did with colour e-readers, and bring us e-readers smaller than 6" soon. It’s interesting that he mentioned the rise of Xteink-type devices.)
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From all I've read, it may be that more people want larger then 6"BW then smaller.