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Originally Posted by ficbot
Jordon, can you reassure me please about the 'takeover' from Borders?
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If you check out our press release, you'll see that Indigo owns > 50% of Kobo still, so this definitely isn't a take over by Borders.
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Originally Posted by ficbot
Will the day ever come when a Canadian can walk into our major bookstore chain and see/touch our own ebook reader? Will the day ever come when one can load their Chapters or Indigo gift cards onto a website and buy print books and ebooks in one transaction? Is Indigo, with this rebranding, abandoning their loyal Canadian customers? Do they even understand that in the days of ridiculous, customer-harming geographical restrictions and with Canada having such an abysmal telecom system that Nook/Amazon hesitate to come here, these might be issues?
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I truly believe those days are coming - some sooner than others. Heather Reisman definitely mentioned Indigo and "reading devices" in her quote in the Kobo spin out press release, which is just the start of things to come.