I would still buy that book if I could get it in epub, too. This is a lost sale for them
The book was by Irene Nemirovsky, a popular French writer. She was killed in World War 2 and this lost novel was discovered posthumously by her daughter (or grand-daughter, I don't remember) and edited for publication. It got a lot of press here and I was very interested to read it. So, to the Kobo techie who is apparently reading this thread and posted above, get cracking on the epub and you'll get a sale. No epub, no sale...