Email I Got From Borders AU

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by MorganM

I sent a email to Borders AU yesterday to ask when they are going to be stocking the KT and this is the response I got today.



Bit concerned about the spelling and grammar mistakes. lol

I checked with the Kobo AUS rep and he asked Borders AUS. They said that this CS rep was wrong. They will carry the Kobo Touch.

[MorganM]

Honestly then wtf was the women talking about in my email? *sigh*

[CazMar]

If Kobo don't get this distribution problem sorted out soon they will lose any hope of a market share in Australia. The new Sony is being released in October and between that and Kindle (not to mention the huge coverage from IPad as a bookreader) they will simply be left out there in nowhere-land. A great pity but that is the reality of marketing.

[HarleyB]

Originally Posted by MorganM

Honestly then wtf was the women talking about in my email? *sigh*

Pehaps she's caught Koboitis from the Kobo customer service people and is just compelled to write totally inane comments in response to your question?

[rjcroy]

Originally Posted by kiwipippa

... Whitcoulls stock(ed) the wifi and original but no sign of the touch. ....

Staff at a Whitcoulls branch here told me that they will start selling the Kobo Touch in October.

[molman]

Rather odd email in light of the others. I wonder how the online properties do, and will continue to without a BnM front as well. I mean I'd be tempted to create a new name and direct from the A&R and Borders domains if I was Pearson.

[kiwipippa]

Originally Posted by rjcroy

Staff at a Whitcoulls branch here told me that they will start selling the Kobo Touch in October.

That's good news, I hope they are priced competitively against the kindle.

[HarleyB]

Originally Posted by molman

Rather odd email in light of the others. I wonder how the online properties do, and will continue to without a BnM front as well. I mean I'd be tempted to create a new name and direct from the A&R and Borders domains if I was Pearson.

I agree. The Border's name is poison - everyone has spent the last year thinking they are going out of business. I can't imagine why they want to keep the name when it would be so easy to redirect people to a new name without all that baggage.

[Latch]

Wow, an incredibly dickish response about how the KT isn't up to snuff, followed up by plans for selling it in October. Does Borders as a corporation suffer form split-personality disorder?

[Shopaholic]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Pfft. The Sony Reader uses the Kobo ebookstore in Australia.

So? It's a far superior product to the Kobo reader. Who cares where you actually buy the ebooks from. And besides, with the new Sony Wifi they're going to be expanding their ebook store internationally beyond Canada & the US.

I'm sorry, but I was under the impression that this thread was about Borders AU's site selling the Kobo. I don't see how a comparison with a device not covered by this sub-forum is relevant.

Not to mention that Kobo's store already carries ebooks in Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. So I'm not entirely sure what your point is there, anyway. Perhaps I'm missing something.

[Shopaholic]

Originally Posted by cyvros

Perhaps I'm missing something.

If you're responding to me, yes you're clearly missing something. Go reread the thread from the beginning and see where it took a minor left turn.

If you're not responding to me then please ignore this post.

[viviena]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Pfft. The Sony Reader uses the Kobo ebookstore in Australia.

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

And besides, with the new Sony Wifi they're going to be expanding their ebook store internationally beyond Canada & the US.

I'm actually wondering about Nate's statement -- is he referring to the upcoming T1, or the old x50 models in which the recommended Sony Reader Library software redirected us to Borders AU? As far as I know, the Sony Reader Store's overseas expansion will be limited solely to Europe, meaning that Australians still aren't able to buy from the Store at all, let alone via the T1. There's been local impressions that confirmed this understanding a few weeks back. Currently for those Aussies who want integrated bookstores on their devices, their choices so far are Kindle and Kobo.

Also, I'm happy with both my Sony and my Kobo. I use them in different ways for different reasons. There are features that the Sony might have that the Kobo lacks, and vice versa.

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

If you're responding to me, yes you're clearly missing something. Go reread the thread from the beginning and see where it took a minor left turn.

If you're not responding to me then please ignore this post.

Yeah, I think I missed about four posts somewhere in the middle. Please forgive my rude intrusion. *doffs hat*