Price Cuts for Kobo and Aluratek Readers

moon_cat · 08-31-2010, 10:39 AM

Good news for those of you looking to venture off the beaten path of e-book readers!

Not a bad deal for readers (Kobo:$130 and Aluratek: $99.99), but with the price of the kindle and nook, I don't see these being snatched up at the cyclic rate.

eric11210 · 08-31-2010, 10:49 AM

Where is this from? It's still $150 and $120 on Borders.

taming · 08-31-2010, 10:50 AM

Did you pick this up from Gizmodo? Per that posting, this is only (at this point) at the US Borders store and the Kobo discount has been available for a long time. It gives you a $20 coupon, not $20 off the price of the reader itself.

moon_cat · 08-31-2010, 11:39 AM

Yeah... sorry- I had a link to Gizmodo, but it didn't post right for some reason.
http://gizmodo.com/5626032/borders-k...-20-price-cuts

dmacmart · 08-31-2010, 11:42 AM

Apparently it's a price cut, as of today:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368507,00.asp

The e-reader price war continued Tuesday when Borders dropped the price of its Kobo and Libre e-readers to $129 and $99.99, respectively.

The Kobo was previously priced at $149.99, while the smaller Aluratek Libre eBook Reader Pro sold for $119.

SensualPoet · 08-31-2010, 01:13 PM

The Borders price cut isn't really a price cut, though. Borders has sold the Kobo at $19 with $20 store credit since the day of launch.

Still, advertising a lower price is a rather good idea. The Kobo is a very nice device -- simple, attractive, easy to use, easy to purchase for. But at $10 less than Kindle 3 WiFi it's attributes are slight -- but they number native ePub and library access.

GinoXB · 09-01-2010, 12:05 PM

I purchased my Libre last week, at Kmart it was on sale for $99.99. It's a nice little reader, a good beginner E-reader. Maybe later I'll get another E-reader but for now the Libre suits my needs just fine.

08-31-2010, 10:39 AM	#1
moon_cat Member Posts: 15 Karma: 458 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: PRS-300, PRS-700, NOOK 3G	Price Cuts for Kobo and Aluratek Readers Good news for those of you looking to venture off the beaten path of e-book readers! Not a bad deal for readers (Kobo:$130 and Aluratek: $99.99), but with the price of the kindle and nook, I don't see these being snatched up at the cyclic rate.

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08-31-2010, 10:49 AM	#2
eric11210 Addict Posts: 295 Karma: 400001 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS-600	Where is this from? It's still $150 and $120 on Borders.

08-31-2010, 10:50 AM	#3
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Did you pick this up from Gizmodo? Per that posting, this is only (at this point) at the US Borders store and the Kobo discount has been available for a long time. It gives you a $20 coupon, not $20 off the price of the reader itself.

08-31-2010, 11:39 AM	#4
moon_cat Member Posts: 15 Karma: 458 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: PRS-300, PRS-700, NOOK 3G	Yeah... sorry- I had a link to Gizmodo, but it didn't post right for some reason. http://gizmodo.com/5626032/borders-k...-20-price-cuts

08-31-2010, 11:42 AM	#5
dmacmart Fanatic Posts: 531 Karma: 696908 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Glo, Arc, H2O, iPhone, iPad 2, (husband)Touch	Apparently it's a price cut, as of today: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368507,00.asp The e-reader price war continued Tuesday when Borders dropped the price of its Kobo and Libre e-readers to $129 and $99.99, respectively. The Kobo was previously priced at $149.99, while the smaller Aluratek Libre eBook Reader Pro sold for $119.

08-31-2010, 01:13 PM	#6
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	The Borders price cut isn't really a price cut, though. Borders has sold the Kobo at $19 with $20 store credit since the day of launch. Still, advertising a lower price is a rather good idea. The Kobo is a very nice device -- simple, attractive, easy to use, easy to purchase for. But at $10 less than Kindle 3 WiFi it's attributes are slight -- but they number native ePub and library access.

09-01-2010, 12:05 PM	#7
GinoXB Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 4290 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Georgia Device: Aluratek Libre	I purchased my Libre last week, at Kmart it was on sale for $99.99. It's a nice little reader, a good beginner E-reader. Maybe later I'll get another E-reader but for now the Libre suits my needs just fine.

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