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Walmart and Rakuten Announce New Strategic Alliance
![]() http://news.kobo.com/press/releases/...tegic-alliance "In addition, Walmart and Rakuten Kobo Inc. have formed an exclusive retail alliance that will enable Walmart to begin selling eBooks and audiobooks, as well as offer Rakuten Kobo eReaders, in Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com in the United States starting later this year." Last edited by pdurrant; 01-26-2018 at 07:56 AM. Reason: added first paragraph |
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Now that's a surprise.
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However, in reading the announcement, it makes me wonder if Walmart will be selling cards with an sd card or microsd card with a kepub ebook and some sort scratch off key that will work the the Kobo Reader app, and then be sideloaded to a Kobo ereader if desired. Last edited by bgalbrecht; 01-25-2018 at 10:31 PM. |
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My guess is the card will be a money card that you can use to buy books online from Kobo.
I'm really glad to see this. Kobos in Walmart are a good thing. Amazon needs the competition to keep them on their toes, although I'm not sure how much competition this will really be. This also might generate more interest in e-ink ereaders. Barry |
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I posted this in a similar thread, and will repost it here.
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The fact that a co-branded app will be available on iOS means that they are will to pay the Apple tax like Amazon already does with everything but books. This is a big announcement. There are no stores that I am aware of that sell books on iOS devices because of that %30 cut. I wonder if they've worked something out with Apple. Walmart is big enough to do it. GameStop often generates special download codes for customers when they run out of the limited edition Pokémon cards that Nintendo offers from time to time. The actual cards have a rub-off spot to reveal a code to download the critter into the game, but the cashiers can run off as many codes as you'd like when no cards are available during the promo period. I wonder if Walmart will do the same. There's no reason to have individual book cards for each sale. Otherwise, you could run out of them, losing digital sales! |
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The best thing about this is that returning defective Kobos will be a breeze now, instead of dealing with Kobo's communication challenged customer service call center. No more spending days convincing Kobo to take the unit back, shipping it all the way to Canada, then waiting for the replacement to arrive. ![]() |
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This is very good news indeed. Does anyone know when Kobo Readers will be in store?
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This is good news, I would like to see Kobo's again in stores in the U.S.
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Very good news. Love to be able to get Kobos locally although I'm not too thrilled it's Walmart. I imagine the book cards will get around Apple's take. You'll be buying in the store and just accessing it online or in app.
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Maybe that's why Kobo wants these in-store cards, for the ithing owners who won't be able to purchase directly in the ios app. (Although they could through a web browser) |
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It seems to me, Apple is more interested in throttling eBook sales, not promoting them. I understand they're like 'the mob', if you want to do business in MY neighborhood, you got to make sure I get a 'taste'!
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Well I am happy that I can finally buy a KOBO device and see one in store before buying. I only wish they will sell at independent book stores as well so to help them compete with B&N and Amazon
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