01-26-2018, 01:51 PM | #31 |
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You are sort of wrong ( I think lol) . Indie book sellers now have their own ebook stores where they get a cut of the ebook purchase price so you can still buy ebooks and support your local indie store. So I was told. I could be wrong. I can not remember where I heard this but I think it was at my local store Rainy Day Books
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01-26-2018, 01:55 PM | #32 |
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01-26-2018, 02:04 PM | #33 |
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I was thinking the same thing. Maybe Walmart will nudge them in that direction? Maybe we should start nudging Walmart so they can nudge Kobo.
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01-26-2018, 02:08 PM | #34 |
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Agreed. Something to compete with the Kindle Basic. It's possible that Walmart is already planning promotions to sell Kobo devices. I guess we'll have to (impatiently) wait and see.
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I think Walmart has a long way to go to match the slickness of the Amazon's website, but I think they understand how important it is to compete with Amazon and they're committed to getting there. I never liked Walmart much, but I've got a nephew who works there and there was a huge change when the new (now newish) CEO showed up. He immediately hired more employees and raised their pay, instantly raising employee morale. Whether Walmart will continue in this direction, I don't know – stockholders are fickle – but right now they seem to understand how important it is to compete with Amazon (and they still have the resources to do it).
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My point of offering Overdrive out of the gate is that Kobo's biggest shot at new adopters is when they first appear at the store. If they are smart, they will have Overdrive integration on all their devices from jump street. I remember when Microsoft announced the Edge browser for Windows 10. It would be fast. It would be sleek. It would support extensions! When Edge appeared, it was fast and sleek and did not support extensions. The reviews clubbed it for that. They're there now. But people are less likely to go back and try Edge again. And as Head and Shoulders said: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Last edited by ZodWallop; 01-26-2018 at 02:40 PM. |
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But I do know that being able to check books out from the library is important for lots of people. Particularly price-conscious Walmart shoppers? And since Kobo has already shown that they can do it, they would be wise to consider the market these are being sold in and offer it on all devices. |
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I hope this means we'll finally get syncing for sideloaded books too. That's the only thing keeping me on the kindle side now.
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This time around they seem to have arranged to get a piece of the book sales as well and that's probably what'd different this time. Barry |
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