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Sainsbury's ebook store bites the dust
TL;DR: Sainsbury's is selling all their ebook customers to Kobo, the vaccuum cleaner of the ebook store world.
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09-20-2016, 02:46 PM | #2 |
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Just had this email.
Least it will be a painless transition to Kobo. |
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09-20-2016, 02:50 PM | #3 |
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Rather disappointing because, of late, they have been pretty competitive on price.
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09-20-2016, 02:52 PM | #4 |
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09-20-2016, 04:06 PM | #5 |
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09-20-2016, 04:40 PM | #6 |
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Yes they did, I was a Nook transfer, nothing moved over though as all my books came originally from Fictionwise. I never spent the £5 though, I only read MM Romance as Sainsburys don't sell that genre.
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09-20-2016, 04:43 PM | #7 |
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Weren't Sainsbury's the ones who swallowed up Nook UK customers? I wish Kobo would snag Nook US customers, alas we seem doomed to ride out Nook until B&N shuts down, and who knows if they'll bother migrating anything then.
Well welcome aboard new Kobo folks. You're coming in at a good time, Kobo just released two new devices. |
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Just off to add the books on my Sainsbury's Wish List to my Amazon account. Just wish Kobo would add this functionality, but I suppose that's too much to ask.
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'Least I have de-drmed my books so don't care what Sainsbury does to them (though thanks to them for the heads up, because there's still one I haven't downloaded). |
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09-20-2016, 05:05 PM | #10 |
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09-20-2016, 06:15 PM | #11 |
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Man, this was the only reason I signed up for a nectar card, and I'm a little short of being able to afford the book I want. I'm not sure I'll quite have the points by the end of the month, either. That's annoying.
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09-20-2016, 06:27 PM | #12 |
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I left working for Sainsbury's just in time I think
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09-20-2016, 10:03 PM | #13 |
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Never heard of them, so I guess I'm not missing anything.
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Here's TechCrunch's article on the subject: "Sainsbury’s exits digital entertainment, hands over e-book business to Kobo". |
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09-21-2016, 01:43 AM | #15 |
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Josie you might want to see if that £5 is still valid... Kobo has MM Romance.
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