Comments on: Kobo expands to South Africa to compete against Kindle http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/31/kobo-expands-to-south-africa-to-compete-against-kindle/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 10:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sharita Patel http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/31/kobo-expands-to-south-africa-to-compete-against-kindle/#comment-170580 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:12:05 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219954#comment-170580 I am wanting to spoil myself with a kindle/kobo. Tell me more

]]> By: DMS http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/31/kobo-expands-to-south-africa-to-compete-against-kindle/#comment-170197 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:13:15 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219954#comment-170197 Bought a Kobo Touch last week and it is wonderful!!! Offers what the Kindle offers and MORE! Able to use my local library site (which doesn’t allow Kindles!) plus other book sites …. fantastic price for its formats and WiFi. Have been looking at a Kindle the past few months and did not want to be locked into Amazon. With what Kobo offers, they will overtake Kindle sales in a short time

]]> By: Jaco de Beer http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/31/kobo-expands-to-south-africa-to-compete-against-kindle/#comment-168749 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:27:57 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219954#comment-168749 Kobo is great as an ereader because it uses the popular “epub” format. Unfortunately South Africans still have a way to go in terms of using ereaders and purchasing ebooks. Hopefully this will help us to expand the ereader market. Good luck. Jaco

]]> By: margaret http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/31/kobo-expands-to-south-africa-to-compete-against-kindle/#comment-168407 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:02:03 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219954#comment-168407 That’s impressive. Unlike in the US or UK, I rarely see people reading from tablets in Joburg or Cape Town. Where is usage clustered? Will users be able to download ebooks at internationally competitive rates????

]]> By: Ben http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/31/kobo-expands-to-south-africa-to-compete-against-kindle/#comment-168218 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:31:46 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219954#comment-168218 Thanks for incorporating Books LIVE into your post.

Note that most publishers in South Africa would revise the above-quoted estimation that ebooks account for 1.5% of the total books market radically upward. (I’ve not heard a figure lower than 7%, and recently heard 20% from a very well-established publisher.)

Ben Williams
Publishing Editor
Books LIVE

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