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Kobo announces its first color e-readers

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why would you be surprised? And why would 15$ for a book be too much?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Because we are/were not j.p. gotrocks kin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It might depend on which part of the world they live in. In the West? Not so much. But in a third world country? It might very well be a day's work wage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Believe it or not there are lots of pockets in "the west" where money is that tight. Fixed incomes didnt and dont stretch that far