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Are People Really Dumb Enough to Buy This?

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I was browsing Amazon today and came across this listing for the Kobo Nia, and it’s selling for an absurd $389.68 from Triplenet Pricing, a reseller that’s been around for years and currently has over 70,000 items listed on Amazon, so they’re not just some new scammer listing. You see this kind of thing on […]

Kobo Nia on Sale for $79; Kobo Elipsa Update

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Kobo has been doing rotating sales lately where they have one model on sale and then as soon as that ends they put a different model on sale, and now it’s the Kobo Nia’s turn. The Kobo Nia is marked down to $79 at Kobo, Walmart and Amazon. It’s not a huge discount but it’s […]

Kobo Promotion – Enter to Win a Free Kobo eReader (US only)

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Kobo has an ongoing promotion through December 19th where you can enter a drawing to win a new Kobo ebook reader. Unfortunately the model they’re giving away is the Kobo Nia, the least interesting and least expensive Kobo available, but any US resident over 18 can enter the sweepstakes for free, no purchase necessary. Just […]

Have You Seen the Unusual Kobo Nia Cover?

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Yesterday Kobo officially unveiled their latest ebook reader, the Kobo Nia, and while there isn’t a single thing “new” about it other than the name, it does have a very unusual cover. In fact the cover is the most interesting thing about the Kobo Nia, and at $19.99 it’s actually reasonably priced for a change. […]

New Kobo Nia eBook Reader Released, But Nobody Should Buy It

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Kobo has officially announced the upcoming release of a new entry-level ebook reader called the Kobo Nia that will be available starting July 21st. The Kobo Nia has a 6-inch E Ink Carta screen with a resolution of 1024 × 758 (212 ppi). It has a frontlight too, but unlike other Kobos, it does not […]