Reported by knigolub from the-ebook.org forums. Rough translation:


A few days ago I've met a guy with the Sony Reader in Montreal's metro. He said he was at a Sony conference and Sony Canada announced that Reader sales will start on June 1st.
Source: http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=78413#78413

Now when was that conference? I would have loved to be there.

Boy I hope this is true. Not being able to use Connect without getting Leaping Gnome to buy gift certificates for me.

Great news if it's true! If they're expanding to Canada a European launch is probably not far behind, probably by the holiday season I expect.

I got news from a SONYStyle store that a Canadian Connect store will open soon. They didn't mention ebooks though... looked more like selling content for SONY's mp3(???) walkmans, PSPs and stuff like that.
Definitely once they have the store up and running it will be easier to bring the reader to the Canadian market, but I guess they need publishing deals as well.

This ties in with the strongly rumoured June UK launch. Perhaps a more general launch is being done then? Let's hope so!

sic, they've had a Connect Music store for a while in the US, long before the Connect book store.

After reading this "rumor", I wrote an email to iLiad, ask them when will them build dealership in Canada, they say no plan.
Heyhey, seems they have too good selling score to willing bo business in Canada.

the Tax is really a barrier for buying Sony reader or iLiad in Canada. 349 us$ in US means around 400us$ for Canadian customers, shit

the Tax is really a barrier for buying Sony reader or iLiad in Canada. 349 us$ in US means around 400us$ for Canadian customers, shit
Come on ...
have a look at the forums for how much Europeans have to pay in tax/duties/VAT for Reader. Most folks that have officialy imported their Readers have paid around 70$ ON TOP of the US VAT (which is some 20 bucks). Plus Europeans have to pay for shipping, handling, money transfer and usually also for the air they breathe while waiting for their Readers.
In my country, for example, VAT alone for a 350USD Reader would be 80USD.

a small example:
mac mini.
Identical models.
USA on line store price: $599
my country on line store price: $877
a modest 147% of the "usa price"

Sigh ...

the Tax is really a barrier for buying Sony reader or iLiad in Canada. 349 us$ in US means around 400us$ for Canadian customers, shit
is a price for europe before any tax is applied. 350 the reader + 50 shipping.
My tax was 90$ (£48) on top of the 400$ mentioned above. So, you Canadian are very lucky and get it almost for free in comparison to Europeans :)

I paid £67, which is about US$135, in taxes and other import duties on mine!

me too

After reading this "rumor", I wrote an email to iLiad, ask them when will them build dealership in Canada, they say no plan.
Heyhey, seems they have too good selling score to willing bo business in Canada.

the Tax is really a barrier for buying Sony reader or iLiad in Canada. 349 us$ in US means around 400us$ for Canadian customers, shit
It cost me an additional $127.29Cad to bring it in. There is only taxes on a max of $60.00 savings if you mark it as 'gift' while shipping. Which amounts to a whopping $7.35 savings!!! Thanks! Mr Harper!

Boy I must be lucky. I did not have to pay any custom fees at all. I just had to pay US to Canadian dollar exchange at the time of purchase.

Must be my good living! ;-)

Well I picked mine up during a business trip to the U.S. so no duty fees nor taxes. :-) I hate traveling but just for this it was worth it.

I hope this rumor is more than a rumor.
Sony Reader in Canada would solve all my problems! :)

Edit: Just noticed the dates. Maybe no reader after all :(

I hope this rumor is more than a rumor.
Sony Reader in Canada would solve all my problems! :)

Edit: Just noticed the dates. Maybe no reader after all :(
Well... not quite. It's been noticed that there now is some French text on the boxes, a departure from the older ones. Ring a bell?

Maybe, maybe not... See this (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=102108&postcount=1) from last March, which mentions the Canadian FCC approval.

Maybe, maybe not... See this (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=102108&postcount=1) from last March, which mentions the Canadian FCC approval.I wouldn't read too much into that. :shrug: Looking at the backside of my PRS500 I see the Canadian FCC approval mark and the CE mark (Europe's version of the U.S.'s Underwriter's Laboratory, for those who don't know the initials off the top of their heads).

Those tell me that the original Reader hardware was approved by the governments of both Canada and Europe before it ever launched a year and a half ago. But still we wait. :sad2:

yeah, there is a huge time gap between a product being approved and the product going into circulation. When I said "no reader after all" I meant to say "No reader anytime in the near future" Near future would roughly be the next year or so.
I doubt I can wait longer than that to get my reader :)