MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Kindle in bad books as Aussies hit with higher costs

Kali Yuga · 10-12-2009, 11:24 AM

I concur that the article is somewhat misleading, although it is correct in that the Aussie customers will have to pay more.

One thing I'm not clear on is that at least with US Kindles, you can download books to your PC and avoid the Whispernet process. I'm not sure this can be done with the International version. It wouldn't be a great solution anyway (it's a bit clunky) but might be feasible if you're buying a large volume of books.

I find it rather entertaining though that head of the Australian Booksellers Association calls Amazon a "threat" and then wonders why it hasn't set up shop locally.

10-12-2009, 11:24 AM	#11
Kali Yuga Professional Contrarian Posts: 2,045 Karma: 3289631 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 4 No Touchie	I concur that the article is somewhat misleading, although it is correct in that the Aussie customers will have to pay more. One thing I'm not clear on is that at least with US Kindles, you can download books to your PC and avoid the Whispernet process. I'm not sure this can be done with the International version. It wouldn't be a great solution anyway (it's a bit clunky) but might be feasible if you're buying a large volume of books. I find it rather entertaining though that head of the Australian Booksellers Association calls Amazon a "threat" and then wonders why it hasn't set up shop locally.