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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
Pakistan and Bangladesh do not strike me as countries where the "average" person has a relatively large amount of spare money. Not saying that they don't, though.
You were in Pakistan. All that I see of it is from the news.
Are the people outside of the (Pakistan and Bangladesh) cities able to spend enough to buy a Kindle?
Even in the rural US areas a farmer can buy a Kindle. (If he doesn't have "10 women and have 250 grandchildren".)
Like me, he will think about what else he could use the money on. But Johnny or Judy Appleseed can do it with just a little savings in a week to a month, or two if needed.
A better way to say it is "what is the cost as a percentage of income for all nations?"
Is it easier for a farmer in Germany to buy a Kindle than a Pakistani?
Is it easier for a farmer in Italy to buy a Kindle than in India?
Is it easier for a farmer in Dubai to buy a Kindle than a Bangladesh?
Relative Per Capita Income Rates will make a difference.
It may have nothing to do with religion.
Economically, the farmer in Bangladesh may have more in common with the farmer in the Appalachian mountains. Just plain dirt poor.
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I take your point (although agriculture in Dubai is something of a joke from what my wife tells me), but there is a strong middle class of businessmen and civil servants in Pakistan who are very education minded, English-literate, and would find a Kindle appealing (there is a stereotype of Desi men being gadgetohaulics). The case, again, is similar to that of India (there also being many call centers in Karachi). Pakistan is a much more viable market than Nepal or Bhutan in my opinion. There are also several African countries with Kindle access which I think would be less viable markets than Pakistan (and, it goes without saying, wealthy countries like UAE).
Luqman