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I don't believe E-book readers are freely available in East Asia yet. When I got my Kindle I mentioned it to some Japanese friends and they had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. I looked it up on the Japanese language version of Wikipedia and it mainly dealt with Kindle, Sony and Nook, clearly stating that none supported Kanji (ideographs). Hence, there is really no software available either. Japan has Aozora Bunkan, a site similar to Gutenberg for copyright-free books, so there is a potential for E-books based on HTML. When I saw that Kindle 3 would support double-byte character, such as Kanji, I immediately ordered one. I assume it will be a while before books are readily made available, but it seems clear to me that Amazon, with a presence in both Japan and China, are trying to establish themselves there before anyone else.
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