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Originally Posted by jbcohen
To what extent do the authorities in Suadi Arabia control electronic book readers and the electronic books? I would immagine that they would control the electronic books rather than the readers as the readers do not contain any information they simply interpret and display the information. What types of electronic books can you get in Saudi Arabia? I would imagine that the authorities vet the individual books at the individual book stores. I would imagine that books that talk about terrorism would have difficulty getting approved for distribution and books that talk about Islam. Do other international electronic book sellers ship to Saudi Arabia? I would imagine that Barns and Nobels would ship as, I would immage that they don't have as much troubble from authorities (they are simply not as high profile as amazon is). Do some of the smaller electronic book stores sell to Saudi Arabia, such as ebooks.com or kobo books? I would immagine that Kobo would be able to "fly under the radar" since they are simply not as well known as Amazon is.
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for e-books that we buy from the net, there isn't any kind of "control" imposed by the authorities here... but Yes, if you go to a bookstore and try to buy a physical paperback book talking about " islam and terrorism" then you won't find it ..but you can buy it from amazon to transfer it to your kindle.
by the way, the only problem we find here and by here I mean the Middle East including Dubai is that amazon doesn't ship the kindle to this region. we have to pay 50% on top of the original price to get one...
Hope I answered your question...