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Originally Posted by carld
My guess is that it's both to tap into the domestic Spanish market and to build a collection of Spanish language ebooks prior to opening international ebook stores for Spanish speakers.
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Except that there are likely to be geographic restrictions on the e-books. Tapping into the US market makes sense though.
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Originally Posted by Synamon
I'm not sure that's true. I can access the new Spanish site and books show as available to me (in Canada), so I assume this is set up the same way the main amazon.com site is set up to deliver books to international customers now.
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I think that now the remaining problem is that the other large market for Spanish speakers (Latin America) is still being more or less neglected (with the $2 surcharge / availability issues).
It's laughable that now with this website the price difference is even more clear (you'll see all US prices on the
Tienda Kindle storefront and bestsellers list and then
realize that you are getting charged more).
Hopefully this all means that a proper Latin America store is in the near future (as the market down there still doesn't have a lot of competition, it's in their best interest to move fast).