Thread: US Kindle in Canada?
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Old 07-31-2012, 10:00 AM   #10
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The point you are missing is that availability of books in Canada has nothing to do with Amazon. If there is a title you can't get through Amazon because it hasn't been released in Canada, you won't be able to get it (legally) anywhere.
On the other hand, I have no idea why active content is not available everywhere, but assume it is for the same reason that you cannot buy a barbeque from Amazon and have it shipped to Canada. There are duties involved in cross-border commerce, digital or otherwise. Dont blame this on Amazon! They'll love to sell you whatever you want.

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Originally Posted by WeightyGhost View Post
Thanks for the info montalex,
I think thats all I needed to confirm. Without the complete library available on 3G, I'm out.

IMHO, amazon can jam it if they think I'm shelling out for proprietary hardware if I have to crack DRM -like some kind of pauper/punk 15 year-old.

Thanks for all the insight/opinions from everyone.

Cheers,
-WG
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