MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Rumor: Sony Reader, Amazon Kindle Coming to the UK soon

pauladev · 09-26-2008, 09:50 AM

Happened on this thread by Googling 'Kindle UK Launch' and was impressed by the optimism for spring launches of both the Kindle and Sony Reader in UK. Nothing much for 7 months though!!

Finally saw the Sony 505 advertised today at £199 (http://www.play.com/Electronics/Elec..._-ELEC_PROMO_1) but when I went further into it, I could only find the Sony eBook Store still inaccessible outside USA and Canada.
I am very new to the Ebook and publishing arguments and would welcome a pointer or two in the direction of what is available now at a reasonable price in UK and not on the usual £ for $ basis that we have always suffered for music DVD's and computer software!

I still can't see any factual announcements about Kindle in UK (or Europe) nor any mobile network to provide the material to read.

09-26-2008, 09:50 AM	#28
pauladev Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Lagos, Algarve, Portugal Device: Euro None-as-yet	Happened on this thread by Googling 'Kindle UK Launch' and was impressed by the optimism for spring launches of both the Kindle and Sony Reader in UK. Nothing much for 7 months though!! Finally saw the Sony 505 advertised today at £199 (http://www.play.com/Electronics/Elec..._-ELEC_PROMO_1) but when I went further into it, I could only find the Sony eBook Store still inaccessible outside USA and Canada. I am very new to the Ebook and publishing arguments and would welcome a pointer or two in the direction of what is available now at a reasonable price in UK and not on the usual £ for $ basis that we have always suffered for music DVD's and computer software! I still can't see any factual announcements about Kindle in UK (or Europe) nor any mobile network to provide the material to read.