Quote:
Originally Posted by fjtorres
Uh, I was referring to Amazon's original entry into Canada, for Pbooks, which Indigo blocked for years. And before, Canada blocked any non-canadian retailers.
http://greenwoodeconomics.blogspot.c...-and-alex.html
Btw, I don't care much either way on this, but the fact is Indigo has quite a few detractors over this. |
Ahh, I was carrying on from post #31 and the cultural products.
Quote:
Kobo outsells Kindle in Canada.
It's their home turf and Canada is very protective of "cultural products".
|
Where did we segue into Indigo blocking Amazon on selling books? Like you I am not all excited whether they did or they didn't.
I do know for a fact, that Amazon was selling paper books in Canada (legally shipping to Canadian addresses through customs) long before there was a Kobo ereader.
In 2008 I had 2 Romanian roommates who delighted in showing me their Amazon book purchases. "See" they would say, "cheaper including shipping and it is delivered"
Canada did go through a short stint of trying to protect small businesses, but I think Borders opted out because big box and chain Canadian bookstores were having a hard time as it was. I am pretty sure they could have gotten around any restrictions as many American retailers (Walmart?)did. Now we have Target. Go figure.
Anyway I totally missed the part where we changed from kindles and Kobos to Amazon owned bookstores. Sorry for that.
Helen