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Originally Posted by ottdmk
2) Amazon doesn't care about the Canadian market. We still don't have the Voyage, for example. They won't bother work with Overdrive to get library loans working here. Etc.
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Uh, have you seen this:
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...a-good-reason/
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Most people are pointing the finger (sometimes the middle one) directly at Amazon, saying they are the reason behind the big Kindle Voyage snub.
But that’s not the case. It’s actually the Canadian government that’s blocking the release of the Kindle Voyage in Canada.
As it stands currently, the reason the Kindle Voyage isn’t being sold in Canada is because the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has not approved the patent for the Voyage’s use of haptic feedback.
The Kindle Voyage is the first and only Kindle to use haptic feedback, which gives off a slight vibration when you activate the page button senors, one of the main features that separates the Voyage from other devices.
The interesting thing is that Amazon has had this idea under development for a long time. The original filing date for the haptic feedback patent dates back to 2010. Amazon then issued an examination request the first of January 2015, but Canada has yet to approve it.
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Wouldn't surprise me if a similar issue applied elsewhere.
As for the Canadian book market in general, well, it is long standing knowledge that Indigo is very very influential in government circles. They blocked B&N from expanding north, they blocked Amazon from setting up shop in Canada and even when they arrived they were forced to buy the pbooks from them...
Lots of things go into protecting Canadian culture from the US.
(Lots of money in it, too.)