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Originally Posted by neilmarr
I'm wondering if Amazon will catch the holiday spending spree by launching Kindle outside the US. They're cutting it fine and the less insular competition seems to have a firm toe hold. If I could afford to buy readers for friends and relatives in the 'rest of the world' this year, I certainly wouldn't even consider Kindle. Like many other ebookworms who don't live in the United States, I feel rudely snubbed. Merry Christmas, Sony, CyBook, Cool-ER et al. Neil
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Sigh. I hate explaining this over and over, but the reason Amazon doesn't sell the Kindle outside the US is because the cell phone companies in the rest of the world are still not willing to work out a deal for the Whispernet service.
And while I'm here, regional restrictions are imposed by the *publishers*, not the sellers.
Believe me, American companies *love* to sell globally. That the ebook market hasn't caught up with the digital age is not Amazon's fault (or Fictionwise's or BooksOnBoard's).