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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Before you jump to any conclusions, you need two separate lists:
1.)Countries with AT&T roaming agreements with charges low enough that they could actually be covered by 2 USD per book.
2.)Countries in which censorship would not preclude most of the content.
Besides your list is not accurate. China (I think) is included among the "Kindle countries" and only has a tiny Muslim minority -- even though they have been in the news a lot lately. The country with the second biggest muslim population in the world, India, is included. Thailand, actually has a sizeable Muslim minority.
And I think you must also take cultural sensitivities into account. A lot of the content offered on Amazon will not be welcomed by devout Muslims. So it could simply be a business decision and Amazon is preparing for a special muslim website? Don't you think that Amazon would actually be strongly criticized in many muslim countries if they offered to deliver any objectionable content in this way?
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China is not included in kindle countries. and in my point I made an axception that it is most likely due to chinese government censorship and control. not because of muslims.
and I do agree with you on the cultural sensitivity. That is my point all along. that either because of censorship or because of cultural sensitivity that so far amazon has withheld from entering those markets. I do believe that they will eventually enter those markets whether they launch a separate site or not.
However, this also means that their policy is influenced by a common element- Islam.
and again I do not blame amazon for anti-muslim sentiment. just that Islam may have indeed played a major part in not launching kindle for the time being.