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Originally Posted by lev
Kindle is currently not available in the following countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
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Actually, every single one of those countries, *including Canada*, have censorship/freedom of speech restrictions that impact books. Except for the bold ones, all have literacy issues. None, except for the bold countries, rank very highly on personal freedom.
Lots of ways to slice and dice the list that are religion independent; doesn't make any of them valid, though.
It is worth remembering that correlation does not imply causation.
Conspiracy theorists fall prey to that fallacy all the time; it is sinply a sign or muddled thinking as Doc Smith would say.
That said, the reality is that on a planet with 240+ governments and 240+ sets of laws, telecom systems, etc, its a miracle Amazon actually was able to launch in 100 countries. Realistically, they could've cherry picked a dozen countries and made as much money, without even half the grief and insults that launching in 100 will bring them.
The glass ain't half empty, its half full.