MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

SensualPoet · 11-22-2009, 05:24 PM

I share some, not all, of the frustrations voiced here with Kindle, Amazon and the vagaries of international DRM. I live in Canada and thus was NOT included in the Global Edition release because Amazon/AT&T didn't have their ducks in a row yet. Finally, this past week, we were "blessed". I now own a Kindle 2, with crippled wireless and 20% inflated "roaming" taxes on every purchase.

But, hey, the market is evolving and the device does everything it says it would in my market. To the extent Amazon is not able to sell me premium ebooks, this is our mutual loss ... and the economics of the thing will work itself out over time.

I have no idea where to even begin to buy a Cybook. If I search bestbuy.ca for "ereader" zero choices are returned; do the same for the US site and only Sony products are returned (and BestBuy US does not ship to Canada). I can buy a Sony eReader at a SonyStyle store here -- at full list price and without a credible content retailer backing it. But I know how to buy an Amazon Kindle because I have an ongoing multi-year relationship with Amazon.

While all this is being sorted out, I still have the option to buy an actual book where an ebook is currently unavailable. In the meantime, days being limited to 24 hours, there is a vast amount of content available to me to consume for a modest cost or free that works swimmingly on the (do nothing it's 3G wireless enabled) Kindle.

In my market, Canada, Amazon makes a compelling case.

11-22-2009, 05:24 PM	#68
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	I share some, not all, of the frustrations voiced here with Kindle, Amazon and the vagaries of international DRM. I live in Canada and thus was NOT included in the Global Edition release because Amazon/AT&T didn't have their ducks in a row yet. Finally, this past week, we were "blessed". I now own a Kindle 2, with crippled wireless and 20% inflated "roaming" taxes on every purchase. But, hey, the market is evolving and the device does everything it says it would in my market. To the extent Amazon is not able to sell me premium ebooks, this is our mutual loss ... and the economics of the thing will work itself out over time. I have no idea where to even begin to buy a Cybook. If I search bestbuy.ca for "ereader" zero choices are returned; do the same for the US site and only Sony products are returned (and BestBuy US does not ship to Canada). I can buy a Sony eReader at a SonyStyle store here -- at full list price and without a credible content retailer backing it. But I know how to buy an Amazon Kindle because I have an ongoing multi-year relationship with Amazon. While all this is being sorted out, I still have the option to buy an actual book where an ebook is currently unavailable. In the meantime, days being limited to 24 hours, there is a vast amount of content available to me to consume for a modest cost or free that works swimmingly on the (do nothing it's 3G wireless enabled) Kindle. In my market, Canada, Amazon makes a compelling case.