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Old 11-23-2009, 11:56 PM   #273
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
This is not true at all.
Seems pretty obvious to me -- though again it's obscured by the marketspeak. I mean, what's the point of a German or Taiwanese Kindle that exclusively sells English-language titles, only accepts US dollars as currency, uses AT&T for wireless, only comes with US power plugs, etc? Plus, there is no Kindle section on amazon.co.uk; if you want to buy a Kindle, the UK site redirects you to the US Amazon site.

If it was really targeted at international customers, at a minimum they'd crank up offerings in foreign languages.

Mind you I do think it'll take a long time for them to really roll out country-specific stores, but I don't think selling English-only titles is really a viable international business in the long term.
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