The article in guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology.../amazon-kindle
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That's a lot more complicated than Amazon expected - after all, a single deal in the US covers more people than in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined - and the company is having trouble negotiating this patchwork of agreements.
In an interview with the Bookseller magazine last year, Amazon UK's managing director, Brian McBride, admitted the legal complications were holding back a Kindle launch in Britain.
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