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BearMountainBooks · 12-08-2012, 06:54 PM

So maybe someone can help me out here. I thought Kindles were sold in Canada a while back (like maybe two years ago). But just recently we were allowed to upload books to Amazon Canada. So...were they sold there before and if they were, where did Kindle owners buy Kindle books before, say, this week? Or did I have it wrong and the Kindle wasn't available in Canada yet and just became available?

I know that at first Canadians were buying them in the US (and I think also buying the books via a US account of some kind) but I thought that had been resolved over a year ago? Or even longer?

Confused in Texas,
Maria

Edited to add: In reading back through comments, it seems Kindle was available--always later in Canada than US and not all models. But were all books available? Or just from some publishers?

12-08-2012, 06:54 PM	#41
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	So maybe someone can help me out here. I thought Kindles were sold in Canada a while back (like maybe two years ago). But just recently we were allowed to upload books to Amazon Canada. So...were they sold there before and if they were, where did Kindle owners buy Kindle books before, say, this week? Or did I have it wrong and the Kindle wasn't available in Canada yet and just became available? I know that at first Canadians were buying them in the US (and I think also buying the books via a US account of some kind) but I thought that had been resolved over a year ago? Or even longer? Confused in Texas, Maria Edited to add: In reading back through comments, it seems Kindle was available--always later in Canada than US and not all models. But were all books available? Or just from some publishers? Last edited by BearMountainBooks; 12-08-2012 at 06:56 PM.