A Few More Notes on Kindle International 2 comments
Just a few more quick notes on Amazon’s new Kindle International. First of all, if you want to find details of the Kindle International’s release in a particular country there is a drop down country list on the Kindle International
page. While over 100 countries will have Kindles with 3G wireless joy, there are some notable exceptions. Just doing a quick scan I found that Amazon still will not ship Kindles to Canada or Thailand or Israel among other countries. New Zealand is also left out so far, although the Kindle International is available in Australia (but doesn’t come with a power adapter). Some other countries will get Kindles but no wireless connection.
While the US Kindle store now has 350,000 titles, the Kindle stores in some other countries have less than 200,000. This is still much better than Sony’s ebook store.
There is an interesting article about the Kindle International on Wired.com. It includes portions of a telephone interview with Jeff Bezos. Some interesting points:
- The International Kindle will use AT&T instead of Sprint, which the Kindle 2 uses.
- The Lonely Planet series will be added to the Kindle store
- Customers who purchased Kindle 2 within the last 30 days may exchange it for Kindle International
- Mr. Bezos also revealed that of books currently available at Amazon in both paper and Kindle formats, 48% of sales are in Kindle version
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Thanks Anita, this is a good tip! When I was young I lived and traveled for 5 years outside of the US. I remember trying to find bookstores in every little village I went through that had a few english language books to read or picking up books other travelers had left behind – I wish I had had a Kindle or another ereader then…..
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Great article! However, not sure if this helps but while I lived abroad I always found great deals on Amazon but the only issue was that they wouldn;t ship certainarticles out of States. I read some similar blogs and found a parcel forwarding comapny called Shipito. So, I would give shipito’s designated address to the amazon guys and once shipito rcvd my parcel they would send it to me overseas. I found this to be the best of both worlds. Shipito guys were not only fast but I didn’t end up paying an arm and a leg. For me it was an absolute win-win.