The Kindle 2 is officially making its way out of the US and into over 100 countries.
According to an Amazon press release:
“We are excited to work with Amazon to help readers access books even faster and from significantly more places than ever before, including more than 100 countries and territories around the world through AT&T’s global wireless coverage.”
The Kindle will cost $279 (international) and $259 (in the US) and will still be the American edition running on AT&T’s international network which therefore means costs to download books over the air will be pricey. That said, you can transfer personal documents to your Kindle via USB for free at anytime.
The Kindle will ship with a U.S. power adapter and a micro-USB cable for charging your Kindle via a computer USB port, so you’ll need to ensure you have an international adaptor to get it working for you. The Kindle currently has over 280,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines.
The kind people over at blogkindle have put together a table that lists every country where Kindle is available along with number of books, their pricing, wireless availability and more.
Here is a quick checklist of the countries where the Kindle is currently not available:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
I’ve put together a table that lists every country in which Kindle is available along with number of books, their pricing, wireless availability etc at http://blogkindle.com/2009/10/international-release-of-kindle-2/
Weird Most of them are Muslim counties….
Amazon is pre-ordering the Kindle 2 International version for $279. The Kindle 2 US version is available new for $259 or refurbished from $219.
Update: Amazon’s Kindle 2 gets a new $20 price cut, now you can buy it for $259.
Why would anyone want a kindle: to get the books that are otherwise not published because the margins are too low.
What books are yet published digitally: silly thrillers, uninteresting junk books that those masses who wanted it, already had on paper.
There is still no Dutch Amazon. The cheapest way to order a book there is still through the US. The only way in which we can order is with this 19th century credit card nonsense. There is hardly a Dutch book for the kindle, let alone a Dutch market for the kindle.
European Kindle? Don’t make me laugh. I wouldn’t want it for free.
Kindle 2 International Version was released past October and Kindle DX International Version was released on January, 19. What Kindle do you prefer?
Source: eReaders Blog.
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This was helpful;
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58679
Its probably the fear of some fundamentalist reactions to content like what happened with the Danish Cartoons. Then again, if amazon can deliver books everywhere, why not ebooks? Strangely no one seems to be covering this.
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Why is Amazon against having the Kindle in Muslim countries? Look at that list! it makes no business sense for big markets like Malaysia and Indonesia not to be included while their smaller neighbors got it . Cook islands is included, but not Maldives. Now im just not going to buy a kindle.