International Kindle in 11 easy steps

[bnbalder]

18:00    Amazon sent me an email. Kindle is now available internationally

Comments

[meko00]

Aww. So sorry, B! :-)

I'm holding out for the next generation of ebooks, or at least until other models appear over here.

[bnbalder]

You're the sensible one. I just love the idea of having 1500 books in my purse...

[meko00]

Heh. Oh, I love that idea too, don't get me wrong. It's just that I want to be able to compare screen readability before I make up my mind; I don't really like to read long screeds on my computer screen and I'm told that these new contraptions are better, but I still want to see for myself before committing. And I like the smell and feel of paperbacks. And the quiet absence of electrical humming, whirring or whining. Also, I'm sometimes quite parsimonious.

[jonesiexxx]

I'm not even going to try with Canoodia. It's always a disappointment. The bilingual language laws mean that stuff is screened coming in and very little is available to us electronically. (If it's not available in both languages, forget it).

[bnbalder]

It's even more unfair to you, coz your an English speaker and geographically a mere spit away....

But it's the emotional up and down that gets to me. Fake promises! Snake oil!

*lies down with smelling salts*

[ayinhara]

Bummer. If the reader is available maybe the material available will follow?

[bnbalder]

That is the more sensible line of thinking, of course. I do hope it will turn out to be the case. I was just so hopeful for a few minutes....