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Amazon now ships the Kindle DX to Canada.

A few weeks before Chistmas, Canadians were finally given a chance to purchase the popular electronic reader, the Kindle Global Reader. Now, Amazon has added their premium electronic reader, the Kindle DX.  Canadians embraced the Kindle Global and sales were reported to be strong over the holidays. 

Amazon does however have some stiff competiton in Canada. Sony offers their line of eReaders (the Sony Touch and Sony Pocket) at selected brick and mortar shops such as Best Buy and Future Shop. Then, after Christmas, Sony began to offer its newest electronic reader,  the Sony Daily Edition which offers a large touch screen. Amazon is clearly addressing that challenge. Here are a few of the features you'll find on the Kindle DX... 

Kindle Readers in Canada will enjoy:

Great News for Canadians...Amazon now Ships the Kindle Electronic Reader to Canada

When Amazon announced the release of its Kindle International the world was excited, including Canadians...until they found out they were probably the only country to have been left off the shipment list. 

Well, that has changed this week and just in time for Chritmas too!

Canadians can now buy and receive the Amazon Kindle Electronic Book Readers and over 300,000 ebooks, newspapers and magazines.

I will have an updated post for you shortly, including: 

• Price of the Kindle after exchange and taxes
• Shipping costs
• eBook, newspaper and magazine prices 
• Download fees

Stop by again soon for a more detailed report. Thanks Canada!

Recently, Amazon announced the new International Kindle with availability in over 100 countries. So, why then can't Canadians get their hands on this electronic reader?

When asked via email, Amazon spokesmen Drew Herdener said: "Kindle with US and International Wireless has wireless connectivity in Canada. We want to ship to Canada and are working on it." When pressed on the issue of what was holding the International Kindle up he would not comment further.

Some have suggested that it is Canadian Publishers that are holding up the Amazon Kindles release. However, the Association of Canadian Publishers has said that there have been no issues with copyright and so it must be something to do with the wireless networks.

Until only a few weeks ago Rogers Communications was the only wireless operator in Canada using the same technology as the International Kindle. However, Bell and Telus have announced a new next-gen network that will be compatible with the Amazon Kindle (and the iPhone) therefore giving Amazon more options in choosing a wireless network partner.