‘Amazon Kindle not coming to Germany any time soon, says report’—plus anti-Kindle revolt by some pubs

June 28, 2009 | 2:51 am

By David Rothman

The German info is from Alex at MobileRead. Blame the complexities of dealing with European wireless providers.

Separately MobileRead carries a post reporting another problem, publishers refusing to do business with Amazon. Rue Morgue Press is even “boycotting the World Mystery Convention because they’re allowing Amazon to make a Kindle presentation.”

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"Unfortunately that says it all Katherine. Imagine if they launched a classy eReader app with bells and whistles, or say they bought out something like Shubook ..."

Howard on "Foyles launches ebook app along with txtr - Posted on February 13, 2012

"I don't see any business logic in your argument at all Felix, and I don't see that value you see. It's easy to assign value ..."

Howard on "How Publishers Misunderstand Kindle, by Ted Striphas - Posted on February 13, 2012

"The value of such information about any one reader is low, yes. Say a few cents over a couple of years. But multiply it by ..."

Felix Torres on "How Publishers Misunderstand Kindle, by Ted Striphas - Posted on February 13, 2012

"In the U.S., there is the IndieBound app... works with Google Books. Of course on the iPhone/iPad you can't BUY books through it, but you ..."

Katherine on "Foyles launches ebook app along with txtr - Posted on February 13, 2012

"Felix - I think it is valuable ... up to a point. But I believe it is way overstated in the article and in ..."

Howard on "How Publishers Misunderstand Kindle, by Ted Striphas - Posted on February 13, 2012

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‘Amazon Kindle not coming to Germany any time soon, says report’—plus anti-Kindle revolt by some pubs

June 28, 2009 | 2:51 am

By David Rothman

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