Some Kindle Books Are Not Available in Japan

I love my Kindle.

I read more, especially on business trips. I do all I can to carry less when I travel, so carrying a book always seems to me like a burden. With Kindle, I could eliminate the problem. Fixed (rather small) size and weight and can carry many books.

Yesterday, I was surprised to find that not all Kindle Books are available to me, since my kindle is associated to  my Japanese address. I am thinking very hard, but still can’t find a reason.

If I can purchase the book (Hardcover) from Amazon and ship it to Japan, how come I can’t buy the Kindle version and receive it over a Wireless connection?

Amazon Kindle Japan Fail

2 Replies to “Some Kindle Books Are Not Available in Japan”

  1. Hi.
    Can you describe the Kindle user experience- compared to the good old paper book?
    Is it convenient to read?

    Bye,
    Yoram

  2. The Kindle is very convenient to read.
    Screen quality, readability are superb.

    I use Calibre to manage my Kindle, which allows me to:
    1) Grab websites and convert them into Kindle format
    2) Convert from Epub or other free formats to Kindle
    3) Convert PDFs and Documents. – I don’t like PDF support on the Kindle as it does not allow annotations

    Oh yes, you can also mark text, annotate, which I often do.

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