10-08-2009, 10:54 AM | #46 | |
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10-08-2009, 10:58 AM | #47 | |
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10-08-2009, 11:00 AM | #48 |
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10-08-2009, 11:07 AM | #49 | |
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10-08-2009, 11:37 AM | #50 |
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People, calm down. They've bare begun to scratch the surface in world wide availability.
As someone else posted on this thread, Amazon is a capitalist company. Predjudiced? They would take money from anyone, anywhere, from Mars if they could. And, more power to them. I find this thread extremely disturbing......its bringing out te worst in some of us. I wish it were closed. Lman, what exactly is your point? Do you not realize the complexities of what Amazon is trying to do without bringing racism into it? |
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10-08-2009, 11:45 AM | #51 |
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Let's not get too carried away here .... 51 milllion muslims live in Europe and 10 million in America ....
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10-08-2009, 12:01 PM | #52 |
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Piracy, I'd say factors largely into it. Not to mention, what is the likelihood of people buying them in those countries?
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10-08-2009, 12:05 PM | #53 | |
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And his point has been articulated calmly and clearly, I thought. Just above your post, for example. - Ahi |
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10-08-2009, 12:25 PM | #54 | |
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10-08-2009, 12:33 PM | #55 |
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I agree. there is no way that amazon would ignore such potential. They will most likely enter those markets once they sort out whatever reason they have for not selling during initial launch.
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10-08-2009, 12:38 PM | #56 |
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10-08-2009, 12:56 PM | #57 | |
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10-08-2009, 01:00 PM | #58 | |
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10-08-2009, 01:04 PM | #59 |
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Religous fanatics (Christian fanatics, that is) in the US are less likely to use a car bomb to express their displeasure with Amazon.
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10-08-2009, 01:11 PM | #60 | |
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That said--I doubt the reasons have anything to do with fear of violence, or even (directly) with censorship. I expect it's a matter of economics--Kindle problems with the local languages, ability to supply/maintain wireless coverage (which Amazon insists is required for Kindle sales), and potentially local laws involving imported technology. Not including them on the first wave of non-US Kindle sales doesn't mean anything. It may just mean "we only have so many Kindles to sell in the next six months, and we're focusing those sales on the countries we expect to buy the most books after they buy Kindles, in order to fund the next wave of non-US Kindle production." |
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