Canadian praise for the not-in-Canada Kindle
CBC Radio’s Toronto morning show, Metro Morning, spotlighted Kindle today (about the sixth item down). Tech columnist Jesse Hirsh suggested that Amazon’s e-reader could represent “the tipping point” for the technology – “I think Kindle’s the one to go mass-market,” he said. Hirsh may be a little starry-eyed about the pricing of Kindle content, though – he suggested that the vast majority of e-titles are going for 99 cents, and that even top sellers go up to only $5. A look at the Amazon site, however, shows that many prices aren’t quite that good.
Metro Morning listeners who wondered if the piece was a sign that the Kindle is coming to Canada were disappointed. Hirsh confirmed that Amazon has still not announced a Canadian wireless partner, which is a fraught decision in the Canadian market.
