Amazon Kindle Set to Invade Canada

By Geoff Duncan November 17, 2009

Amazon Kindle 2 — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Amazon.com has announced it is now offering its Kindle Reader in Canada, just in time for the holiday buying season. Amazon launched a globally-capable version of its Kindle reader last month, but Canada was noticeably absent from the list of countries included in the launch. Industry speculation had Amazon trying to work out a deal with a Canadian mobile operator to support the Kindle’s wireless service…and while Amazon hasn’t named its carrier partner, but Canadian customers can now order the Kindle for $259 USD with immediate shipping from the Amazon Web site.

“We know that Canadians are passionate about books and reading, and we’re excited to make Kindle available to our customers there,” said Amazon’s Kindle VP Ian Freed, in a statement. “Kindle enables customers around the world including Canada to think of a book and start reading it in under 60 seconds.”

Recommended Videos

In additional to electronic books, the Kindle will also carry many of Canada’s major newspapers, including The National Post and The Globe & Mail, and Amazon says many of Canwest’s major dailies will soon be available on the Kindle.

Topics

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Geoff Duncan writes, programs, edits, plays music, and delights in making software misbehave. He's probably the only member…

Deals

Samsonite, American Tourister luggage sets are half off on Amazon for Black Friday

samsonite and american tourister luggage half off for amazon black friday 2019 sets

If you plan on traveling this holiday season, you’re going to need luggage to get you to where you need to go. For Black Friday, you can get half off of Samsonite and American Tourister luggage sets on Amazon. You can snag a two-piece Samsonite hardside luggage set for $140, and a softside set for $135. The American Tourister hard side three-piece luggage set is currently $110 for Black Friday.

Samsonite Luggage
The hardside two-piece Samsonite Windfield 2 luggage set includes a 20-inch carry-on and a 28-inch spinner and comes in eight metallic colors including charcoal, orange, teal, or burgundy. Features include side-mounted Transportation Security Administration combination locks to deter theft, four multidirectional spinner wheels, and 1.5 inches of expansion so you can pack more while keeping items compressed.

Emerging Tech

Lawmakers to Amazon: Cashless stores don’t check out

amazon cashless supermarket backlash opens first go store to accept cash

When Amazon brought its Go store to New York City earlier this year, it had something the others didn’t: cashiers. The city was in the midst of an outcry against other cashless businesses, so Amazon agreed to let customers pay with dollars and cents. Now the company wants to expand the cashierless technology. It plans on putting it in full-size supermarkets and licensing it to other retailers, according to Bloomberg News.

The Amazon Go stores were originally meant to be totally cashierless. Customers scan an app to enter, pick up their items around the shop — continually tracked by cameras that see everything you put in your tote bag — and then walk out (unless you're picking up a bottle of wine or a six-pack of beer, in which case an employee still checks your ID). The receipt shows up on the app, and your credit card is charged accordingly. Critics said the stores discriminated against the unbanked, and other people who don’t have credit cards. Proponents say it cuts down on theft and is more efficient.

News

Forget about buying business supplies, Amazon’s happy to restock for you

amazon dash shelf is happy to restock office supplies for you smart

Amazon wants you to be able to restock office supplies more efficiently with its new Dash Smart Shelf.

The company announced the smart shelf on Thursday, November 21, detailing that the shelf is a Wi-Fi-enabled smart scale that has weight-sensing technology to track inventory. The shelf tracks the stock for a product, and once it senses that an item is running low, it automatically re-orders it for you.