The eBook Reader Blog

Because of what turned out to be a patent issue, it took Amazon over a year to finally release the Kindle Voyage in Canada. I wasn’t until February 2016 that Canadians could officially order a Kindle Voyage from the Canadian Kindle store at Amazon.ca. For all the attention an unannounced and nonexistent Kindle Voyage 2 […]

Amazon has officially released the Kindle Voyage in Canada. It’s been well over a year since it was released in the United States, so I guess it’s better late than never. A lot of people like to blame Amazon for the delay because of some big conspiracy, and blaming Amazon is a popular thing to […]

Ever since the Kindle Voyage was released back in October 2014, Canadians have been wondering when they would be able to purchase Amazon’s premium ebook reader. Then when the Kindle Paperwhite 3 was released last month and it’s been available in Canada since the get-go, people are wondering what’s the deal? Is the Voyage ever […]

It has taken Amazon forever, but it has finally happened. The Kindle Paperwhite and basic Kindle are now being sold directly from Amazon’s Canadian website. Up until now all Kindle ereaders ordered from Canada had to be purchased from Amazon’s U.S. store. Having recently added Kindle ebooks to Amazon.ca, this isn’t much of a surprise, […]

Amazon has recently started selling Kindle ebooks directly from the Canadian Amazon website, Amazon.ca. I’ve been waiting for Amazon to make an official announcement on the subject, but it looks like they aren’t going to. I guess they are going for the silent marketing approach on this one. Up until recently all Kindle ebook purchases […]

Up until July 1st, Canada Day ironically (aka Dominion Day for all you anti-conformists out there), the Apple iBookstore was available for download in Canada, but the selection of books was limited to free classic ebooks in the public domain. Now, several major publishers are selling titles in Canada on the iBookstore, including Hachette, HarperCollins […]

Australia Kobo announced on their blog this week that Borders Australia will sell the Kobo eReader and launch an ebook store powered by Kobo that will include ebooks from Australian authors and publishers, among the 2 million titles Kobo boasts as their selection. The blog speaks in the future tense but it appears that the […]