Amazon has reduced the price on the Kindle Paperwhite e-reader to compete against the Kobo Glo in Japan. The price went from $106.19 US to $99.92 before the first pre-orders have even shipped out. Amazon is trying push into Japan hard, and only entered the market last month. The main competition in that country is Kobo, and the two companies are price matching all their … [Read more...] about Amazon Slashes the Price on the Kindle Paperwhite in Japan
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Amazon Launching New eBook Store in Japan October 25th
Amazon will launch its new ebook Store in Japan starting October 25th! This will include over 50,000 Japanese-language Kindle books, the largest number of Oricon best sellers, and over 15,000 manga titles. The company will also bring the Kindle Fire HD Tablet and Kindle Paperwhite e-Reader along for the ride. "After twelve years of selling print books on Amazon.co.jp, we are … [Read more...] about Amazon Launching New eBook Store in Japan October 25th