Amazon delays UK Kindle launch

October 20, 2008 - 12:59pm — Bibliofuture

Not even good boys and girls will get a Kindle for Christmas

Amazon will not be in a position to launch its Kindle e-book reader in the UK in time for the Christmas market, according to the firm's UK managing director.

Brian McBride told Bookseller magazine that the launch was being held up because Amazon is still in the process of licensing international mobile access and sorting out roaming issues.

"If you need agreement with carriers in the US, there is one carrier. In Europe it is a minefield, as there are so many operators," he said.

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