Kindle exclusive for Russia sought by phone company
The Kindle in Russia will cost 47 percent more than Americans pay for the same hardware—so calculates Kindle Review.
But what if the MTS phone company in Russia can negotiate a Kindle exclusive and import the machines directly from the Far East? In fact, negotiations are underway now.
Kindle books in Russian are said to cost a mere $12 on the whole, with 100,000 under $6. Total number is 290,000. Could a new deal drive the price down even more?
Note: I don’t know where the above picture, from Amazon, was taken.
October 17th, 2009 at 8:29 am
It seems kind of weird considering the Kindle doesn’t support the Cyrillic alphabet without a hack.
October 17th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I’d welcome comment from others on this issue. Let’s see if the information is wrong. Meanwhile, how about the globalized Kindle re the Cyrillic alphabet? Thanks. David
October 17th, 2009 at 11:09 am
What I find interesting is the thought that the current International (AT&T roaming) Kindle might be an interim ploy to get the various regional telcos to be more reasonable in their negotiations with Amazon.
Surely having Amazon pay them regular rates (as they do with Sprint in the US) is better for everybody than getting whatever AT&T charges trickle down.
Especialy in larger markets.
Users get (slightly) cheaper prices, the local telco gets more than the roaming fee, and Amazon gets more competitive pricing and more sales.
Only loser would be AT&T.