[LINK] Amazon.com not supporting Australian authors

[Tom Worthington]

Jan Whitaker wrote (was: Re: [LINK] Kindle available for Australia):
> website has info about cost, functions ... 3G and EDGE/GPRS distribution ...

I tried distributing my Green ICT book via Kindle, but discovered you 
require a US address, US bank account and US tax information to use 
Amazon's system. Amazon already send payments to my Australian address 
for their  associates program, but are not offering his for kindle.

As a result it looks like the Kindle will be exclusively for US 
publishers selling to the rest of the world: 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/10/amazon-not-supporting-australian.html>.

>... can load your own personal stuff via usb. ...

Can you load directly via USB now? You used to have to load your own
stuff via Amazon.com. If you can load directly, that could be very
useful for education, providing a lightweight alternative to a netbook.
As noted in a previous posting, the Kindle appears to be reasonably
compatible with e-learning courseware formats:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/10/international-version-of-amazon-kindle.html>.


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