Kindle Advice?

[Kev]

Amazon Canada is a fucking joke.

This Kindle I want sells for $139 US through Amazon.com but won't ship to Canada (first link). The same fucking device sells for $299 from Amazon.ca (second link). Fucking ridiculous.

Kindle Keyboard with Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display

Amazon Kindle Wi-Fi 6'' Wireless Reading Device (Graphite): Amazon.ca: Electronics

The 3G version is $189 in the US and $399 in Canada. Our dollars are pretty much at par too.

edit: And apparently Amazon.ca doesn't sell ebooks Canada either and I also won't be able to use the 3G network (which isn't a problem as I just want the wifi one, but still...)?!? What the fuck

We pay a premium compared to the US as well but a double increase seems way over the top.

So there is no Canadian Kindle store? How do you buy eBooks?

If you are happy to torrent and gain books through nefarious means it's still a worthwhile purchase. But I'd definitely check the kind of books you want to read beforehand. Fiction is all over the net and you can download and drag onto the kindle via usb. But if you want to read Wade Davis or military history you may find it hard to find such books online in .mobi format.

In which case maybe it's worth investigating the alternatives, although I know nothing about them. I imagine the best rivals must be pretty good too, I mean the technology is all going to be much of a muchness I guess.