How To Buy A Kindle In Canada
UPDATE: THE NEW KINDLE DX GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL IS AVAILABLE IN CANADA NOW. READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE
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KINDLE IN CANADA AVAILABLE NOW!!!!
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Got some very good news for you! Amazon now ships the Kindle book reader to Canada!
All you have to do is go to the Kindle page here and add it to your shopping cart. You can pay with your Canadian credit card and have it sent to your Canadian address.
Bear in mind that there is a small, limited amount of Kindles available right now and they are flying off the shelves. If you are thinking of buying one better hurry up before they run out of stock or you will have to wait several weeks for them to be available again
Some important things to consider:
- You can only buy a Kindle at Amazon. They are not available at any store
- You can only buy your Kindle at the international Amazon store. This means that if you try to buy it at the Canadian Amazon website you will not find it there. You will probably have to create a new account in order to buy from this international store (quick and painless process, takes a couple of minutes).
- The Kindle is a delicate gadget and it does not include a cover. I strongly suggest you add a cover when placing your order. You will be presented with several options before checkout, and the Kindle leather cover is the most popular one.
Here is what Amazon says about shipping kindles to Canada:
Canada We are excited to now ship Kindle to Canada. Customers in Kindle Canada will enjoy: Books in Under 60 Seconds: Think of a book and you could be reading it in under a minute Free Wireless: Free 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle. No monthly fees, service plans, or hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots. For non-U.S. customers, there are also no additional charges for wireless delivery in or outside your home country. See Coverage Map. See Wireless Terms and Conditions Growing Selection: Over 300,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines are available for your country. Because publishers give us eBook rights on a country by country basis, available titles for your country will vary from our current U.S selection. We are actively working with publishers to get the rights to all titles for every country and adding this selection every day. Check the Kindle Store to see available titles. Low Book Prices: New York Times® Best Sellers and New Releases are $11.99, unless marked otherwise. You’ll also find many books for less – over 100,000 titles are priced under $5.99 Learn more about Kindle features on the Kindle product page ——————————————————————————–
Important Product Information for Your Country
Your international shipment is subject to customs duties, import taxes and other fees levied by the destination country. We will show you these fees upon checkout. Learn more Kindle ships with a U.S. power adapter and a micro-USB cable for charging your Kindle via a computer USB port. The U.S. power adapter supports voltages between 100V – 240V. You can transfer personal documents to your Kindle via USB for free at anytime. Wireless delivery of personal documents is currently not available. Learn more Wireless download times can vary based on 3G or EDGE/GPRS coverage, signal strength and file size. Kindle books, newspapers, and magazines are currently priced and sold in United States dollars Blogs and the experimental web browser are currently not available for your country. You will have free access to Wikipedia. Kindle includes a 1-year limited warranty. See details Use of the Kindle is subject to the Kindle License Agreement and Terms of Use
CLICK HERE TO GO TO AMAZON INTERNATIONAL AND BUY YOUR KINDLE CANADA EREADER
Kindle Canada?
Because of copyright issues Kindles are currently available for US residents only. How do they know you are in the US? They require a US credit card account and a US billing address. This doesn’t seem fair for Amazons international customers and our neighbors in Canada.
But if you want to buy a Kindle in Canada, or another country there may be some work around. Also the Kindle is still a new device. It took the Sony reader 2 years before it was available in Canada. So I’m sure once the copyright and whispernet issues are sorted out. The kindle in Canada will be available.
After reading Amazons Kindle forums I’ve discovered. If you have a US billing and shipping address you can own a Kindle and purchase Kindle books anywhere in the world. A woman who lives in the South Pacific, said she purchased a Kindle while visiting the US. and had a friend order it with her credit card.
Then the friend de-registered it and she bought several books with another US credit card and put them on SD cards. Or you can just get a US credit card and use a friends US address and then you can download books onto your computer. Then transfer them onto the Kindle.
Another option some suggested was purchasing an Amazon gift card. Emailing it to yourself. Then putting the code number into your account. Then you could purchase the Kindle and download ebooks as long as your gift card balance was large enough.
If someone wants a Kindle in Canada badly enough they will find a way to get one. Although one of the nice things about the Kindle is the downloads on the fly. It’s unfortunate that they are not available in other countries yet. But hopefully that will change soon.
Check out our tutorial on how to change the registration info on your Kindle
UPDATE!
I received an interesting comment from a nice Canadian visitor of this blog. She told me that she managed to buy a Kindle from her home in Canada… using a Canadian credit card!
So… how did she do it? Well, unfortunately you still need to have an address in the US to have the Kindle shipped to. Amazon will not send it to any place outside the USA. Just find someone who can receive it for you: a relative, a friend, a friend’s friend… you get the idea. As long as you have a place in the USA to have the Kindle sent to you are one step ahead.
First of all, on your computer’s keyboard hold down the ctrl and the D keys together to bookmark this page. . That way you can save it and visit it again it when you have found someone that can help you out.
Now what you need to do is call the bank which issued your credit card and ask them to set up an alternate address for it. Of course, this alternate address will be the one you are borrowing in the US. I do not know which credit cards can use an alternate address, if yours does please let us know.
Now that you have your alternate address setup, go to Amazon:
Click here to go to the Kindle 2 page
Click here to go to the Kindle DX page
Place your order, and type in your credit card number, but give your alternate address… and voila! You have used you Canadian credit card to buy a Kindle!
The comment section is open, please feel free to post your experience and let me and everyone else that reads this blog know if this worked for you! I’d love to hear some success stories 
Buy a Kindle DX International Global in Canada
Kindle DX global international available for Canada
Buy a kindle DX in canada today
2010 starts and we receive a nice gift from Amazon. The new Kindle DX model is in stock now. It has a global wireless modem so you can use it in most of the world. If you are looking for a kindle DX international for Canada (or any other counry) then this is the one you are looking for.
Here is some info provided by amazon about this global Kindle DX
Canada
We are excited to now ship Kindle DX to Canada. Customers in Canada will enjoy:Books in Under 60 Seconds: Think of a book and you could be reading it in under a minute
Free Wireless: Free 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle. No monthly fees, service plans, or hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots. For non-U.S. customers, there are also no additional charges for wireless delivery in or outside your home country.
Growing Selection: Over 330,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines are available for your country. Because publishers give us eBook rights on a country by country basis, available titles for your country will vary from our current U.S selection. We are actively working with publishers to get the rights to all titles for every country and adding this selection every day.
Low Book Prices: New York Times® Best Sellers and New Releases are $11.99, unless marked otherwise. You’ll also find many books for less – over 115,000 titles are priced under $5.99
Important Product Information for Your Country
- Your international shipment is subject to customs duties, import taxes and other fees levied by the destination country. We will show you these fees upon checkout.
- Kindle ships with a U.S. power adapter and a micro-USB cable for charging your Kindle via a computer USB port. The U.S. power adapter supports voltages between 100V – 240V.
- You can transfer personal documents to your Kindle via USB for free at anytime. Wireless delivery of personal documents is currently not available.
- Wireless download times can vary based on 3G or EDGE/GPRS coverage, signal strength and file size.
- Kindle books, newspapers, and magazines are currently priced and sold in United States dollars
- Blogs and the experimental web browser are currently not available for your country. You will have free access to Wikipedia.
- Kindle includes a 1-year limited warranty.
Use of the Kindle is subject to the
The price is still $379.00, it is the same price as the US-only DX model that came out last June and is in stock and shipping right now. Keep in mind the the Kindle global DX is a delicate and expensive gadget, it does not come with a cover so I strongly suggest you get one when placing your order.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE KINDLE DX INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL PAGE AT AMAZON
Refurbished Kindle Dx in stock!
Update JULY 2010 – Refurbished Kindles are again in stock!!
After many, many months the refurbished Kindle DX and Kindle 2 are in stock again!!
The price for a refurbished Kindle DX is $299.99
The price for a refurbished Kindle 2 is $169.99
It took many months to get more refurbished models in stock and supplies are very limited. It will ony take a few days for them to be sold out again so if you want one buy it right now.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE REFURBISHED KINDLE DX PAGE
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE REFURBISHED KINDLE 2 PAGE
**** UPDATE – REFURBISHED KINDLES ARE OUT OF STOCK RIGHT NOW 2010 ****
Unfortunately the refurbished Kindle DX is not available. Don’t believe me? Check it out youself:
refurbished Kindle DX Amazon page refurbished Kinde 2 Amazon page
The new Global-international Kindle Dx is out now making any refurbished models obsolete. This means that there will no longer be any refurbished kindle DX models out until the new model starts shipping out and getting refurbished, which could take months.
Take the Kindle 2 model for example. As soon as the new Kindle 2 global-international came out all the refurbished Kindle 2 items were no longer available. The Kindle 2 global was launched on October 7th, and 5 months later there is still no refurbished model being sold.
So, if you are trying to buy a refurbished Kindle you can either wait for months and hope that some day they are available (Amazon has not said when or if they will be in stock again), or you might as well just buy a new one.
To check out the Kindle 2 global click here
To check out the Kindle DX global click here
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Refurbished Kindle Dx
readers are available now
- Get your refurbished Kindle dx before they are out of stock
Good news for everyone looking for a Refurbished Kindle Dx
These Refurbished Kindle Dx
How long does it take to ship a Kindle to Canada?
I’ve received this question many times here: how long does it take for a Canadian to get a Kindle shipped over to Canada? Well, short answer is… not long!
I was checking out a forum and saw a couple of posts by people from Canada. One says:
I just wanted to share how impressed I was with the speed of delivery of my Kindle to Canada. I ordered it online yesterday afternoon at 3pm local time. It’s now 12pm local time and my husband advised it has just been delivered.
This one was shipped to Toronto. Another Canadian adds:
I am as well I am in Vancouver ..I ordered it Sunday and got it Tuesday. Love it !!
So if you are thinking about getting a Kindle but are worried how long it will take to get to you here is your answer. You are still in time to place your order and have a nice Valentine’s day gift for your loved one.
Click here to go to the Kindle page at Amazon
How to check if you have a global Kindle 2
Checking if your Kindle 2 is the US or the Global version is easy. Just take a look how the serial number starts.
- B002 is for the Kindle 2 U.S. (Sprint)
- B003 is for the Kindle 2 Global – International (AT&T)
And just in case you were wondering, B001 is for the Kindle 1 and B004 is for the Kindle DX U.S. I guess the new Kindle DX global will start with B005
Kindle for Christmas? Better hurry up
December is here and Christmas is around the corner. If you are thinking of getting a Kindle to give for this holiday season you’d better buy it soon. 2 years ago the Kindle was sold out way before Christmas.
Last year Amazon said that they had enough stock for the season… but they sold out again! If you wanted to get a Kindle last Christmas season this is the message you would see:
Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is sold out. Please ORDER KINDLE NOW to reserve your place in line. We prioritize orders on a first come, first served basis. This item will arrive after December 24
Actually, the Kindles were sold out for several weeks, they started shipping in late January of the following year. If someone wanted to buy a Kindle last Xmas the only way was Ebay… and paying 3 times more for it (I saw auctions for Kindles with a price tag of $900!!)
Don’t let this happen to you… better safe than sorry, if you want a Kindle, or want to give it as a gift, buy it today. It is ranked as one of the most popular gadgets for 2009.
Click here to go to the Kindle 2 international page (US, Canada and rest of the world)
Click here to go to the Kindle DX page (only available to US customers)
Giving a Kindle as a Christmas gift
Christmas is just a short way ahead. If you are planning on giving a Kindle as a gift for your loved one remember to check the box that says “Show gift options” before you check out. You will see this after you add your kindle to your shopping cart.
Doing this will let you include a free personalized gift note written by you and will ensure that the kindle ships unregistered, so the person you are giving it to can register it in his name. He can do this right from the device when he receives it and it is a quick and easy process.
Gift message are limited to a maximum of 240 characters–about 10 lines of text. In your message, be sure to include who the gift is from and the name of the gift recipient.
Amazon gift-wrap service is quite convenient. They will select from nice coordinating papers, boxes, bags and ribbon to make your Kindle gift special.
Gift-wrap prices range from $3.99 to $5.99 per item, depending on size.
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More info on the Kindle firmware update
- Will the latest software update be released for Kindle 1st Generation?
No, the Kindle (1st Generation) hardware cannot support the native PDF reader or battery life upgrade. - I have a Kindle with Global Wireless. What does the latest software release provide to me?
The software update for Kindle (Global Wireless) extends battery life, allowing you to read for a week on a single charge with the wireless on. Battery life with wireless turned off remains the same at up to two weeks. The software update also allows you to display PDF documents natively, gives you the option to convert PDF files to Kindle format, and allows you to manually rotate the screen between portrait and landscape views. - I have a Kindle with U.S. Wireless. What does the latest software release provide to me?
The software update for Kindle (U.S. Wireless) allows you to display PDF documents natively, gives you the option to convert PDF files to Kindle format, and allows you to manually rotate the screen between portrait and landscape views. - I have a Kindle DX. What does the latest software release provide to me?
The software update provides Kindle DX better cropping of PDF files to maximize display, the option to convert PDF files to Kindle format, and extends the time before the DX switches into screensaver mode. - When will my Kindle update?
Amazon will be sending out the update in batches in the next few weeks. Kindle automatically checks for and downloads updates when one is available. If an update is available, your Kindle will download and install the update the next time the wireless connection is activated and Kindle goes into sleep mode. If you do not have wireless connectivity or if you want to enjoy the new features sooner, you can download the software update to your computer by visiting:
Kindle Software Update Version 2.3
Kindle 2 & Kindle DX updated. Wow!
Things are only getting better for the Kindle. Amazon has released a firmware update for both the Kindle 2 (known as just the Kindle) and the Kindle DX.
Here are some new cool features you are getting with your Kindle:
Kindle 2
- Longer battery life for Kindle – Up to 2 weeks with a single charge
- Built-in PDF reader- Yup, now you can read PDF docs on your Kindle.
- Manual screen rotation – rotate between portrait and landscape views
Kindle DX
- Better cropping of PDF files
- View pages longer
If you buy a Kindle today it will come with all these cool new features. If you already own one you will get your upgrade via the whispernet signal
Click here to go to the Kindle DX page
Click here to go to the Kindle 2 page
Click here to read all about these new features at the Amazon Kindle page
Give a Kindle Gift Card for Christmas
Did you know that you can buy anything at Amazon with a gift card? This includes Kindle books and Kindle readers. There are several designs available and you can include your own message to be sent with it.
There are 3 options: send it via snail mail, print it on your own computer, or email it. This is my favorite option, since the other person just needs to type in the gift card code when he is checking out at Amazon and he can use your gift card. Best thing is that you can pick any delivery date you want, so the gift card can arrive on a birthday, a wedding anniversary, Christmas day or any date you wish. You can also pick the value, anything between $5 and $5000
So start planning ahead and get your Amazon gift cards
Kindle Book Reader TV ad
In case you haven’t seen it yet here is Amazon’s Kindle book reader commercial being aired right now
