The Amazon Kindle has experienced a bit of a shortage in Canada as holiday shopping has depleted reserves for the popular e-reader, Toronto Star’s Moneyville blog reported on Friday.
According to the report, Canadians will not be able to get orders of the Kindle until after the Christmas season is over.
“Due to strong customer demand, Kindle for Canada is temporarily sold out,” Amazon.com spokesperson Stephanie Mantello told the newspaper.
The company was not clear on what date the e-reader will actually be available.
For Canadians who can’t get their hands on the Kindle, there are other e-readers on the market.
For example, the Sony Reader Digital Book PRS-600BC retails for around $140 on Amazon. And the Barnes & Noble Nookcolor sells for around $250.
This may not exactly bode well for the online retailer as the iPad has been steadily gaining ground, according to research firm Changewave in a survey.
Even though the iPad costs significantly more than the Kindle, users with the Apple device expressed in the survey they were more satisfied than Kindle owners. According to the survey, Kindle ownership as a percentage of all e-books is down 15 percentage points to 47 percent in the past three months, compared with the iPad’s doubling in market share.
The popular Apple tablet increased its user base 16 percent to 32 percent in a survey of 2,800 customers, Changewave said.
According to the report, Canadians will not be able to get orders of the Kindle until after the Christmas season is over.
“Due to strong customer demand, Kindle for Canada is temporarily sold out,” Amazon.com spokesperson Stephanie Mantello told the newspaper.
The company was not clear on what date the e-reader will actually be available.
For Canadians who can’t get their hands on the Kindle, there are other e-readers on the market.
For example, the Sony Reader Digital Book PRS-600BC retails for around $140 on Amazon. And the Barnes & Noble Nookcolor sells for around $250.
This may not exactly bode well for the online retailer as the iPad has been steadily gaining ground, according to research firm Changewave in a survey.
Even though the iPad costs significantly more than the Kindle, users with the Apple device expressed in the survey they were more satisfied than Kindle owners. According to the survey, Kindle ownership as a percentage of all e-books is down 15 percentage points to 47 percent in the past three months, compared with the iPad’s doubling in market share.
The popular Apple tablet increased its user base 16 percent to 32 percent in a survey of 2,800 customers, Changewave said.
