Kindle may come to Japan as early as the end of this year, according to reports today in Japanese newspaper Nikkei Business Daily and wire service Jiji Press.
Despite the initial worry that Amazon will be selling their e-books at extremely low prices, it’s now in the final stages of negotiations with publishers like Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha and Shinchosha, as reported by Nikkei Business Daily.
If all goes well, Kindle Japan would be Amazon’s third foreign-language Kindle store, after Kindle France, which opened on October 7, and Kindle Germany, which launched in April.
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