Funny. I personally think one main advantages of the kindle is easy access (at comparably cheap prices) to the US book market from outside of the USA or Canada.
I'm in Hong Kong a lot of books are "not available in my region"..I need to go through a US proxy, with a fake US amazon account to buy most books on the store. I buy a gift card with my normal account, and redeem it with the US account so I have money.
Remember those infographs that show watching a movie from a bought DVD (20 steps) vs pirating it (1 step)? The Kindle isn't as bad, but it ain't great either.
Funny. I personally think one main advantages of the kindle is easy access (at comparably cheap prices) to the US book market from outside of the USA or Canada.