{"id":196745,"date":"2010-01-18T16:20:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T21:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-01-18:article\/419-amazon-in-europe-roundup-mp3s-on-uk-android-kindle-in-germanfrench"},"modified":"2010-01-18T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T21:20:15","slug":"amazon-in-europe-roundup-mp3s-on-uk-android-kindle-in-germanfrench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/196745","title":{"rendered":"Amazon In Europe Roundup: MP3s On UK Android; Kindle In German\/French"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN<\/a>) launched its larger Kindle, the DX, in Europe two weeks ago<\/a>, the promotion around the product was noticeable for being pretty US-centric. Even on sites in countries like France, if you wanted to buy the device, you were redirected to Amazon.com, where you were given product information in dollars. Now, finally, some moves that speak of a more regional approach: the online retailer is apparently now offering its Android MP3 music store in the UK, with prices in sterling (although it has yet to announce the service); and it’s expanding its Kindle self-publishing platform DTP to UK, German and French markets. Both had previously only been available in the US.<\/p>\n

Amazon’s mobile music service – which comes pre-loaded on the new Nexus handset, and appears with the latest, 2.1 upgrade of the Android platform – could position Android devices to compete better with the many other mobile devices bundled with music download services in the UK.\n<\/p>\n

Existing mobile download services run the gamut from newer services like those from 7digital\/BlackBerry<\/a>, to Nokia’s Comes With Music service, operator-branded music stores such as Vodafone’s and, of course, Apple’s iPhone. The store has some 9 million tracks in stock, with prices ranging from 29p to 89p for single tracks.<\/p>\n

But as Ronan de Renesse, a senior mobile media analyst with Screen Digest, points out in The Telegraph<\/a>, the impact might be tempered by the fact that Amazon is not the number-one MP3 destination online. “If the roles were reversed, and Amazon was the market leader, things would be more interesting. As it is, I think this is important for the Android platform, but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL<\/a>) will not be that worried.” <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the self-publishing service for the Kindle will allow publishers and authors to directly upload their books into the Amazon Kindle store. This will expand the library of non-US content, but according to TechWatch<\/a>, authors will only get 35 percent of the cover price of each item. According to the release from Amazon<\/a>, the company plans to extend the DTP service to more languages in the future.\n<\/p>\n

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