"We know that Canadians are passionate about books and reading, and we're excited to make Kindle available to our customers there," said Ian Freed, vice-president of Kindle.
In October, more than 200,000 English titles went up for grabs for Amazon customers in 100 other countries.
The gadget, which retails for $259 US, can wirelessly download books in under a minute.
"Kindle enables customers around the world, including Canada, to think of a book and start reading it in under 60 seconds", Freed said.
Kindle utilizes the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cellphones such as the iPhone, so users can download new titles on demand without searching for a Wi-Fi zone. Roughly 300,000 book titles are available to Canadian literature enthusiasts through Amazon's Kindle store, most selling for $11.99 US or less.
Lighter than the average paperback, the Kindle can store up to 1,500 books at a time.
Users can also get magazines and daily Canadian newspapers.
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