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Originally Posted by jocampo
You maybe get one online, but you need a USA address in order to register. Also, unless you side load or buy from other stores, you won't be able to download books online from B&N directly. It will detect your IP address and not allowing you to buy or download, not unless you use a proxy.
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Using a USA address to register isn't really an issue, just pick a business address. Preferably the address of the company you bought the product from or B&N's corporate address. Since the person will be purchasing books from multiple stores they will have the same issues for loading books onto the eReader regardless of which one they purchase.
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Originally Posted by jocampo
And you are not locked into Amazon store. That's misleading and an old argument that non Kindle users keep repeating. There are a lot of stores online which sells on mobi format and Kindle reads mobi format with zero issues. Most popular titles are widely available on both formats. I actually buy some computer books from O'Reilly, which sells computer books without DRM and mobi format.
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ePub vs. mobi is a whole other issue. Some books might not look right and could be lacking in the mobi format. I prefer ePub since it offers advance text formatting and is an open standard, but that's a personal preference. Most public libraries use ePub with DRM so one will have to strip the DRM and convert to mobi (which might not format well) to view on the Kindle.
Amazon has purposely left out support for the ePub format. That has locked most people into using their eco-system eBook store even though they can buy books in the mobi format elsewhere.