In a move sure to confuse/anger US Kindle book buyers, the US Amazon website now has listings for Kindle versions of books (so far I've seen Penguin and Faber & Faber) that are
not available for purchase by US residents.
http://www.amazon.com/Remains-Day-eb...5375972&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Bait/dp/B...5375899&sr=1-1
If you play with the "change region" option, they appear to be available in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.
To further confuse customers, the last book in the Monkeewrench series IS available in the US, but not the previous ones. And, the more recent Ishiguro novels are in US Kindle editions, but not his earlier stuff.
One wonders what Amazon's rationale for this is? Anger customers enough to demand their availability in the US? Combine all Kindle listings in one global database that is visible on all Amazon sites - where buyers will have to sift through the "change region" option to find out if they can buy the book?
