03-06-2013, 01:50 PM | #46 | |
Member Retired
Posts: 3,308
Karma: 13024950
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany
Device: 26 Readers, 44 Tablets
|
Quote:
You have to link your entire Kindle library to a single country. Publishing restrictions and such. Lots of books of course are available globally. But some eBooks are limited to certain regions. If you switch to that respective region, you give up your former region. This could mean, you see all your US eBooks in your then US account, but not the German ones. So you have to link the former German account to the US region, so you see all books. A bit of a hassle, but easy enough. Still: I really hope for the "global village"... |
|
03-06-2013, 03:22 PM | #47 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 57
Karma: 513314
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: mostly USA, sometimes Denmark
Device: Sony PRS-350, Nook STR, Kobo Mini, TrekStor Pyrus Mini, Nook HD & HD+
|
Thanks for pointing that out, mg. Since I do not own a Kindle, I never really thought about Amazon (and others, I guess) putting country restrictions on an ebook they sell. Bummer.
|
Advert | |
|
03-06-2013, 03:34 PM | #48 |
Bookaholic
Posts: 14,391
Karma: 54969924
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Minnesota
Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +
|
It's not so much Amazon, or others, putting restrictions on things as it is publishers only having rights for certain regions due to authors/agents trying to maximize the potential for their pbooks being available in various markets.
|
03-06-2013, 06:59 PM | #49 |
eBookworm
Posts: 2,300
Karma: 4525746
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: East Coast *brrrrr*
Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air
|
Unfortunately, MP3 purchases are also georestricted, so most of the songs I want are inaccessible to me, unless I order the physical CD or change my country settings.
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Buying ebooks in Canada | Manisphere | General Discussions | 9 | 08-04-2012 07:56 AM |
Help on buying and sharing ebooks. | Dieter | General Discussions | 6 | 02-06-2012 09:46 AM |
Buying ebooks not available outside the US | Vanguard3000 | General Discussions | 22 | 03-16-2011 12:49 PM |
PRS-300 Help/advice for buying ebooks | eli2k | Sony Reader | 7 | 06-12-2010 10:38 AM |
Buying eBooks | DenSar | Sony Reader | 3 | 08-28-2009 05:21 PM |