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Originally Posted by stardustshadow
I have (potential) ways of getting around the problem of books being offered to European buyers. I am American and I have family living there. I could buy a Kindle there, with an American credit card, and in theory download whatever I like...unless they are going to limit IP addresses which means I would need to do it over a proxy server.
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I don't know exactly how Amazon enforce their restrictions, but I can tell you that as a logged in UK user or on a logged out UK based pc I can see kindle books but not their prices for virtually anything I would be interested in. (I think they have only ever had maybe 3 books I wanted which were also available to me which tbh did not make it worth my while to bother even downloading their desktop software). But if you can see prices it probably means they will sell to you.
I have heard that people may have had problems because of switching too frequently between US addresses (for ebooks) and overseas addresses (for physical goods) on the same account.
But it's definitely worth comparing the Amazon selection of books you would be able to buy (as opposed to their entire catalogue) to what is available at WHSmith, Waterstones, Books on Board etc. I also think that a US address and credit card would mean you could buy from the Sony store without problems.