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waxwing · 10-06-2010, 12:36 AM

Hi,
I just this week bought the Hanvon N618 here in Shenzhen after trials and tribulations looking for ereaders in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and finding Hong Kong to be a more or less complete waste of time (its reputation as a hub for electronics is more or less irrelevant nowadays...).

I have already found that I like the product and am able to use it (for both free books and rss feeds for news), but now I'm starting the daunting task of trying to find out where I can buy books.
So far these appear to be clearly out: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, WH Smith.
The only place I have successfully used my credit card (HSBC Visa card from my bank in Hong Kong, the billing address for the card is in Shenzhen, China) was Waterstones. I stripped the DRM from the epub, not through ill intent but because Adobe Digital Editions can't recognize the Hanvon.

Today I've been looking at various websites and am finding it very time consuming - in most cases you have to drill down through several layers of registration forms before you can find out whether a "foreign" credit card/address will be accepted.

So, short version: trying to save time, can others who are not US/UK/Canada based tell me which websites might allow me to buy ebooks using a "foreign" or international credit card/address?

10-06-2010, 12:36 AM	#1
waxwing Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Hanvon N618	Live in China .. where can I buy books? Hi, I just this week bought the Hanvon N618 here in Shenzhen after trials and tribulations looking for ereaders in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and finding Hong Kong to be a more or less complete waste of time (its reputation as a hub for electronics is more or less irrelevant nowadays...). I have already found that I like the product and am able to use it (for both free books and rss feeds for news), but now I'm starting the daunting task of trying to find out where I can buy books. So far these appear to be clearly out: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, WH Smith. The only place I have successfully used my credit card (HSBC Visa card from my bank in Hong Kong, the billing address for the card is in Shenzhen, China) was Waterstones. I stripped the DRM from the epub, not through ill intent but because Adobe Digital Editions can't recognize the Hanvon. Today I've been looking at various websites and am finding it very time consuming - in most cases you have to drill down through several layers of registration forms before you can find out whether a "foreign" credit card/address will be accepted. So, short version: trying to save time, can others who are not US/UK/Canada based tell me which websites might allow me to buy ebooks using a "foreign" or international credit card/address?