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dzx · 10-11-2010, 03:56 PM

First off - Hey folks; brand new here. Finally made the jump to ebooks and am now the happy owner of a Kindle3. I'm very new to the ebook world and this forum looks like it will be a fantastic resource. Thanks in advance to those who will help me along.

Now, the issue at hand:
I'm dissapointed to find that some of my very favorite books are available in kindle format - but only in the UK! (I'm in the US). An example is a large amount of Iain Bank's catalog - titles such as "Whit" and "The Crow Road" are offered to UK folks but not here in the US.

The big question: is there some way for me to obtain these titles for my own collection? And how do I go about doing this?

Now, I do NOT want to hack the system, do anything illegal, get something for free that I should pay for, or anything like that. Also, I've noticed that some titles ARE available in both the UK and the US, but the UK price is lower - my purpose is not "how do I go about paying the cheaper price?". It's simply that I want a particular title. I'm perfectly fine with paying the US price.

So, if something like "Whit" DOES exist as a kindle book but is not available from Amazon for US based buyers - how do I get it?

thanks, dzx.

10-11-2010, 03:56 PM	#1
dzx Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle3	Purchase UK titles in the US? First off - Hey folks; brand new here. Finally made the jump to ebooks and am now the happy owner of a Kindle3. I'm very new to the ebook world and this forum looks like it will be a fantastic resource. Thanks in advance to those who will help me along. Now, the issue at hand: I'm dissapointed to find that some of my very favorite books are available in kindle format - but only in the UK! (I'm in the US). An example is a large amount of Iain Bank's catalog - titles such as "Whit" and "The Crow Road" are offered to UK folks but not here in the US. The big question: is there some way for me to obtain these titles for my own collection? And how do I go about doing this? Now, I do NOT want to hack the system, do anything illegal, get something for free that I should pay for, or anything like that. Also, I've noticed that some titles ARE available in both the UK and the US, but the UK price is lower - my purpose is not "how do I go about paying the cheaper price?". It's simply that I want a particular title. I'm perfectly fine with paying the US price. So, if something like "Whit" DOES exist as a kindle book but is not available from Amazon for US based buyers - how do I get it? thanks, dzx.