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Originally Posted by DianaQ
3. She's American, but lives and works in Mexico and can only travel to the States 2-3 times a year. So it should be able to function outside of the US.
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She may have issues with geographical restrictions - I don't know whether Mexico is generally tied in with USA for book rights or not.
Amazon checks your IP address for location before it will sell you a book, however if you can demonstrate that she lives in the USA then it should be no problem. I only have experience with Kindle4PC, but the email I received asked for some form of ID. I obviously don't have any for the USA, so I just ignored it - they were only free downloads.
Borders US has let me download free books without question, although I don't know if any of those were geo-restricted.
I'm pretty sure Kobo checks my IP address - it automatically directs to the Australian site.
I'm not too familiar with the other major US stores.
I would guess that wireless download would be easier and more intuitive than transferring files by usb, so I would suggest one with wi-fi or 3g would be better. You may want to check how good the wi-fi and 3g is in her part of Mexico before you make a decision, plus whether it will cost any extra to use 3g.
If she has no plans to use public libraries (check out the threads here on the Philadelphia Free Library), then provided she can demonstrate to Amazon's content that she is in the US (and uh, just travelling to Mexico...a lot :P ) and has adequate access to wi-fi and 3g, then the Kindle is probably the most appropriate.
If she is interested in getting library books, then perhaps look into one of the epub readers. I'm using a Sony 300, but that is without connectivity so books have to be sideloaded, and I don't know enough about the differences between the other devices to recommend one over the other. I *think* that the only Sony with connectivity is the 950, so a Nook or Kobo might be better.