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Originally Posted by kerrys
I am having a lot of trouble finding ebook sites that let me download. They all keep telling me this title is unavailable in your country. Driving me nuts. Any help would be great.
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Kerry, the problem is more likely from the publishers or authors - they have not made the ebook available in Australia. The reason you can buy paper books from overseas shops is that with paper, the point of sale is considered to be the location of the shop. So if the book is published in the USA or Equatorial Guinea, then you can buy it from a shop from those countries at their prices, even if it's not offered for sale in Australia. However for ebooks the point of sale is considered to be the location of the buyer (you), so you can only buy it if it is for sale in Australia.
If you are looking for specific books, if you have come across this message the chances are that it will hold for all bookshops. The only way to be sure of getting around it is to hide your IP address - it doesn't require high-level computer skills but if you're not comfortable with running scripts then it may not be the best solution. Buying from gift cards from any foreign online store is not guaranteed to work - Amazon has stopped me from downloading books in the past because my IP address showed I was in Australia.