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abookreader · 03-13-2011, 06:08 PM

Are there ways around it?

Yes

Are there legal ways around it?

More questionable. Basically you are going to have to lie to the seller and give a fake address.

Your mission, should you choose accept, is to find a way to make the store you choose to buy the book from think you are an American. This is done in varying manner using addresses such as ... say the Holiday Inn Express in Chicago ... logging into the store website via a US VPN server and making payment for the book via a gift card instead of your credit card.

I think I've seen BooksOnBoard mentioned here as a store that is fairly easy to work around. You might try the search function to see what you can dig up. I know it is quite do-able on Amazon but then you'll run into DRM/Format issues as well as your geographic restrictions.

03-13-2011, 06:08 PM	#2
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	Are there ways around it? Yes Are there legal ways around it? More questionable. Basically you are going to have to lie to the seller and give a fake address. Your mission, should you choose accept, is to find a way to make the store you choose to buy the book from think you are an American. This is done in varying manner using addresses such as ... say the Holiday Inn Express in Chicago ... logging into the store website via a US VPN server and making payment for the book via a gift card instead of your credit card. I think I've seen BooksOnBoard mentioned here as a store that is fairly easy to work around. You might try the search function to see what you can dig up. I know it is quite do-able on Amazon but then you'll run into DRM/Format issues as well as your geographic restrictions.