Thread: Buying ebooks not available outside the US
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Old 03-14-2011, 06:05 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by crossi View Post
Are the restrictions supposed to limit purchases to citizens of that country, residents of that country, or people who are currently IN that country? If buyers are supposed to be residents how long do you need to live there to qualify as a resident?
Supposed to limit: Distributors in that country to only sell within their country. A book distributor in the US is generally not allowed to sell to bookstores in the UK. Bookstores, OTOH, are allowed to sell to anyone who walks in their doors, and are even allowed to ship overseas; a person in the UK can order a book from Amazon US, pay a bit more for shipping, and have it sent to them.

Actual limit: Location of (1) servers of one's current IP address and (2) main office of bank issuing one's credit card. Physical location is irrelevant; a person who lives in the UK and is visiting the US for a couple of weeks still can't order ebooks from Amazon, unless he finds a way to set up a payment account linked to a US bank.
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