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Old 07-14-2011, 04:39 PM   #3
geertm
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Originally Posted by chrisparker View Post
Just picked up a Nook STR at B&N Georgetown DC. I already had a B&N account so it registered straight away in the store. Later, back in the hotel, I tried to buy a book and, not surprisingly, it asked for my cc registered address, adding "it must be an address in the US."

So I added my UK address, it accepted it, and allowed me to continue and purchase the book, which appeared a moment later on the Nook.

The system may have looked at the IP address and and allowed the purchase because I'm in the States. I'll try it again when I'm home and report back.

Anyway, this may encourage other non-US residents to buy the Nook STR on their next visit to the States.

Chris
When you are at home just install a VPN like Hotspot Shield (free) or alwaysVPN ($8.50) on your PC, than you can use the B&N website to buy e-books.

It used to be that you needed to register a fake US billing address to be able to buy e-books. But someone else on a Dutch forum also mentioned that he used a non-us billing address without a problem. So perhaps this has changed.
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