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Originally Posted by geertm
A VPN routes all your Internet traffic through a VPN server, in this case one in the US. This will give your PC a US IP-address, and because of this the B&N system will think you are located in the US. A popular free one is Hotspot Shield.
You can use any valid US address as shipping and billing addres. Just google something, for example a hotel in New York.
Use your PC to buy the book. First start Hotspot Shield so you have an US IP-address. Than go to the B&N website, and buy the book. After you bought the Book you can use Nook for PC to download it.
If you want to buy the book from Kobo you need to Install Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) on your PC, and register with Adobe. Use your PC to go to the Kobo website and buy the book. After you have bought the book it is in the library of your Kobo account. There you can download it. Choose to open the file (not to save it).This will trigger ADE to download the book. You can read the book in ADE.
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Okay, this is the situation thus far. I downloaded Hotspot Shield (deleted all the crap that comes with it such as free games and a toolbar etc). I found a US address in Delaware on the Internet as advised.
I changed my original address in the Barnes & Noble register information to that of the US address. I then started Hotspot Shield. I then went to my Nook for PC and clicked 'Shop.' I then brought up the e-book that I wanted. I tried to buy it but it brought up a notice saying, 'the billing address does not match the credit card. Please choose another billing address or try another card.'
So that did not work. Have I done anything wrong doing it this way? I thought I followed the steps advised in the previous posts.
Next, I downloaded the Adobe Digital Edition. I need to ask a question here. I needed to sign up with this software using an e-mail address, password and personal details such as address.
The question is, do I have to use a US address here when signing up to this piece of software? Or do I just sign up as normal for the Kobo with my real address for this to work?
Any pointers to where I've gone wrong and other answers will be appreciated.
Thanks
HB