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CraigMBeckett · 05-09-2008, 02:03 AM

G'day.

I'm a Water Engineer from Australia who usually works overseas, hence the greeting from Kuwait.

I have recently "discovered" the wonders of ebooks.

Getting something decent to read in the different corners of the world in which I work has always been a problem, stupidly had not considered e-books, possibly because readers have only recently been available. So have purchased a Sony 505 via eBay for the US and had it sent to my home address. My wife, bless her, is in the process of sending it on to me here in Kuwait.

Of course I have now discovered Sony are being their usual selves and won't let me purchase books from their site, lacking, as I do, a US credit card. So more fool them they have lost another customer, I will get my reading material elsewhere and convert if necessary. Am busy reading about my options in that regard.

I must admit to being surprised at how little you folks who live in the USA seem to pay for your books when I compare the prices I see being asked for books with those that I have to pay at home, in Europe and all the other countries I have worked or travelled in or through.

Craig.

05-09-2008, 02:03 AM	#1
CraigMBeckett Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 99 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cooma, NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader 505	G'day from Australia via Kuwait. G'day. I'm a Water Engineer from Australia who usually works overseas, hence the greeting from Kuwait. I have recently "discovered" the wonders of ebooks. Getting something decent to read in the different corners of the world in which I work has always been a problem, stupidly had not considered e-books, possibly because readers have only recently been available. So have purchased a Sony 505 via eBay for the US and had it sent to my home address. My wife, bless her, is in the process of sending it on to me here in Kuwait. Of course I have now discovered Sony are being their usual selves and won't let me purchase books from their site, lacking, as I do, a US credit card. So more fool them they have lost another customer, I will get my reading material elsewhere and convert if necessary. Am busy reading about my options in that regard. I must admit to being surprised at how little you folks who live in the USA seem to pay for your books when I compare the prices I see being asked for books with those that I have to pay at home, in Europe and all the other countries I have worked or travelled in or through. Craig.