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EowynCarter · 11-18-2011, 03:49 PM

Ah, the joy of being expatriate and geo-restiction

For amazon, the best way is to get a kindle from amazon.de, and have someone in germany forward it to you after activation and link it to amazon.de Then the kindle is identified as german, so the "europe" geo-restictions apply. Downside, is that you lose the available in canada but not in europe stuff.

Amazon.com a a "region" option you can use. searsh the books with the "Canada" and "Europe" setting, should tell you what's restricted.

Sony, not sure about canada.Their geo restrictions are pretty lenient anyway.

Kobo will usually display whatever's available. so just search the book, if they show up, you're good.

11-18-2011, 03:49 PM	#2
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,337 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Ah, the joy of being expatriate and geo-restiction For amazon, the best way is to get a kindle from amazon.de, and have someone in germany forward it to you after activation and link it to amazon.de Then the kindle is identified as german, so the "europe" geo-restictions apply. Downside, is that you lose the available in canada but not in europe stuff. Amazon.com a a "region" option you can use. searsh the books with the "Canada" and "Europe" setting, should tell you what's restricted. Sony, not sure about canada.Their geo restrictions are pretty lenient anyway. Kobo will usually display whatever's available. so just search the book, if they show up, you're good. Last edited by EowynCarter; 11-18-2011 at 03:51 PM.