I was able to purchase from Amazon without using the VPN, but, in Germany, there was a 2 Euro VAT applied to the free books. I use Inkmesh to find books; sometimes when I followed the link from Inkmesh to Amazon, Amazon informed me that that book wasn't available in my geographic location. My US IP address and credit card fixed that problem.
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Originally Posted by geertm
B&N has always allowed registering their devices and downloading updates outside the US. Only the buying of ebooks was restricted to people with an US IP-address (although there was an exception for ".mil" and ".gov" e-mail addresses).
B&N changed this policy a few months ago. If you have a credit card issued by an US bank, you can now buy B&N ebooks (and magazines/newspapers) anywhere in the word. Only apps are still restricted to users with an US IP-address.
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But will B&N sell Nooks to people overseas or offer warranty support? Until they do, it doesn't sound like good reader for people living overseas.