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Yes it is a violation of the Terms of Service. Anyone caught could lose access to their account and their e-books.
The way I look at it is simply this. If the bookstore can legally sell me the paper book it should be able to sell me the e-book. For silly reasons, which are no fault of the bookstore, there are times that the bookstore cannot sell me the e-book.
I can choose to accept that some how an e-book is different then a paper book and say "Well, that sucks. I guess I won't read that book." or I can say "Since they won't sell it to me I will pirate it." Both are unacceptable options, for me. I think that a book is a book is a book and could care less about the format. If the store can sell me the paper book than I should be able to buy the e-book. I don't believe in pirating other peoples work, I think authors should be paid.
So that leaves me with a third choice, lying about my address in order to purchase a book that is available in another country but not my own.
I honestly think that most of the bookstores think all of this is silly which is why it is so easy to get around geo restrictions. I think most publishers and authors think it is silly which is why no one seems to be open in arms over this. As long as they are being paid, why would they care that we are cheating the system?
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