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Originally Posted by vxf
I was actually pretty upset about it as well. I also assumed that, since it was an epub, I would be able to read it on my SONY without converting. I think it's really a losing proposition, pushing your own proprietary format while NOT being the market leader. Amazon can afford it... I doubt BN can.
On the other side, in this story, I am pretty pissed at Amazon as well. Amazon.UK had the book I wanted. But I could not buy it from them, as I live in the US. It kept bouncing me off and telling me to use Amazon.com. Which didn't have the book. Sure, I could have jumped hoops around that one as well, but I figured it was easier to buy from BN. In retrospective, I should have just pirated the book 
Yes, yes, just kidding... |
VPN with UK ip address, UK userid and gift certificates would solve the problem... I use witopia and have a UK and a US account at BooksonBoard and Amazon and get around those georestrictions very nicely. Worth every penny especially considering I can use it for online TV too (Hulu)...
