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Prestidigitweeze · 10-09-2012, 02:59 AM

The main use I'd have for Flyvpn or hide-my-ips would be to buy books which are unavailable Stateside. This often translates to the unavailability of rarefied titles (if only Atlas Press published eBooks!).

Just today, I wanted to compare prices between the UK Kindle and Kobo ePub editions of A Time to Every Purpose, by Karl Knausgaard. The Amazon UK site wouldn't even let me see the price for local customers, let alone consider buying a copy.

I ended up buying the ePub edition with a discount code, but I'd have liked to know how competitive that price turned out to be.

10-09-2012, 02:59 AM	#9
Prestidigitweeze Fledgling Demagogue Posts: 2,317 Karma: 26544205 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: White Plains Device: Aura HD; Surface Pro; iPad Air; Nexus 7; PRS-350; Galaxy S7 Edge; MBP.	The main use I'd have for Flyvpn or hide-my-ips would be to buy books which are unavailable Stateside. This often translates to the unavailability of rarefied titles (if only Atlas Press published eBooks!). Just today, I wanted to compare prices between the UK Kindle and Kobo ePub editions of A Time to Every Purpose, by Karl Knausgaard. The Amazon UK site wouldn't even let me see the price for local customers, let alone consider buying a copy. I ended up buying the ePub edition with a discount code, but I'd have liked to know how competitive that price turned out to be. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 10-09-2012 at 03:26 AM.