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Old 08-21-2013, 04:03 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by geertm View Post
The UK and US website have different Nook libraries (tested this with my own account), so you will have to sideload the books you buy from the US website.

You can use your PC to buy ebooks from the US website:
1. Use a different e-mail address to create an US B&N account (using the same e-mail address will probably work, but in case B&N finds out you are circumventing geo-restrictions it would be better to use a different e-mail addres).
2. Register this US account with an US shipping and billing address. Any valid address will do, just Google something. The billing address is not checked, so your UK credit card will work fine.
3. Install an US VPN on your PC to get an US IP-address. Hotspot Shield is a free US VPN (great if you just want to test this). Other cheap ones are AlwaysVPN and Tunnel Bear.

To buy ebooks using your PC first start the VPN. When the VPN is active go to the bn.com website and buy the books.
You can download the books from the B&N website, or use Nook for PC to download them.
Then use the USB cable to copy the books to your Nook.
Basically everything above is what I do. I use a US address, my Aussie Credit Card and a VPN(strangely the VPN is only required for charged books if the book is free they don't IP check). One note I will make is that if you are circumventing GEO restrictions then you must set your books free and back them up, you should not rely on the suppliers cloud to hold your books as one day they may remove your access.
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