Thread: Guilt from buying from Amazon uk/ca.......Kobo uk/ca
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Old 03-13-2014, 11:31 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
Because those are country specific sites. You can buy physical goods from them and have them shipped anywhere, but eBooks with geo-restrictions are restricted to the regions those sites cover. the .com site is different in that it covers everywhere worldwide to at least some extent. That doesn't mean that if you go to the .com site from the UK or Canada, etc. that you can buy every ebook a US buyer can and vice versa. In general the site will only show you titles which are available in your country. If you can go to the .uk site from Canada with a Canadia address and buy ebooks you're luckier than folks in the US. Everyone I know who's managed to buy from there has had to use a UK address in order to do so.
You are right. I have purchased from Amazon.co.uk before but not kindle books. I just tested and it said I should buy Kindle books from Amazon.com. The rest of the merchandise in Amazon.co.uk is ok, I can buy them.

I can buy from either Amazon.com or Amazon.ca. I'm not sure if Canadians are restricted from buying from Amazon.com, mine was "grandfathered", when I started off, Amazon.ca sells kindle books but not the Kindle device, I bought all my kindle books from Amazon.com.
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