Thread: What happened to the "register new Kindle" button?
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Old 09-10-2014, 02:53 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Mike L View Post
If that's right, how does the Kindle "know" which country's Kindle store to register itself to?

I have a Kindle that I bought in the US, and which is registered to my Amazon.com account. For now, I'm happy with that. But I might want to re-register it to my UK account one day. It sound like that might not be possible.

Mike
It knows by its IP address. However, this can be manually determined by updating https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/fi...ntry%23country

It's best that your IP address matches the country you choose.
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